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...book from Casey. The Albosta committee seemed to side with Baker, concluding that his "testimony is corroborated by a credible witness." That witness, Margaret Tutwiler, is a Baker aide who recalled being told by him that he had received the material from Casey. The committee also pointed out a memo written by Robert Garrick, a campaign aide, in September 1980, saying that Casey wants "more information from the Carter camp and wants it circulated." In addition, the report cites testimony that Washington Consultant Paul Corbin admitted having provided Casey with the debate materials. While Corbin denies this, the report says...
...papers obtained by Smist show that one Schiavone detective, Robert Bermingham, was concerned about the legality of the company's snooping into grand jury proceedings. A memo to Shortley from Bermingham, dated June 21, 1982, warned that "a source in New York reported that Schiavone investigators in the New York area are risking becoming involved in obstruction of justice charges...
...employees at Bechtel, the international construction firm with headquarters in San Francisco (1983 revenues: $14 billion), rarely get much personal correspondence from Chairman Stephen Bechtel Jr., 58. Many of them therefore were surprised last week when they received an eight-paragraph "management memo" directly from the chairman and signed simply "Steve." Once they started reading, surprise turned to shock. "Over the weekend," began the memo, "you have probably read or heard news-media reports of allegations that a consultant may have made improper payments in Korea. These allegations are very serious since they attack our most valuable asset-Bechtel...
Bechtel issued his memo in response to charges that will soon be published simultaneously in Mother Jones and Multi-national Monitor, both liberal, investigative magazines. The articles maintain that between 1977 and 1980 Bechtel Power, a subsidiary, funneled an estimated $72,000 in cash and duty-free golf clubs and appliances to key South Korean officials in order to help win four nuclear-power-plant contracts worth more than $400 million. If that is true, the payments violate the 1977 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits U.S. businessmen from making payments to foreign officials in order to win contracts. Moreover...
...were ever made. At the Pentagon, Spokesman Michael Burch issued a terse statement: "We consider the story to be complete nonsense." Shultz said simply, "This is a Bechtel matter and any statements made about it would appropriately be made by the Bechtel Co." At Bechtel, the chairman ended his memo by writing that both Weinberger and Shultz "are men of very high principle who would never associate themselves with any activity that they believed improper...