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[10]MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
[12]FROM: Robert D. Clark
[13]' Office of General Counsel
[15]- SUBJECT: “ 7 an PDLADLE: . Outside Lawyer to Draw Up -
[16]wee TO -Deed of Trust «_ Se . : -
[18]1. PDLADLE is a high-level defector residing in New York who has
[19]had advanced to him a number of large "loans" over the years, in addition
[20]to his "salary." Some of these monies have gone into the purchase of
[21]some real estate in the State of New York. The Agency now wants a
[22]Deed of Trust executed in favor of one of its nominees on the New York
[23]real property.
[25]2. Possible lawyers to handle drafting the Deed of Trust are:
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[28](Natalie Koether} a cleared N.Y. lawyer, on whom FR
[29]Division has an operational approval. They have an active
[30]interest in using her and her husband. If Ms. Koéthe
[31]used on the Deed of Trust, FR would lose an asset. Were it
[32]not for our rule of no operational use of cleared attorneys,
[34], . FR apparently (accordingly to Eric Sowers) has no objection
[35]. to Ms . Koether'} drawing up the Deed of Trust;
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[38]b. another cleared lawyer. The clearance on any such lawyer
[39]would have to be updated by Security. The best candidate
[40]Bill Ashbaugh and I were able to locate off the Cleared Attorneys
[41]Panel was (Richard C. Kullen, Jr., OS #651 16) last cleared
[42]21 March 1975; OG, 06
[44]c. the case officer for PDLADLE, MONCURE, who is apparently
[45]a practicing N.Y. lawyer who at one time worked for the Agency.
[46]This idea was suggested by Vasia Gmirkin of CI Staff, the
[47]client component on the Deed of Trust. The idea would be that
[48]since MONCURE already knows that PDLADLE and MONCURE
[49]would be used only on this PDLADLE job, the security and. cover
[50]problems normally associated with allowing cleared attorneys
[51]to become involved in operations would not be as pronounced as
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[69]usual. On the other hand, his prior association with the Agency
[70]could jeopardize PDLADLE if drafting the Deed of Trust exposes
[71]MONCURE to more scrutiny than his present association with
[72]PDLADLE already does; and ,
[74]d. an attorney from OGC. N.Y. mortgage law would have tobe ;
[75]researched to try to make the Deed of Trust-freely assignable from .. ~
[76]_ one CIA nominee to another. N.Y. form books should be easily .
[77]locatable in the D.C. law libraries. If the Deed of Trust follows N Yo
[78]form, would the fact that the OGC lawyer is not licensed in N.Y.
[79]in any way throw doubt on the document? When might the name
[80]of the lawyer who drafted the document come to light?
[82]Robert D. Clark »
[85]' Distribution:
[86]Original - DEFECTORS
[87]1 - RDC Signer
[88]1 - Chrono
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