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A. OCacthng arin Aap, Eo Tneed the Toni ERE
lan, dlelas ond ald hia that 2lilsugh I was not pesiesvdy -
EE menbly wnFe tho dhe Leiter led bon rion hy i
Heo tetueds Mr, Helis sgoced Ghat £¢ was a sireng probubiiiiy
. that tha envelops had Leen saat to hin by Mr. Mefovd, i sold .
: hin hog YX seln ary sTrvagly Plt the latter shed Le Laoemd . H
over to fhe Federal Buvosu of Investigation. Mr. Halos, after
sone reflection, decided that he would like to have a Tegal ’
opinion on the matter and sumesned Mr. Lawcence fouston,
General Counsel of ths Agency, to his office and had hia .
‘road the letter: ' After he had finished reading the Tettor i
- the ensuing discussion, to the best of ny recollection, : ’
A centered about whether. the Agoncy had any legal obligation
to forward tho letter to tho Justice Department or the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. Both Mr. liclms and Mr. Houston CT :
: ascided that there was no such obligation and I was told to )
hold the letter in a secure file in my office and take no
. further action on At. Mr, Helms instructed me to restrict
knowledge of the existence of the letter to an absolute
mininum number of people. ) i -
. 5. The next envelope received was addressed ‘to
- Mr. Poul Gaynor, a staff chief in my office and a former -
close friend of Mr. McCord's, on or about the 23rd of Co
December 1972. ° The next envelope received was addrassed .
to Mr. Gaynor's residence and was undated but postnarked .
27 December 1972. The two envelopes contained ons or more . ’
unsignod typewritten plcces of correspondence which appeared .
. to relate to Mr. McCord's involvement in the Watergate "agfaien.
’ Both of these letters were handcarried by me torts. Elizabeth
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