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7 October 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
Chief, Contract Personnel Division
ATTENTION
Mr. Rod Brooks
FROM
SUBJECT
: Joel E. Keys, Chief
Corporate Cover Branch
Central Cover Staff
Request for Letter of Agreement
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02 1. Please prepare a Letter of Agreement between the Agency and
BLUE, which 
through the President of the firm, Mr. Emmett M. Steele,
has agreed to place on retainer a Contract Agent of Europe Division,
02 (TOPHONE/1. John J. Murray, Jr. represented the Agency in these
negotiations. Identities will be forwarded under separate cover.
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2. Effective 1 October 1976, LE BLUE will place on retainer (TO PHONE/1
at an annual retainer of a $9,000, which will be paid to him in monthly
increments of $750 
by CLEBLUE. The Company will overtly negotiate a
retainer contract with COPHONE, which will make eminently clear that
both are negotiating and concluding the contract as independent
parties; 
that the Company, (LIBLUE, will have no obligation to withhold
Federal, or state income taxes, or Social Security taxes.
02 3. In consideration of the support rendered, the Agency will
pay LCLUE $10,000 annually. Provision is made in this amount to
offset any nominal expenses the firm incurs in its overt associations
or support of TOPHONE/1. It also serves, in part, to minimize the
chances that auditing personnel will identify a wash transfer between
the 
notional facility and payments to (TOPHONE/1.
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4. The Agency will reimburse LPBLUE in quarterly increments
via a contrived contractual arrangement between LE BLUE and a notional
facility of the Agency. Cancelled checks will serve as adequate
accountings for monies paid (LRBLUE.
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5. Please include the usual paragraphs of appreciation, secrecy,
and prohibition of bona fide employment.
6. All information relating to this agreement is classified
secret. Both the Agency and the Company agree that the most stringent
safeguards 
will be taken to protect this information, including the
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existence of the agreement. Any information in any form that must
be given to a third party by either the Agency or the Company will
be done in strict conformance to the laws safeguarding national.
security information, and only with full consultation between the
Agency and the Company.
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JOEL E. KEYS