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Assoc 2) Dep. AD Adm__ Dep. AD Inv. Asst. Dir.: Adm. Serv. ___ Ext. Affairs __ Fin. & Pers__ Gen. Inv, Ident. Har 3 iste |- | CVO182 12317347 AL READ 00 HI seothat mete 10H COMMUNICATIONS SECTION . sft “DE cy 0317347, ‘MAY 77 j FM CLE LAND (161-1215) auc \o . i TO DIRECTOR IMMEDIATE ‘ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED =~ BT 7 * owreg2gye py edb zawe/ore] pL Be ie - : 3823 CLEAR ie) |! ALBERT ARNOLD GORE, SPIN, BUDED MAY 3, 1977, WITHOUT FAIL. RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR, MAY 3, 1977. ON MAY 3, 1977, “HERMAN L. VAIL, SENIOR PARTNER, VAIL, STEELE, HOWLAND, AND DEMPSEY, 925 EyCLID AVENUE, CLEVELAND, OHIO, ADVISED THAT HIS ASSOCIATION WITH APPOINTEE Has BEEN VERY LIMITED. VAIL SAID HIS ONLY CONTACT WITH APPOINTEE IS DIR ING THE ANNUAL BOARD MEETINGS OF OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM WHICH ARE HELD APPROXIMATELY FOUR TIMES YEARLY. VAIL HAS KNOWN -APPOINTEE IN THIS LIMITED ASSOCIATION SINCE 1972. VAIL ADVISED HE KNEW NOTHING OF APPOINTEE'S PAST HISTORY oR BACKGROUND EXCEPT THAT APPOINTEE IS CHAIRMAN OF ISLAND CREEK COAL COMPANY , A SUBSIDIARY OF OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM. VAIL ASSUMED eas MUST HAVE BEEN A SENATOR FROM TENNESSEE AT ONE TIME, gl ol . Nor s RECORDED™ rowed | » (ech? | ° , van 28 1977 JUL151977 Telephone Rm, _. Director’s Sec'y__.