Records of Independent Counsel Jacob Stein

1984
Volume: 21.6 feet

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Folder Title List

Boxes 1 to 7:

• Grand Jury Transcripts and Exhibits

Boxes 8 to 11:

• Cassette Tapes of Grand Jury Testimony

Box 12:

• Subpoenaed Financial Records
  • Bank of Newport, Newport Beach CA, T. Barrack
  • Central Bank, Los Angeles, CA, Ted Elkin
  • Central Bank, Los Angeles, CA
  • Community Bank of Santa Ynez, Solvang, CA
  • Records provided by Ted Elkin
  • First Interstate Bank, San Francisco, CA Kupperberg, Alba Trading
  • Paine Webber Jackson and Curtis, San Francisco, Thomas, Edwin and Gretchen; Meese, Edwin, Ursula, Dana, Scott

Box 13:

• Subpoenaed Financial Records
  • San Diego Trust and Savings Bank, T. Elkin
  • Transition Trust records obtained from Charles Ruff
  • Great American Federal Savings Bank:
    • Great American Federal-Summary examples of forbearance
    • 8/27/84 Chip Rawlings
    • Great American Federal Savings-Community Reinvestment Act Statement
    • Howard Payment Record: Howard, I.E., and Luciann Ln. # 15244807
    • Nichols Ln. # 152448-7
    • Thomas J. Barrack #36-00000497-2, #36-00000551-6
    • Thomas, Edwin Ln. #145967-6
  • Miscellaneous financial records supplied to IC McKay and returned by him on 10/3/88

Box 14:

• Deputy Counsel's Notes and Files on Investigation
  • Army Promotion: Meese Military promotion
  • Carter Briefing Books: Carter campaign materials
  • La Mesa House: The La Mesa house transaction
  • McKean
  • Miscellaneous
  • Pepperdine University and American University
  • Edwin Thomas, Gretchen Thomas, Tad Thomas: Edwin Thomas

Box 15:

• Deputy Counsel's Notes and Files on Investigations
  • Edwin Thomas, Gretchen Thomas, Tad Thomas: Gretchen Thomas
  • Edwin Thomas, Gretchen Thomas, Tad Thomas: Tad Thomas
  • Transition Trust and Moss Institute
  • Trips
  • White House Personnel
    • Interviews (G. Frampton)
    • Miscellaneous Interviews
  • Beizer, Richard
    • General
    • Senate Judiciary Committee Staff
    • Army Reserves

Box 16:

• Deputy Counsel's Notes and Files on Investigations
  • Beizer, Richard
    • Barrack/La Mesa/Great American/Howards
    • Carter papers
    • McKean
    • Thomas/Biotech

Box 17:

• Deputy Counsel's Notes and Files on Investigations
  • Beizer, Richard
    • Thomas/Biotech
    • Transition/Travel
  • Bensfield, Jim
    • Army-original notes
    • Original notes
  • Frampton, George
    • McKean file

Box 18:

• Deputy Counsel's Notes and Files on Investigations
  • Frampton, George
    • Meese 278's file
    • Military File
    • Thomas Loan
    • White House jobs/White House personnel office file
  • FBI Agent's Original notes
    • SA Dale Bird
    • SA Phillip Buvia
    • SA Richard Legore
    • SA John Paulisick
  • Index (cards) of Person Interviewed, by Name Citing Area of Investigation, Date of Interview and Interviewer

Box 19:

• Material Received from the White House
  • White House-Rusthaven-Fielding; Office of Presidential Personnel
    • Thomas Barrick
      • Brian, Dr. Earl
      • Ellingwood, Herb (G. Thomas)
      • Gray, Ed
      • Luce, Gordon
      • McKeon, John
      • Thomas, Tad
      • Von Damm, Helene documents
    • Berkman, William
    • Army promotion/Berkman reappointment from Fielding
    • Moss, William
    • Pendleton, Clarence
    • Sandstrom, Marc
    • Wallach, E. Robert
    • Agendas for Senior Staff meetings (from Fielding) Applies to McKean, Barrack, Luce, Gray and Brian
    • Notes from Senior Staff meetings (from Fielding) McKean, Thomas, Brian, Gray
    • General (from Fielding) "Personal Data Statement"
    • President's Commission on Housing-- documents from David B. Waller
    • Ed Meese's financial disclosure 1983 files, 8/13/1984 from White House
    • John Richardson's working papers-- Ed Meese's financial disclosure forms

