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Final Page - . . ' : Prior to -this time, to my knowledge, no one in the FBI had any knowledge of the investigation and upon our contact with the United States Attorney's Office, it was ascertained ' that it was an investigation being conducted by the United States Attorney's Office and the Internal Revenue Service. - The only involvement in this case by the FBI was to ‘ conduct ‘a polygraph examination of two individuals, which ‘examination was at the specific request of Assistant Attorney General Petersen and the Attorney General. I have reviewed the results of the polygraph examina-' tion, which were furnished in two communications prepared by . SA J. Robert Pearce of the Philadelphia Office of the FBI. The . first is a summary dated -8-12~-73,- and the second is a compre- eo, hensive memorandum dated 8-13-73. Both of these items were either hand carried to FBI Headquarters or sent by registered mail and were addressed to Section Chief Richard E. Long to . be opened only by Long. : I have no knowledge of anyone furnishing any information _to the news media regarding the polygraph examination and while there was a newspaper article appearing in the newspaper during the weekend of 8/25-26/73, it is doubtful that the information contained in ,the news article came from any FBI employee. The leaks of information pertaining to this investigation - were in operation long before the FBI'S limited involvement in this ‘matter and Based on this, this would eliminate any FBI employee of leaking the information.. 02 —--—se 0 tt, I have read “ERTS statement consisting of 5. page(s), initialed any. . *~“correction(s) on each page and signed the last page. This statement Ce is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. This statement is bie freely and voluntarily given. Sworn and Subscribed to ROP YS OF SVN Ee before me tnis day or __ . ‘<< Witnessed by: a Path “8