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-4~ ‘'. As a result of that conversation, Green continued to make cash. - nd ae payments to Vicé President Agnew three or four times a year up to and including December, 197}. These payments were usually about $2,000 each. The payments were made both in Mr. Agnew’s Vice Presidential office and at his residence in the noe Hotel; Washington, D Cc. The payments were not discontinued until after the initiation of the Baltimore County investigation by the U. S. | \ . Attorney for the District of Maryland in January, 1973. III. The Relationship Between Mr, Agnew and Lester Matz. Lester Matz, a principal in another large engineering firm, began i making corrupt payments while Mr. Agnew was County Executive of Baltimore County in the early 1960s. In those days, Matz paid 5% of his fees from Baltimore County contracts in cash to Mr. Agnew through one of Mr. Agnew's close associates. After Mr. Agnew became Governor of Maryland, Matz decided to make ‘ his payments !directly to Governor Agnew. He made no payments until the summer of 1968 when he and his partner calculated that they owed Mr. Agnew approximatel- $20,000 in consideration for the work which their firm had already received | from the Govérnor's administration. The $20,000 in cash was generated in an illegal mannér and was given by Matz to Governor Agnew in a manila envelope in Governor Agnew's office on or about July 16, 1968. In handing the envelope to Governor Agnew, Matz expressed his appreciation for the substantial amounts of state work his company had: been receiving and told the Governor that the envelope contained the money that Matz owed to the Governor in connection with that work. Matz made no further corrupt payments to Mr. Agnew ‘until shortly after Mr. Agnew became Vice President, at which time Matz calculated that he owed Mr. Agnew approximately $10,000 more from jobs and fees which the Matz firm had, received from Governor Agnew's administration since July, 1968. After } generating $10,000 in cash in an illegal manner, Matz met with Mr. Agnew in the Vice President's office and gave him approximately $10,000 in ces in an envelope. Matz informed the Vice President at that meeting that the envelope