Box 20:

• Material Received from the White House
  • Edwin Meese Blue File, Files numbered 1 to 9
  • Financial Disclosure Reports:
    • Calendar year 1981- filled in 1982
    • Entrant's filing 1981- filed in 1983
    • Calendar year 1982-filed in 1983
    • Calendar year 1983 and to date 1984- filed in 1984
    • 1983 financial disclosure statements
    • Financial disclosure report
  • John Richardson notes, Thomas photocopies $15,000 loan
  • White House personnel interviews
  • Fred F. Fielding- Counsel to the President
• Investigations
  • Army Promotion
    • Complete package of materials for Gen. Thurman interview
    • U.S. Army General Counsel's Office
    • Berkman reappointment- L. Niederlehner, Deputy General Counsel, DOD
    • Major General Carl Smith USAF, San Antonio re: Berkman promotion
    • Berkman: General officer Management office file from Captain Kuzma

Box 21:

• Investigations
  • Army Promotion
    • General Berkman interview; notes, statement to Senate Judiciary Committee and Military Manpower Task Force
    • Miscellaneous Interviews
    • Aspin Subcommittee
  • Carter papers
    • Honegger, Barbara letter and affidavit 9/7/84
    • Debategate
    • Stanley, Mitchell
    • Affidavit of Michel Smith 9/5/1984
    • Material from Albosta Subcommittee Part I

Box 22:

• Investigations
  • Carter Papers
    • Material from Albosta Subcommittee Part II
    • Greene, Hon. Harold
    • Baker, James- interview by Albosta Subcommittee
    • Hoover Institute documents
    • Anderson, Martin
    • Report- Fred W. Fielding and James E. Jenkins
    • Documents from second search of Hoover received from John Fitzgerald

Box 23:

• Investigations
  • Carter Papers
    • Garrick, Robert
    • Hon. Don Albosta re: James E. Durham, 7/24/1984
    • Questions and answers: Senators Levin and Metzenbaum
    • Banzhaf, John F., III G.W. University
    • Halper, Stephan
    • Garrick, Robert
    • Patrick, Carol
    • Dellinger, Dottie
    • Horner, Connie
    • Meese FD 302s
    • FBI San Francisco Report
    • DOJ public report
    • Albosta Report: Unauthorized Transfers of Nonpublic Information During the 1980 Presidential Election, Parts 1 and 2, Report prepared by the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, 5/17/1984

Box 24:

• Investigations
  • Carter Papers
    • FBI Report, FACTFIND, 3/7/1984
    • Pre-Nomination articles re: Albosta investigation, Volume I

Box 25:

• Investigations
  • Carter Papers
    • Pre-nomination articles re: Albosta investigation, Volume I
    • Pre-nomination articles re: Albosta investigation, Volume II
    • Albosta materials

Box 26:

• Investigations
  • Carter Papers
    • Albosta materials
    • Meese Subcommittee interview and affidavit
    • Miscellaneous
  • Cuff Links
  • La Mesa House
    • Miscellaneous
    • Interviews: Baldridge, Ryan, Watt, McHenry, Schmidt, Luce, Stickney, Kunac, Rocha

Box 27:

