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-28— apartment in the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington. Green made his lust payment “during the Christmas season in December of 1972. As Green recalls * — . it, these payments invariably: amounted to $2,000 each. As before, the money & was always in a plain envelope, and the two men were always alone when the ! payment was made. Green particularly recalls the first occasion upon which he paid money to Mr. Ag ew in his offices in the Executive Office Building. Green was quite impressed with Mr. Agnew's office and position and felt very uncomfortable about the transaction that was about to occur. In addition, Green had some; concern that the conversation between him and Vice President Agnew might be overheard or even taped. For all of these reasons, Green did not believe that it was appropriate or wise to continue to speak of personal financial assistance. Therefore; he stated to the Vice President that this money was part of his continuing and unfulfilled commitment to Mr. Agnew with “respect to “political contributions." Thereafter, Green usually made a similar statement when he delivered money to Mr. Agnew in his Executive Office Building offices. Green recalls that on the first occasion he made such a statement to Mr. Agnew, Green raised his eyes to ’ the ceiling In order silently to suggest to Mr. Agnew the reason for the unusual and inaccurate statement. " In 1969 and 1970, Green paid Mr. Agnew $8,000 a year, four payments of $2,000 each in both years. In 1971 and 1972, he paid Mr. Agnew $6,000 a year, three payments of $2,000 each in both years. . ‘In Green's meetings with Vice President Agnew, he frequently asked about Federal engineering comtracts for his company, and Mr. Agnew generally indicated to him that he was attempting to be as helpful as he could. Green soon realized, however, that the Vice President did not exercise any substantial control over Federal work, and, in fact, the Green company received only one Federal job during this period. The payments were discontinued after December 1972, because i of the investigation conducted by the United States Attorney's Office into ml