- 38 - Payment received for All Patents Corp. Ltd. Dec. 19, 1974 $200,000 Payments to All Patents pursuant to agreement dated April 4, 1974: March 28, 1974 $164,909 Sept, 13, 1974 $166,447 Dec. 9, 1974 $ 41,419 Feb. 19, 1975 $ 69,078 Payment to All Patents pursuant to agreement dated October 15, 1974 Oct. 1974 $900,000 Petitioner dated and signed his name on lines directly below a statement in the same document that read: The above information regarding payments made to firms or persons which I represent by Ashland or its subsidiaries is correct and I have no knowledge of any amounts received by me which were returned to Ashland, its subsidiaries, directors, employees or other representatives and I did not make any U. S. political contributions at the direction of Ashland. The same letter was sent to the Banque de Paris and signed by that bank's President, Mr. Michel. As discussed previously, during 1975 there was an investigation of Ashland by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. On July 21, 1975, petitioner created an internal memorandum indicating that "Caspian must charge Diesel Power's account 40% of the moneys paid by Ashland to the account of All- Patent Corporation * * * . This 40% is to cover the expenses we have incurred in pursuit of the Ashland business for which they paid these expenses." In an "Aide Memoire" dated July 23, 1975, petitioner noted that he had told a member of the Senate ForeignPage: Previous 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Next
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