• Investigations
  • La Mesa House
    • Barrick, Thomas
    • Elkin, Ted
    • Gray, Edwin
    • Herbert, Gavin
    • Howard, Bruce and Irv
    • James, E. Pendleton
    • Knutson, LeRoy N.
    • Luce, Gordon
    • Sandstrom, Marc
  • McKean, John
    • McKean/Kupperberg/Alba Trading
    • Alba documents supplied by Paul Renne via 7/10/1984 letter
    • Boland, Marie
    • Kupperberg, Cliff
    • GAO and Comptroller General
    • Clay, Representative William
    • Memorandum Submitted in Behalf of John R. McKean 8/24/1984
    • Martha J. Talley letter, 7/18/1984
    • Martha Talley letter 8/10/1984, McKean letter to Ed Meese 9/14/1982
    • McKean documents from Morgan 7/19 and from Talley 7/20
    • McKean financial information supplied Judiciary Committee
    • Documents from McKean's files in San Francisco
    • Documents relating to Deaver sale and leaseback

Box 28:

• Investigations
  • Pepperdine University and American University
  • Securities and Exchange Commission
    • Biotech and American Cytogenics Questionnaires
    • Fedders, John Esq.
    • Price and Volume histories 1/1/1981 to 6/30/1983, Biotech and American Cytogenics
    • Production from the NASD
    • Production from American Cytogenics
      • Minutes of Board Meetings

Box 29:

• Investigations
  • Securities and Exchange Commission
    • Production from American Cytogenics
      • Press Releases and Shareholder Letters
      • Documents relating to Biotech's purchase of Cytogenics
      • Monthly Financial Statements
    • Production from Biotech
      • Research Reports
      • Press Releases
      • Small Business Administration Application
      • Second Production

Box 30:

• Investigations
  • Securities and Exchange Commission
    • Production from Biotech
      • Second Production
    • Production from Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
    • Production from Paulson Investment Company
    • Cytogenic Trading and Background
    • Biotech Chart and Trading
    • Cytogenic filings
    • Biotech Filings

Box 31:

• Investigations
  • Securities and Exchange Commission
    • Correspondence from Biotech and Cytogenics
    • Division memoranda relating to other investigations
    • Miscellaneous correspondence
    • Securities and Exchange Commission Transcripts
  • Thomas
    • Thomas documents received from John Milano

Box 32:

• Investigations
  • Thomas
    • Thomas documents received from John Milano
    • Financial Disclosure reports 1981 to 1984
    • Milano, John
    • Amended 278s, 1981 to 1983
    • Securities and Exchange Commission/Stock
      • Brian, Dr. Earl
      • Brian, Dr. Earl documents from Shea and Gould to David Austern, 8/6/1984
      • Bergman, Samuel Shea and Gould
      • Questech
    • General Services Administration
      • GSA personnel file
      • GSA review of financial disclosure of Edwin W. Thomas, 5/24/1984
      • Carmen, Gerald P.
      • Hammer, Steve
      • Kline, Ray, Acting Administrator of GSA
      • Pizzella, Pat; Fox, Gerald

Box 33:

• Investigations
  • Thomas
    • Merit Systems Protection Board
      • Response to Congresswoman Schroeder and Senator Metzenbaum re: Gretchen Thomas
      • $15,000 Biotech; American Cytogenics; White House intern; MSPB appointment
      • Bradley, Jacqueline
      • Doheny, Michael W.
      • Ellingwood, Herbert
      • Lucero, Luis
      • Redinius, Richard
      • Shearer, Lawrence
      • Subcommittee on Post Office and Civil Service Staff Report
      • Trayers, Paul- responses to Congressional Committee
      • Meyers, Roy
      • Swift, Evangeline; Cypress, Sondra
    • Tad Thomas
      • Department of Labor
      • Miscellaneous, Interview 5/22/1984

Box 34:

• Investigations
  • Thomas
    • Thomas and Meese
      • Frankum, Ronald B.
      • Jenkins, James
      • Miscellaneous
      • White House personnel interviews, Meese and Thomas 278s, secretaries, Lorraine Spiliotis
      • Stanley, Mitchell
    • Transition Trust; Moss Institute; Travel
      • Clark, Judge William (Secretary of the Interior); Luce, Gordon
      • Transition Foundation and press release, 6/8/1984
      • Internal Revenue Service documents
      • Presidential Transition Trust: copy of Trust
      • Von Damm, Helene
      • Arthur Anderson and Company documents
      • Miscellaneous interviews
      • Transition Trust and William Moss, miscellaneous
      • Memo to S. Cooksey from Marilee Melvin re travel for Meese's FDS
      • Miscellaneous
• Mr. Meese's Counsel
  • Leonard Garment, miscellaneous
  • David Martin, Director of the Office of Government Ethics
  • General Accounting Office files

