DODD IGNORES ARTICLE ON HIS CAMPAIGN FUND

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200290037-2
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 1999
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: July 26, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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'to Sen. Thomas J. Dodd says the
Connecticut Democrat sees I;o
reason to reply tc. an article
contending that a Senate invesci-
gating committee L?as evidence
',that 5350,000 in car,:lpaion funds
he collected over ~, three-year
period went for othe,.? purposes.
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had additional evidence that
Dodd paid about 559,500 in
personal ;rotes to banks and
individuals dul?ing the period
while he reported his earnings
dropped from about 560,000 to
about $35,000.
.'matt Moriarty of Nfanchestcr,
Cnnn,, a former aide to the;
would be no respcnse to the i senator, said he could alot think
charge in the curr,s~t issue ofiof any three-year period in.
.Newsweek magazir f,har 3~)odd ~ which Dadd took in 5500,000 in'
took in 5500,000 ca~~:;,~,i?n,contributions?
:hinds from Novcr::;cl? tai>; to, .
,n4arch 1965 and spc?~ ~. only r,~15i!,-
000 of it for actual c.:ropaignin;;.
The.~aide suggest :~ ti:at Dodd
:thought of the n;o:,.::)~ raised at'
testimonial dinners ~:a'~ so much
as "campaign co,~triixitions,"
but more as "personal gifts,"
The ~ figures, according to'
`. Newsweek, oame from records
in Dodd's own files, which were
removed by former members of
the senator's staff and handed'
over to the Committ.ec on Stand-
. ~ ards and Conduct.
There, was evidence, the'
ianagazine said; that Dodd paid'
SB,500 he owed a gl-,ost writer, a ?
:55,500 pair travel account and
,liquor bills at-the Congressional
Country Club with campaign.
'contributions.
The aide said yes, crday 'there
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