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COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON. D.C. ZD548
JL I q 197Z
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VaLted States $ate
Dear Senator Latulton:
hie refers to yor letter, dated Aprl 23, 1973 (as supplamawtd
by lottor of W 2 sad Xa 17), tqueting a repOrt Ou the ircmutanes
of 0 m u eiling, on Departmt of State latterhead, of a letter signed
i WtUr Ansmeuberi, Abssado to Grmat Britafs, trasmitting to the
addressees opls of editorial$ from British eVspapMr in pTise of
ftesdet usa.
nitially you asked wheth r there in my statutory pxoh -tiom
asainst the mus of sppr tiated funds for seadIAS a ltter such as the
-m in qussti.. Upon our advice to yur staff that State Department
ftWs mW not in fact have been mse for the saiim, you asked that ve
breades ou UiUniry amd cmndvt a thoroe h investiption of the matter.
We have foeud, as a result of that lvatiati, that the inailla vas
*ade by te up*spbUca 141toal Comttee at the sgestim of ubers of
t WIte uouwe staff and paid for by the Comittee aeing its am funds
end mialing lists. The only Stat Department luvolv4wsut Is the matter
a es to have been the sipfta by A assador Aimnberg of the original
letter whic h was typed on official Departmet of State statioare.
With respest to youe TUest for the mma of divifduas in the
Depax-tumt of State or on the Vhte House staff iho ere tespodl le_.
for the mnillmg, w have found that Mr. Ckarls W. Coleeo tb a member
of h1be White biso staff , asked Ambosso~4r Anasabr to sipa the original
of the letter which ws, according to Mr. Colsod, drafted by a umtber
of the %hite Vouse staff. Mr. Cols** stated that he did not reetmbor
ho drafted the letter. Nx. Celson sae the signed origtual to
Mrs. Kathleen ]asicto, also of the Vite gause staff, with mtruetieas
to have it aaled to prominent eitisw na members of the press, end other
roups iwe mw wwre available at the Comittee.
Wr. Robert Rossak of the Coemitee advises us that the Comdttee
repredoa md mallad 2709 opias of the letter, at a at of $334.19.
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