Box 35:

• Mr. Meese's Counsel
  • April 1984
    • 20/20 Barbara Walters interview with Mrs. Meese
    • Video Tape of above interview
    • Meese interviews
    • Relevant extracts from Meese confirmation hearings
    • Meese newspaper articles, Volume I

Box 36:

• Mr. Meese's Counsel
  • April 1984
    • Meese newspaper articles, Volume II
    • Pre-nomination articles re Albosta investigation
    • Meese statements and correspondence
    • Miscellaneous public statements
    • Letter from counsel to Securities and Exchange Commission re Biotech and American Cytogenics, with chronology
    • Meese statements and articles quoting Meese
  • May 1984
    • Garment letters 5/18 and 6/19/1984 re bank accounts, financial accounts
    • Garment letter and presentation 5/29/84, trips and travel related expenses
  • June 1984
    • Garment June correspondence
    • Garment 6/26, 27, 29/1984 telephone logs

Box 37:

• Mr. Meese's Counsel
  • June 1984
    • Garment letter 6/1/1984, travel related expenses
    • Barrack, Thomas W.
    • Brian, Dr. Earl
    • Gray, Edwin
    • James, E. Pendleton
    • Knutson, Lee
    • Luce, Gordon
    • Marsh, John
    • McHenry, Scott
    • McKean, John
    • Pendleton, Clarence
    • Sandstrom, Marc
    • Schmidt, James
    • Sullivan, Col. Joseph
    • Thomas, Edwin
    • Weinberger, Caspar
    • Garment letter 6/13/1984 re our letter 5/31- transition, etc. and T. Kennedy
    • Files labled A, C-Y, AA-EE

Box 38:

• Mr. Meese's Counsel
  • June 1984
    • Files labeled FF-II
  • July 1984
    • Garment miscellaneous correspondence 7/9/1984
    • Documents from Garment (Peter Morgan) 7/24/1984
    • Documents for Independent Counsel 7/26/1984
    • Leonard Garment documents, response to 7/2 letter
    • Reply to General Accounting Office investigation report, Albosta, 7/6/1984
  • August 1984
    • Presentation to the Independent Counsel, 8/10/1984
    • Brief, 8/10/1984
    • Letter to Garment, 8/9/1984, Pepperdine University and American University; Garment reply, 8/30/1984
    • Garment letter, 8/28/1984 re Report fairness to Ed Meese in view
    • Ed Meese affidavit 8/17/1984 re McKean letter 9/14/1982
    • Ed Meese's financial disclosure for 1983 filed 8/13/1984
    • Garment letter 8/30 re documentation of payments to Thomas of short-term loan
    • Garment letter 8/30 re affidavit by Ed Meese, Luce and Clarence Pendleton jobs
    • Garment letter 8/8 re Presidential Transition Trust

Box 39:

• Mr. Meese's Counsel
  • September 1984
    • Garment letter 9/13 financial disclosure reports CY 80/81 to date, 81 and 83
    • Garment letter 9/4/ re $14,500 cashier's check to E. Thomas, 7/18/79
    • Garment letter amendments financial disclosure reports CY 80/81 to date, CY 81, CY 82
    • Letter to Garment 9/5 re affidavit M.F. Smith; Garment letter 9/6 re: affidavit of Michel F. Smith
    • Special project analysis of 18 U.S.C. 211
    • Black disclosure statements 1978 and revised 1980
  • Miscellaneous Correspondence
    • Crank mail
    • FBI material- confidential
    • FBI material- non-confidential
    • Prof. Stephen Gillers, NYU School of Law
    • Office of Government Ethics- David H. Martin, Director
    • Grand Jury
    • Judiciary Committee- Senator Biden
    • Hon. Roger Robb, Lewis R. Morgan, J. Edward Lumbard
    • Hon. Edward M. Kennedy
    • Office of Legal Counsel- Theodore B. Olson
    • Peter McPherson- memo re outside income
    • House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations- Hon. John D. Dingell
    • Prosecution memos

