Opinion ID: 544588
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Heading: Grounds Urged Upon Independent Counsel to Accept Referral

Text: 27 At this point we note two significant extracts from the letter of referral of May 11, 1987 urging Independent Counsel to accept the referral, and upon which the Independent Counsel immediately accepted the Meese matter for investigation: 28 In fairness to Mr. Meese, I should state that the reports we have received concerning Mr. Meese's relationships with Wedtech-associated individuals and entities are only fragmentary, and do not show that Mr. Meese ever received any compensation from Welbilt/Wedtech, nor that he ever invested in the securities of Welbilt/Wedtech. While I believe the Public Integrity Section is in possession of all relevant information developed to date by the U.S. Attorneys' offices in New York and Baltimore and by your office, it may well be that further investigation will be able to resolve definitively the questions raised by Mr. Meese's relationship to the Welbilt/Wedtech contract and to associates of the Welbilt/Wedtech Company. 29