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- Octobe: 26, 1973 GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION The attached relates to the information received by Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Whittaker of the Miami Office on 6/18/73, mae a from the President's personal friend, +4 Charlies G. Rebozo, that in 1969 Rebozo v received a total of $100,000 from a repre~ sentative of Howard Hughes to be applied to Republican campaign activities. Rebozo has stated he maintained this $100,000 in a safe-deposit box at his bank in Miami and never turned it over to the Republican Party. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has conducted investigation concerning this matter and we informed IRS Headquarters of the contact by Rebozo with SAC Whittaker in a letter dated 8/1/73. The attached request for interview of SAC Whittaker by Scott Armstrong of the Ervin Committee is in the nature of a request for information from FBI files and should have been made in writing to the Attorney General by the Ervin Committee. Armstrong is not one of the 5 Ervin Committee members authorized to secure information from the FBI. If you approve, Congressional Services Office will the Ervin Commi. i 1ttak hould be made_in i Acting Attorney General in line with established procedures. SAC Whittaker Will then be advised acoraingly. It is noted Rebozo cortacted SAC Whittaker 6/18/73, which is subsequent to the establishment of the Special Prosecution Force on 5/25/73. That office has consistently taken the position that any information developed by the FBI after that date should not be furnished to the Ervin Committee. We have followed these guid lines to the present time. ale St id ! y