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_under which he has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal felony violation ~20- II. ‘The Relationship Between Mr. Agnew and Allen Green Allen Green is the President and one of the principal owners of Green Associates, Inc., a Maryland engineering company which has, over the years, performed various types of engineering work. Green has signed a formal written agreement with the Government of the Internal Revenue Code that will expose him to a maximum sentence of three years. in prison. He has given the Government his complete~~—. cooperation in this investigation. In return, the Government has promised him that he will not be prosecuted for any offense related to this investi- gation other than the one to which he will plead guilty, and that at his sentencing the Government will bring his cooperation to the attention of the Court. The Goyernment has expressly refused to promise Green that it will recommend to the Court at his sentencing that he be placed on probation. At the Government's request, Green has executed a sworn written statement detailing his relationship with Mr. Agnew. Green's testimony, the corroborative testimony of other witnesses, and various corroborative documents would prove the following: , Green has been an engineer in Maryland for 21 years. . During this period, he has often made cash payments on behalf of his company in return for various State and local consulting contracts and in order to remain eligible for further contracts. He used cash for the simple reason that checks could have been traced and might have led to the discovery of these illegal payments. These payments formed a pattern ‘over the years and reflected his understanding, based upon experience, of the system in which a firm such as his had to participate in order to insure its survival and growth in the State of Maryland. This system had developed long ago in Maryland and in other States as‘well. Engineering contracts have not been awarded on the basis