[1o4-10096-10047] . 15 May 1972 MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION SUBJECT : Meeting with Hal Hendrix, Il May 1972 1. Hal Hendrix called my home on 10 May, saying that he was in Washington and wished to see me, .Arrangemorts were later made to mect him in downtown Washington at a street corner at &:00 am on lk May. I picked him up as schedulcd, and after driving around awhile we had breakfast at the Marriot Metel in Rosslyn, after which I drove him to the airport so he could catch (he 10:36 a.m. plane to New York, 2. Hendrix had a nuraber of points to cenvey, but nens of thern were of such importasce for him to have made a trip to Washinton . : & ? £ 1 & oy just te sca me. Therefore, his explanation scams plaueibla that h in Washington basically to see Jerry Hannifin of the Yime/Life bureau to discuss a lezd on who might heve leaked ITI docurnents to Jack Anderso Hendrix ¢ explained that he was vecently told by a "Caribbean ruffian"' named Fnu Goodfriend that the pereon who furnished the IT‘ documents to Jack Anderson was Irving Davidson, an old fziend of Andcreon who some years ago had once set aside a desk in his office for Anderson to use on occasion. Goodfriend said that the picture of Dita Beard with a number of her Wanhington contacts publigbed early in the It T scandal days had included Davidson somewnere in the group. Davidson is described as a lobbyict for one or more Latin American Governments as well as for Israel. Hannifin is considered a very knowledgeable and trusted friend by Ecndrix who wanted Bannifin's opinion whether Davidson might in fact be a source of Anderson's, Hannifin's initial im pression | was that this was a remote possibility, but he said he would check around and try and talk to Davideon himself to see whether he could get a rise on the question of LTT. Hendrix said he came away from the rnecting with Hannifin pretly well convinced that the load to Davidson as the source on IVT documents was probebly net a good one.
3, Hendrix commented to me that the general feeling in N.Y. in that there may be two penetrations in the Washington office, two in the N.Y. office, and one in their Cleveland office. He did not cleborate, . 4 Wendrix made the following cornments about the ITT/Chile documents: Se. A. He was aware that Raymond Brittenham, whom he described as a senior Vice President and a hit of a fuddy-duddy who enjoys Harold Geneen's confidence, had first seen Tehn McCone and then come to. Washington recently to talk with Agency represents about the ITT/Chile documents. ‘One proposal that Brittcnham had thought of discussing with the Agency was that several sensitive documents be turned over to the Agency for cafekceping, He did not seem to know whether this had actually beca discussed by Brittenham with the Agency, Hendrix czid that Prittenham had .diccusced with the Agency what TTT might sey in the Senate hearings, what the Anency might say, ete. (I did notecknowiedge Raving known that Lrittenham mict with Ageacy roprosenut tives, . faying that thia was presi emnaly & 7th floor matter. He might nat a a have believed me, but I thought it betier not lo confirra the fact to hing that a contact had in fact taken place since he apparently did not talk to Brittonham: himself about this. , B. Fnu Schafer, the lawyer of the firm in Washington 'yetained by ITT as counsel for the expected Senate hearings on Chilean activities of ITT, has told LTT officials that he thinks © the timing and intensity of the Senate cub-commiitee interest in the Chilean activities of ITT will depend on the general political situation in the U.S., particularly in Viet Nam, - Schafer has been in touch with Pat Holt, the sub-committee aide, OO C. None of the ITT documents oz Chile have been turned , over yet to the Senate sub-committee. The docurnents are still being worked on by ITT. When pressed as to the quantity involved, Honda xix said the total is about 500 documents.