Box 40:

• Miscellaneous Correspondence
  • Duke Short- material returned to Judiciary Committee
  • Subpoenas satisfied
  • Final draft of the Report
  • Printed copy of the Report of Independent Counsel Concerning Edwin Meese III 9/20/1984
  • Sealed by order of Court- Special government employees
  • Floppy disks containing the Report

Box 41:

• Miscellaneous
  • Submission: Great American Federal Savings 8/10/1984
  • Great American Bank correspondence
  • Great American loan history- done by Phil Buvia 8/16/84
  • Edwin or Ursula Meese- #003-00052521-6; Edwin or Ursula Meese- #20-00002208-5
  • Michael J. Meese- #03-00064302-7; #03-00050994-7
  • Dana L. or Ursula Meese- #03-00053158-6; Scott R. or Ursula Meese- #03-00053159-4
  • Meese- Herbert escrow file #12437
  • Meese- Howard escrow folder/Escrow #12591
  • Correspondence file: Scott McHenry
  • Meese, Edwin and Ursula #002 Great American
  • Meese, Edwin and Ursula 10911 Sunray pl., La Mesa Ln. #105312-3, Great American
  • Meese, Edwin and Ursula #71-67077-8 Great American
  • Meese, Edwin III Ln. #71-113098-8

Box 42:

• Miscellaneous
  • Fred Fielding materials- Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Fred Fielding materials- Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Meese magazine articles
  • Bank of American- Ed Meese, Ursula Meese A/C 086403869
  • Bank of American- Ed Meese, Attorney at Law A/C 086401465
  • Bank of American- Ed Meese, checking #08647-03869
  • Bank of American- Ed Meese, checking #08645-01465
  • Bank of American- Campo Road, CA all accounts Ed Meese, Ursula Meese, and Ed & Ursula Meese, January 1975 to date

Box 43:

• Miscellaneous
  • Riggs National Bank- copies of checks and statements

Box 44:

• Miscellaneous
  • Crocker National Bank, San Diego
  • Dellinger and Dellinger, LA, CA
  • Grossmont Bank, La Mesa, CA
  • Kidder, Peabody & Co.- Ursula Meese
  • Home Federal Savings- 1980 Ursula Meese A/C 041-94363-3 complete
  • Home Federal Savings- Ursula or Ed Meese A/C 0199-0089979 complete
  • Home Federal Savings and Loan
  • National Bank of Commerce, Washington, DC
  • Perpetual American Bank, Alexandria, VA- house here
  • Rohr Employees Federal Credit Union

Box 45:

• Miscellaneous
  • White House Federal Credit Union- Mr. Meese, Mr. Ellingwood
  • Coldwell Banker, Irvine, CA- La Mesa house transaction
  • Financial SA Phillip Buvia
  • Grand jury transcripts (three folders)
  • Response to Application of Ed Meese for Attorney's fees, 1/22/1985

Box 46:

• Miscellaneous
  • Application of Ed Meese for Attorney's Fees with supporting memorandum and affidavits and proposed order
  • Exhibits to application for attorney's fees
  • Submission on behalf of Ed Meese in response to the Court's 3/28/1985 order
  • Orders re reimbursement of Attorney's fees 3/28/1985 and 6/7/1985
  • Reply memorandum of Ed Meese with Respect to his application for attorney's fees, and statement as to the nature of documentary materials submitted herewith

Box 47:

