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. Tolson 0-20 (Rev. 7-27-87) DeLoach Mohr Bishop Casper Callahan Conrad Felt Gale ___ f Rosen ——___ fh . Sullivan —W Tavel Trotter Tele. Room Holmes Gondy ——_ : °F AG. = | REBOZO 3/13 NX WASHINGTON (UPI) --PRESIDENT NIXON’*’S CLOSE FRIEND AND FLORIDA WEITE HOUSE NEIGHBOR, CHARLES CG. “BEBE* REBOZO, HAS BECOME THE TARGET OF AN INVESTIGATION BY THE HOUSE BANKING AND CURRENCY ‘MITTEE « COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN WRIGHT PATMAN, D-TEX., WANTS TO KNOW WHY PEBOZO. A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER REPORTEDLY WORTH MORE THAN $5 MILLION, COULD OBTAIN LOANS FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA). PATMAN WEDNESDAY ORDERED THE SBA TO SUPPLY THE “COMPLETE FILE" ON A TRANSACTION THAT TOOK PLACE MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO BETWEEN PEBOZO AND SBA*’S MIAMI OFFICE. REBOZO WAS ASKED BY THE SBA REGIONAL DIRECTOR THOMAS A. BUTLER TO DEVELOP A $900,000 SHOPPING CENTER TO HELP CUBAN EXILES GET INTO BUSINESS. IN TURN, REBOZO WAS GUARANTEED SOME $2.4 MILLION IN RENTS | OVER 20 S RS. PATMAN SAID BUTLER HAD BEEN ABSOLVED OF ANY IMPROPRIETY INVOLVING THE SHOPPING CENTER CASE. BUT THE BANKING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAID IN A LETTER TO SBA ADMINISTRATOR HILLARY SANDOVAL JR. THAT “THERE ARE LARGE NUMBERS OF QUESTIONS THAT STILL REMAIN TO BE ANSWERED CONCERNING THE VARIOUS TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING MR. REBOZO," THE COMMITTEE HAS JURISDICTION OVER THE SBA, WHICH MAKES LOANS TC SMALL BUSINESSMEN. ; PATMAN ALSO ASKED FOR THE FILES OF AN $80,000 LOAN MADE TO A REBOZO-CWNED CORPORATION IN 15962 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A TITLE INSURANCE JBUILDING IN KEY WEST, FLA. ALTHOUGH PRELIMINARY INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE SBA DID NOT SHOW ANY DISCREPANCY ON THE LOAN, PATMAN SAID HE HOPED THE SBA "WILL PURSUE THE MATTER TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO MISUSE OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS." Yo- O- \y MI756AES ey 9 6 e mM) 176 MARZ 196 ¢ ———— \ B OMAR 2.41969 WASHINGTON CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE