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PH 58-641 | + On the morning of 8/11/73, USA BEALL and his Assistant, LIEBMAN, appeared at the Baltimore Office of the FBI, They were apologetic about not discussing their inquiry in the presence of other than SA PEARCE, SA PEARCE advised them that they had @ reluctance to talk in the presence of other FBI Agents, however, a great deal of information about their inquiry appeared in the press. AUSA LIEBMAN said that the information in the press was not coming from the office of the USA in Baltimore. The USA and LIERSAN were told that SA PEARCE would not report the results of his interview, utilizing polygraph, in any other than ordinary method. It was explained that results of poly- graph examinations are prepared in memorandum form and disseminated to the Bureau, to the office conducting the investigation, and to appropriate file in Philadelphia where SA PEARCE is assigned. It was agreed that this would be Satisfactory. At this point, in a private conference, USA BEALL and his Assistant, LIEBMAN, furnished the following background in regards to their inquiry: (It is interesting to note that the enclosed article in the "Philadelphia Inquirer" outlines most of the information that was disseminated to SA PEARCE by the USA's Staff 8/11/73.) JEROME BENJAMIN WOLFF was identified as a Consulting Engineer associated with the firm Greiner Environmental Systems, Inc., Consulting Engineers, who are subjects of investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Baltimore, WOLFF met the Vice President of the United States in the early 1960's, at the time AGNEW was a member of a zoning board. In 1967 when AGNEW was elected Governor of Maryland, AGNEW appointed WOLFF as Chairman of the State Roads Department, WOLFF is cooperating with the U.S. Attorney's Office and alleging that payoffs had been made to the Vice President during the period of time that AGNEW held offices in Maryland. WOLFF has not furnished information that he gave AGNEW any money directly indicating a fraudulent payment of money to AGNEW on the part of WOLFF, WOLFF, however, has participated in paying off, and has received money as a result of payoffs. He has furnished information about a bond issve around 1967 and of accompanying AGNEW to a stock brokerage firm in New York where it was learned that this firm - Smith, Barney and Company, were the individuals that did most of the work in - =~ 3 -