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! ° THE FOLLOWING PE; ONS WERE CONTACTED on MAY 3, 1977,° Dw s é | t F id errear esate, . LS 161-551 PAGE TWO . At 101 SOUTH HANOVER WHICH IS AT THE CORNER OF SoUTH HANOVER ANO RICHMOND ROAD, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY: ML PERSONS CONTACTED IN THIS MATTER WERE APPRISED OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVACY act. . UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED: FOSTER PETIT, MAYOR, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, ADVISED THAT HE "AS KNOWN SENATOR GORE FOR MANY YERAS AS A RESULT oF HIS WIFE KNOWING THE SENATOR WHEN SHE was IW WASHINGTON, Dic. "ER FATHER WAS A CONGRESSMAN DURING THE SAME TIME THAT GORE WAS IN CONGRESS. SINCE THAT TIME, PETIT AND HIS WIFE Have NATNTATNED A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH GORE. PETIT STATE THAT ME FEELS THAT GORE WAS MAINLY RESPONSIGLE FOR THE MOVING OF THE ISLAND CREEK COAL COMPANY HEADQUARTERS To LEXINGTON. PETIT STATED FURTHER HE- KNOWS GORE SOCIALLY AND CONSIDERS HIM To BE AGENTLEMAN, PETIT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED GORE FOR A HIGH GOVERNMENT POSITION, STATING HE KNOWS OF NOTHING UNFAVORABLE ABOUT THE FORMER SENATOR.