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14 April 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Security
FROM : John S. Hunt
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SUBJECT : Interview of Mr. Edmund X. Klipa by IRS
1. On 13 April 1976 Mr. Edmund X. Klipa, former Special
Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Office, now retired,
was interviewed in his residence in McLean, Virginia, by Special
Agents Sally Grau and Walter Rourke of the Internal Security
Division, Internal Revenue Service. Cited interview was con-
ducted in an attempt to identify the IRS employee who disclosed
federal taxpayer data concerning Victor Marchetti to the Agency
in April 1972. The interview was conducted under ground rules
established by the Office of General Counsel in the attached
memorandum.
2. Mr. Rourke began the interview by showing Mr. Klipa
the blind, undated, and unsigned memorandum which reflects the
substance of the Marchetti tax disclosure, which indicates that
the taxpayer information had been obtained from a "confidential
informant." Mr. Rourke then asked Mr. Klipa if he could place
him under oath. Mr. Klipa stated that he did not wish to be
placed under oath, that he had never seen the blind memorandum
before, that he was not aware that the Agency ever contacted
IRS to obtain taxpayer data concerning Marchetti, and that if
Mr. Rourke wished to draw up a statement to that effect, Mr.
Klipa would sign the statement.
3. Mr. Rourke indicated that he doubted that an affidavit
would be necessary, but if so, Mr. Rourke would prepare a formal
statement regarding Mr. Klipa's statements during the interview
and then present it to Mr. Klipa through the Agency for signature
Mr. Klipa then stated that he felt he could not provide any more
information in that he had not been released from his secrecy
agreement by the U.S. Attorney General.
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