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8. Hunt Requests a Lockpicker: This is a record of
External Employment Assistance Branch's action on a request
from Howard Hunt for a lockpicker who might be retiring or
resigning from the Agency.

Sometime in the spring of 1972, Frank O'Malley of EEAB
received a call from Howard Hunt who asked Frank if he had a
retiree or resignee who was accomplished at picking locks.
Mr. O'Malley sent him a resume on Thomas Amato who retired
31 July 1971. Mr. O'Malley did not document his EEAB record
to show the date of this exchange, but [REDACTED] (who
also works in EEAB) opines that it occurred sometime between
March and May 1972.

All of the above information was reported to the Office
of Security on 4 October 1972 following the FBI's contact with
the Agency regarding Howard Hunt.

9. Resume Sent to McCord: [REDACTED] a contract
employee who retired in September 1971, was a client of the
External Employment Assistance Branch in his search for a job
after retirement. One of the leads given to [REDACTED]
James McCord's security business. EEAB sent a resume to
McCord, but [REDACTED] was not hired.

In mid-summer 1972, [REDACTED] telephoned EEAB from
Chicago. (He had a job there with the Halifax Security Co.,
a lead provided by EEAB, but until this telephone call he had

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