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MEMORANDUM

THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

November 17

Peter:

Eric Rayman, Harvard Lamppon, called to see that HK had commented on the picture of himself in the papers today "I'm flattered" -- and they wonder whether he wants to reply to the Lampoon. They allude to their telegram to him of about October 24.

Please handle in whatever way you like.

His number is 617/354-5150.

jlp

POLAROID CORPORATION

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

April 13, 1970

The Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
The White House
Washington, D. C.

Dear Henry:

It was awfully good to hear your voice the other day and I
am delighted that you are not only bearing up, but seemingly en-
joying yourself as well. As I mentioned, the March issue of
FORTUNE listed Dr. Land as having contributed $15,000.00 to the
Democratic campaign of 1968 (no specific mention was made of the
McCarthy campaign). This is quite simply untrue, and I attach
letters of apology from both the co-author of the article,
Herbert Alexander, and Louis Banks, the Managing Editor of FOR-
TUNE.

As I mentioned, Dr. Land did not wish me to bother you with
this but I took it upon myself to do so based on our personal
friendship. It has caused him some personal embarrassment and we
greatly appreciate your seeing to it that these documents get in
the hands of the right people.

I will certainly accept your invitation the next time I am
in Washington, and I would hope that if you get to Cambridge any
time soon you will give me a ring so that we might get together
for lunch or a drink.

Again, many thanks for your help. Warmest regards.

Enc.

EHR:nf

CITIZENS' RESEARCH FOUNDATION

245 Nassau St., Princeton, N.J. 08540 (609) 924-0246

April 8, 1970

Mr. Louis Banks
Managing Editor
<u>Fortune</u>
Time and Life Building
New York, New York 10020

Dear Mr. Banks:

I think it is appropriate for me to explain in detail the nature of
our sources and the unusual situation surrounding the information
on Dr. Land which made it unique among the <u>Fortune</u> article data.
That error occurred, as I outlined in my letter to Dr. Land of March
19th, as a result of confusion between the names Land and Lamb on
the part of a McCarthy campaign officer and the repetition of the
same misinformation by a second source. I have now learned that
the second person was misinformed by the first. As you know, com-
munications within voluntary, particularly political, organizations
are sometimes faulty. At times, misinformation is also found in
officially filed campaign fund reports and can innocently be reported
in the media or in scholarly reports.

Enclosed is a List of Sources which spells out the information we
drew upon for our figures. The particular McCarthy information in
question came from a source in the last category, "Other." Less
than five per cent of our information comes under this category, and
some of this documentation is even more direct than some of the filed
information. For example, the information on the admitted contribu-
tions of Stewart Mott and W. Clement Stone was obtained from the men
themselves, and the letters which give this information are on file
here.

The basic data for 1968 were compiled into a computer printout con-
taining 21,000 separate contributions in sums of $500 or more made
by some 15,000 different individuals. This listing is the largest
ever attempted, and is actually more extensive than the largest and
last official such compilation, that contained in the <u>Report of the</u>
Senate Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections (the <u>Gore Committee</u>)
in 1956.

William H. Vanderbilt, Chairman of the Board • Alexander Heard, President • William W. Wolbach, Treasurer • Jeptha H. Wade, Secretary • Herbert E. Alexander, Director

Trustees: Archibald S. Alexander • Stimson Bullitt • Bruce K. Chapman • James M. Clark, Jr. • Albert L. Cole • Louis G. Cowan • J. Edward Day • Thomas D. Finney, Jr. • Stephan K. Galpin • Mrs. Katharine Graham • Alexander Heard • Milton Katz • Dan A. Kimball • Grayson Kirk • Gustave L. Levy • J. Irwin Miller • Malcolm Moos • Arthur H. Motley • James L. Murphy • Paul A. Porter • Lemoine Skinner, Jr. • Neil Slaebler • Walter N. Thayer • David Truman • William H. Vanderbilt • Jeptha

Mr. Louis Banks
Page Two

April 8, 1970

I have now personally rechecked in the printout every other name of a contributor mentioned in the article, and I can cite date, amount and committee to which each contribution was reported to have been made for every name other than that of Dr. Land. Names of lenders are not in the printout but have also been rechecked. Rest assured that we have documentation for these names and amounts, in the order in which they appeared in the article: Messrs. Dillon, Ford, Salvatori, Mellon, Stone, Whitney, Copeland, Packard, Benton, Hess, (Mrs.) Post, Factor, Wasserman, Loeb, Weisl, Houghton, (Mrs.) Rockefeller, and Mott. This information is on file here and is available for examination.

I, of course, take full responsibility for conveying the erroneous information about Dr. Land.

With best wishes,

Enclosure

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