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[8]Do Not Reproduce 7 October 1976
[10]MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Contract Personnel Division
[11]ATTENTION ~~ : Mr. Rod Brooks |
[12]FROM : Joal E. Keys, Chief
[14]Corporate Cover Branch
[15]Central Cover Staff
[18]SUBJECT : Request for Letter of Agreement
[20]0? 4. Please prepare a Letter of Agreement between the Agency and ob
[21](LABLUE, which,.through the President of the firm, Mr. (Emmett Mw. Steela)
[22]has agreed to place on retainer a Contract Agent of Europe Diviston,
[24]ov (SOPHOHE/1. John Jd. Murray, Jr. represented the Agency tn these
[25]negotiations. Identities will be forwarded under separate cover.
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[28]2. Effective 1 October 1976, BBLUE will place on retainer (TOPHONE/1
[30]at an annual retainer of2$9,000, which will be paid to him in monthly
[31]increments of $750 by(LBBLUE. The Company will overtly negotiate a
[32]retainer contract with, QOPHONE, which will make eminently clear that
[33]both are negotiating and con iuding the contract as independent
[34]parties; that the Company, LUE, will have no obligation to withhold
[35]Federal, or state income taxes, or Social Security taxes.
[37]3. In consideration of the support rendered, the Agency wil}
[38]pay(L. ‘LUE $10,000 annually. Pravision. is made in this amount to
[39]offset any nominal expenses the firm incurs in its overt associations
[40]or support oft HONE/1. It also serves, in part, to minimize the
[41]chances that duditing personnel will identify a wash transfer between
[42].the notional facility and payments to CLOPHONE/1
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[46]- 4. The Agency will retmburse(1 BBLUE in quarterly increments
[47]via_a contrived contractual arrangement betwee LUE and a notional
[49]facility of the Agency. Cancelled checks will serve as adequate
[50]accountings for monies paid{LABLUE.
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[53]°. Please include the usual paragraphs of appreciation, secrecy,
[54]and prohibition of bona fide employment. .
[56]6. All information relating to this agreement is classified
[57]secret. Both the Agency and the Company agree that the most stringent
[58]Safeguards will be taken to protect this information, including the
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[81]existence of the agreement. Any informatton in any form that must _
[83]be given to a third party by either the Agency or the Corapany wil]
[85]_be cone In strict conformance to the laws ‘safeguarding national. _
[86].. Security information, and only with full consultation between the
[87]. Ageney and the Company, § ~~ - oo , rr
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