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BH 157-352 PAGE FIVE TODAY WHEN MOBILE SAC ADVISED ME BEN ALLEN IS STILL CONNECT- ED WITH MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER-JOURNAL, I CALLED MR. BAXLEY TO ASCERTAIN HIS EXACT STATUS. BAXLEY SAID ALLEN IS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR AND IS STILL ON PAYROLL OF THE NEWSPAPER, BUT IS ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO WORK FOR BAXLEY ON THIS SPECIFIC CASE DUE TO HIS EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF CASE, AND BAXLEY IS PAYING ALLEN EXPENSES ONLY. BAXLEY SAID ALLEN'S WORK ON CAPTIONED MATTER IS IN NO WAY RELATED TO HIS EMPLOYMENT BY THE NEWSPAPER. FOREGOING PLACES ME IN DIFFICULT POSITION. IT SEEMS LOGICAL THAT WE NOT WITHHOLD PERTINENT DATA RE A MURDER CASE FROM BAXLEY. ON THE OTHER HAND, WHETHER DATA IS GIVEN TO BAXLEY ONLY, WITHOUT” PRESENCE OF ALLEN, THIS DATA MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE BY BAXLEY TO END PAGE FIVE