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BA 58-483 PART OF THE BRIEFING OF SA PEARCE BY USA BEALL INCLUDED ALLEGATIONS THAT MATZ HAD PAID DIRECTLY TO SPIRO AGNEW VARIGUS SUMS OF MONEY INCLUDING ONE 20,000 PAYMENT IN THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND AT BALTIMORE, MARYLAND IN JUNE OR JULY, 1968. THIS REPRESENTED FIVE PER CENT OF CONTRACTS HELD BY MATZ, A CONSULTING CIVIL ENGINEER, AND INVOLVED CONTRACTS HE HELD WITH THE STATE OF MARYLAND. THE STANDARD PATTERN OF ALLEGED KICKBACKS INVOLVING VARIOUS LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS IN MARYLAND AND INCLUQNG SPIRO AGNEW WAS TO OBTAIN THREE TO FIVE PER CENT KICKBACKS FOR EACH CONTRACT THAT WERE GIVEN TO “CONSULTING ENGINEERS", CONSULTANTS DO NOT HAVE TO MAKE A BID ACCORDING TO STATE REGULATIONS AND CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE WILLING TO KICKBACK THE DESIGNATED AMOUNT, MATZ, ON 8/12/73, WAS ASKED ONE SERIES OF QUESTIONS WHICH WAS REPEATED, GENERALLY OVERALL, HIS CHARTS DO NOT INDICATE DECEPTION, THERE IS A SLIGHT REACTION TO RELEVENT QUESTION bE