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" Page 1 bees of to on ‘September 4 » 1973 at : . "STATEMENT . Sworn. statement of Richard E. Long _. given at —~. ty 3 ere BSD ee, e The following are my answers to questions relevant to the investigation news. leaks relating to the Department of Justice investigation relating Vice President Agnew. , ; - 1. ‘Have you had any contact, conversation or communication with any NOL/ ‘ "member of the press or other news media relative to the investigation? Ye : 2. Do you know anyone who has had any contact, conversation or communi- . cation with any member of the press or other news media relative 0,1 -to the investigation? 3. ‘Have you had any contact; conversation or communication with anyone hy _“ outside ‘the Department of Justice relative to this investigation? - WX qc 4, Do you kiow anyone who has had any contact, conversation or communi- yo fs ‘cation with anyone outside the Department. of Justice relative to this : __ Investigation? Do you have any knowledge of any person in -or out of the Dbpartment _ © SEPARATE PAGES. of Justice who may have been responsible for leaking to the press or other news media any information relative to this investigation? a IF THE ANSWER TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING IS "YES" GIVE THE DETAILS oN “My farther statement is as follows: . My first knowledge of any matter regarding an ie investigation of Vice President Agnew is what was recorded ° ‘in the public news media. The article mentioned some aspect | of bribery. Of course, bribery is a primary investigative . responsibility of the FBI. Based_upon this,-.instructions. ~ ' + were given by me to Supervisor[ ‘to contact an our’ Baltimore office to determine if the FBI should conduct "any investigation. Information came back that the U. S. ’ "Attorney in Baltimore advised this-is strictly an Internal Revenue Service matter and no inves tigation of the FBI was Gesired. This was also the ! ‘ny Of Mc. Jonn C., Keeney, med a ey ’ ‘a