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~ G-19 (Rev, 9-11-73) Rebozo N Not Saying ing ne By Martha Angle ° - Istar-News Stptt Writer Presidential confidante C. G. (Bébe) Reébozo* has never claimed to have proof that the $100,000 which he returned earlier this year to billionaire Howard R. Hughes was in the same bills he received three or more years ago, according _to Senate investigators. Senate sources said Presi- dent Nixon, in remarks last week to a group of con- gressmen, appeared to go , beyond what Rebozo has | told vestigators ee in regard ' e andling of the-sec ret. contribution» aes egal was made if and 1970. ; . Nixon reportedly told the House members. that Rebo- © zo “had the FBI check it out” to verify that he was . returning precisely the same $100 bills he had re-, ceived from a Hughes emis- sary, Richard Danner. ° “So maybe Mr. Rebozo ° isn't so dumb,"": the Presi- | dent said, according to! notes taken by Rep. Charles W, Whalen Jr., R-Ohio, dur- ing last week's meeting. , Rebozo has told Senate > watergate : committee inves- Naan meeeaemeail Bills Identical. tigators he kept the $100,000 in-e“wele-deposi three years and returned ‘the cash in exactly the same form he had received it. But he has névér claimed he can. prove the bills were identi- cal, Senate sources said. Committee investiga- tors yesterday interviewed ‘Kenneth Witter, special agent in charge of the FBI's Miami field office, who told them Relboza ‘asked him to examine the bills last year to verify they were the same ones received from the Hughes organization. | Sources said Whitaker told Rebozo there was nec . way-omricertainlne trerely from an ri examinananahane” frotey Whether it wag in the same form it had been re- ceived. cemebeet The Senate committee, which has been investigat- ing the purpose and han- dling of the contribution, is expected to call Rebozo and several Hughes aides as witnesses during its current round of public hearings. Thus far, sources said, committee investigators have been unable either to! prove or disprove Rebozo's account of what was done. with the money, although there are conflicting reports on why the $ 00 was domes the firs ae ook Assoc, Dir. Asst. Dir: Admin. Comp. Syst. —_—— Ext. Affairs iles & Com. __ Ident. Inspection Intell. Laboratory Plan. & Evol. __ Spec. Inv. Training Legal Coun, Telephone Rm. —_ Director Sec’y The Washington Post Times Herald The Evening Star woshingoa Ae $e The Sunday Star (Washington) ___ Daily News (New York) Sunday News (New York) , New York Post The New York Times The Daily World The New Leader The Wall Street Journal The National Observer People’s World NOV 21 1973 Date “TN ye ‘vp EU 4913 RF A apr pEC ye. © 1973 nme f e if aa (yp © to