• Miscellaneous
  • Exhibits to the Reply Memorandum in support of the application of Ed Meese for attorney's fees
  • OIC Staff report re Ed Meese loan from National Bank of Commerce interview of Jeffrey Cohen, 6/4/1984
  • OIC Staff report re interview of Stuart Spencer (La Mesa house), 6/25/1984
  • OIC Staff report- summary of Banking activity with Great American
  • OIC Staff report re John McKean interview, 5/23/1984
  • OIC Staff report re John McKean loan 5/11/1984
  • OIC Staff report re interview with James Jenkins, 7/10/1984
  • Checks and other documents relating to $60,000 loan supplied for May 1984 interview
  • Documents supplied 5/24/1984: Carolyn Deaver letter, McKean chronology and legal bills
  • Additional document from Meese file: 2nd page of 11/8/1982 McKean notes
  • Selected documents from Meese tax file
  • Documents returned to OIC from Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin

Box 48:

• Miscellaneous
  • Securities and Exchange Commission transcripts- Ed Meese, 7/12/1984 and Ursula Meese, 7/10/1984
  • Transition Trust payment to Ed Meese (18 U.S.C. 209), John Aldock
  • Garment letter 6/13/1984 re Transition Trust and Kennedy letter to OIC 4/17/1984
  • Janis Sposato Department of Justice/Office of Legal Counsel Memos from files re moving expenses 18 U.S.C. 209; Opinions released under FOIA
  • Theodore B. Olson opinions re payment to third parties of moving expenses of government employees, 18 U.S.C. 209
  • Ed Meese's trip logs, 6/1984
  • Ursula Meese- Kidder Peabody Jack Rice (Sutro stock brokerage)
  • Ursula Meese
  • Crocker National Bank, Chula Vista- Ursula and Ed Meese account statements
  • First American- from Stein files marked "exhibit B"
  • William Moss Institute- Form 990, Tax Exempt 1983
  • Moss, William affidavit, 8/27/1984
  • William Moss Institute re Ursula Meese, Stuart Seigel, 6/7/1984
  • National Bank of Commerce- Michael Sullivan

Box 49:

• Miscellaneous
  • First American Bank of Virginia- subpoenaed documents

Box 50:

• Miscellaneous
  • National Bank of Commerce- Van Anderson
  • Documents received from Garment, 7/27/1984
  • Production from Paine Webber
  • Meese Tax returns
  • News articles
    • Charlotte Observer
    • Los Angeles Times
    • San Francisco Examiner
    • San Francisco Chronicle
    • New York Times
    • New York Daily News
    • Herald Tribune (Paris)
    • Wall Street Journal
    • Washington Times
    • Washington Post

Box 51:

• Miscellaneous
  • News articles
    • San Diego Union
    • San Diego Daily Transcript
    • Cartoons
    • Irrelevant articles
  • Staff Files
    • Aldock, John D.
    • Austern, David T.
    • Beizer, Richard L.
      • Firm/Ethics
    • Bensfield, James A.
    • Conn, Peggy E.
    • Duggan, Teresa W.
    • Frampton, George T., Jr.
    • Mensh, Lois W.
    • Pitofsky, Alexander H.
    • Stein, Jacob A.
  • Miscellaneous Court filing

Box 52:

• Administrative Records
  • Government Forms
    • Form 1129 Imprest Fund
    • Payroll form
    • Form 1034 Rental Contractual Services
    • Form SP 100 & SP 101 Witness meals and allowances
    • Form 1012 and 1038 staff travel and advances
    • Witness fees- Edwin Thomas, Gretchen Thomas, Tad Thomas

Box 53:

• Administrative records
  • Government Forms
    • Form OBD 211 Financial info PO DOJ
    • Forms AO-79 and W-4
    • Form 1164 Claim for reimbursement for expenditures on official business
  • General
    • Correspondence
    • Court reporters contract
    • Status of funds reports
    • AOUSC Guidelines- OIC
    • AG's Application for Independent Counsel, 3/27/1984; Order for Disclosure, 4/2/1984
    • Disclosure statements
    • Miscellaneous- Jacob Stein
    • Miscellaneous- OIC; Miscellaneous Terry Duggan
    • OIC order for Report to be made public
    • Correspondence re distribution of Report
    • Security
    • OIC close-down information
    • Safe information

Box 54:

• 24 reels of 16mm microfilm of office records

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