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On November 28, 1971, a Special Agent of the New Orleans Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) observed Vice President Agnew arrive at the New Orleans International Airport at 3:29 PM, The Vice President held a news conference and then proceeded by motorcade to the Royal Orleans Hotel. No demonstrators or protestors were observed at the airport or hotel. At approximately 8:00 PM the Vice President left the Royal Orleans Hotel by car and traveled to the Rivergate Convention Hall. Spot checks at the Royal Orleans Hotel and the Rivergate Convention Hall on the evening. of November 28, 1971, and at the hotel on the morning of November 29, 1971, were made; however, no pickets or demonstrators were observed. On November 30, 1971, a representative of Secret Service, New Orleans, advised that Vice President Agnew had departed the New Orleans International Airport at approximately 12:45 PM on November 29, 1971. Prior to the arrival of the Vice President at the airport, an anonymous call had been received that there was a man with a gun in the general area of the Vice President's plane. Investigation by Secret Service subsequently identified this individual as an off-duty officer of the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Sheriff's Office, who was armed and in the company of a - ‘fag ° tt 2*