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-_L Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 : CIA-RDP87M00539R000901 190016-2 SECR ET It was apparent that the activities of the attorney's a client resembled those of the unknown American under investigation by the FBI. Since the granting of immunity from prosecution was never a viable issue, it became necessary to establish a relationship with the client through Dougherty to insure a continued dialogue. This was accomplished by the submission of a list of twenty questions to the client. The questions were designed to elicit responses that might help identify the client, determine if the client was the unknown American, or both. In February and March of 1982, Dougherty provided his client's responses to the questions. They were in the form of detailed but anonymous depositions which Dougherty transcribed from cassette tapes. The depositions were quite detailed but frequently rambling in style. Most important, however, based upon one of the depositions, the FBI was able to identify the client as being James Harper, Jr., a self-employed electronics engineer who resided in Mountain View, California. Thus, the first goal of the FBI investigation had been accomplished with the identification of Harper. Further investigation revealed that Harper had maintained a relationship with Ruby Louise Schuler, who was an executive secretary to the President of Systems Control Incorporated (SCI), in Palo Alto, California. SCI is a Government contract facility which handles defense contracts. While Schuler was employed at SCI, the company did research for the U. S. Army Ballistic Missile Defense Advance Technology Center, in Huntsville, Alabama. In her position, Schuler had routine access to virtually all of SCI's classified material. Schuler was Harper's access to Classified material at SCI. Their relationship became part romance, part business. SECR ET - 37 - op --;---- --- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 : CIA-RDP87M00539R000901190016-2 --———. ---.