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DATE=1/14/99 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-244199 TITLE=BIN LADEN POSTER (L ONLY) BYLINE=KYLE KING DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED STATES HAS BEGUN DISTRIBUTING POSTERS OF TERROR SUSPECT OSAMA BIN LADEN. THE POSTERS ARE PART OF A CAMPAIGN TO PUBLICIZE A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO HIS ARREST. V-O-A'S KYLE KING REPORTS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT. TEXT: U-S OFFICIALS SAY THE POSTERS OF OSAMA BIN LADEN WILL BE SENT TO DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AROUND THE WORLD, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA. STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JAMES RUBIN SAYS THE UNITED STATES IS HOPING THE POSTERS WILL GENERATE ENOUGH INTEREST IN THE BIN LADEN CASE SO PEOPLE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPECT WILL COME FORWARD. /// RUBIN ACT /// AND THIS EFFORT ON OSAMA BIN LADEN IS PART OF THE PATTERN OF MAKING CLEAR THAT THIS DANGEROUS MURDERER IS WANTED FOR INDICTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, HE HAS BEEN INDICTED, AND WE WANT TO USE WHAT EVER CREATIVE WAY WE CAN TO GET INFORMATION THAT WILL LEAD TO HIS ARREST. /// END ACT /// AS PART OF THAT EFFORT, THE PICTURE OF THE SAUDI MILLIONAIRE WILL ALSO BE POSTED ON THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNET COMPUTER SITE, WHERE AS MANY AS 100 MILLION PEOPLE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION. OFFICIALS SAY THE REWARDS PROGRAM HAS ALREADY GENERATED SOME LEADS ABOUT THE TERROR SUSPECT, WHO IS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH LAST YEAR'S DEADLY EMBASSY BOMBINGS IN EAST AFRICA. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE ALSO CONSIDERING OTHER WAYS OF PUBLICIZING THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR REWARD, SUCH AS PUTTING PICTURES OF MR. BIN LADEN ON MATCH BOOKS. (SIGNED) NEB/KBK/WDC/PT 14-Jan-99 4:07 PM EST (2107 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America .