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Matz called the Vice President's office in Washington and set up an appointment to meet with Mr. Agnew. On a piece of yellow legal~size paper, Matz calculated the sum then owed to Mr. Agnew for work received by Matz's company from the State of Maryland. He’ took this piece of paper with him when he went to the Vice President's office. He met with Mr. Agnew, showed him the calculations, and ° briefly reviewed them for him. He then handed him an envelope, containing approximately $10,000 in cash. Matz told him that the envelope contained the money that his company "owed" in connection with the State Roads Commission contracts that had been awarded under Mr. Agnew's administration in Annapolis. Mr. Agnew placed this envelope in his desk drawer. Matz also told the Vice President that the company might Howe! him more money in the future as these contracts continued to generate fees, and that he would fulfill these obligations. They agreed that Matz was to call Mr. Agnew's secretary when he was ready to make the next payment and to tell her that he had wore "information" for Mr. Agnew. This was to be a signal to Mr. Agnew that Matz had more money for hin. After this meeting, Matz returned to Baltimore and told Childs of the payment. He also told Childs that he was shaken by his own actions because he had just made a pay-off to the Vice President of the United States. Matz also told Wolff, who was then working or about to begin working on the Vice President's & staff, that he had made a direct payment to the Vice President. Although Matz believes that he made several additional cash payments totalling approximately $5,000 to the Vice President, he never completely fulfilled his obligations to Mr. Agnew with respect to the State Roads Commission contracts, in part because Mr. Agnew had very, little, 4f any influence with respect to federal engineering contracts.