LETTER TO MR. THOMSON VON STEIN FROM E. H. KNOCHE

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
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• Publication Date: May 15, 1973
• Content Type: LETTER

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D R A F T/
15 May 1973
Mr. Thomson von Stein
Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D. C. 20549
Dear Mr. von Stein:
Thank you for your letter of 4 k ir1973 (egardin~ trAslations
of articles on Robert L. Vesco's activities in Costa Ri
You are correct in your understanding that we not translate
all articles on Mr. Vesco which appear in the fo ign press. The
materials we translate relate solely to our ' terests in current
economic and political developments in Ce ral America. Obviously
no student of Central American affair can afford to be uninformed
about recent events in Costa Rica ich impact on political or
economic developments in that entry.
But we have neither he authority nor the responsibility to respond
to a collection equirement targeted specifically against a U.S.
citizen. Su activity exceeds our charter and this is why we
slat only those
tran articles which reflect on the political and
econo is situations in Costa Rica.
Therefore I must regretfully decline your request to provide
your office with foreign press items on Mr. Vesco's activities.
Faithfully yours,
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DIVISION OF
ENFORCEMENT
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E. H. Knoche
Office of the Director
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
P. 0. Box 2604
Washington, P. C. 20013
IR.e: SEA v. Robert L. Vesco et al.
72 Civ. 5001, U.S.D.C., SDNY
We wish to thank you for sending to us translation.s of articles
on Robert L. Vesco Q s activities .in Costa Rica. :E have boon. ixa.STATSPEC
communication with- of your liason office on this matter.
For our own purposes we do have an interest in attempting to
learn of his activities which are now principally offshore.
We request therefore that, if the workload of your service permits,
that we be sent very brief summaries, perhaps merely one sentence
summaries ',,of articles which do appear in foreign media so that
we can, if ziecessary, obtain the full text for our own translation..
We understand that Mr. Vesco has made overtures to do business in
other countries besides Costa RC_ca, particularly Morocco, the
Dominican. Republic; and Panama.
We would 'therefore request as well that, if your workload permits,
that we be furnished similar brief summaries of articles on Mr.
Vesco which may appear in the press of other countries, particularly
the ones mentioned above.
If you have any questionns, it number is [phone].
Sincerely,
ff ,_
Thomson von Stein
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Re: SlJX v. Robert L. Vasco et al.
72 Civ. 5001, U.S.D.C., SDNY
We wish to thank you for sending to us translations of articles
on Robert L. Vesco's activities in Costa Rica. I have been in
communication with Mr. Thbng of your liason office on this matter.
We understand that your service does not translate all articles
on Robert L. Vesco which appear in foreign press.
For our own purposes we do have an interest in attempting to
learn of his activities which are now principally offshore.
We request therefore that, if the workload of your service permits,
that we be sent very brief summaries, perhaps merely one sentence
suiamaries,of. articles which do appear in foreign media :,o that
we can, if necessary, obtain the full .text; for our own translation.
We understand that Mr. Vosco has made overtures to do business in
other countries besides Costa Rica, particularly Morocco, the
Dominican Republic, and Panama.
We would therefore request as well that, if your workload permits,
that we be furnished similar brief summaries of articles on Mr.
Vesco which may appear in the press of other countries, particularly
the ones mentioned above.
If you have any questions,
number is [phone].
Sincerely,
Thomson von Stein
Attorney
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Remarks :
Here are a copy of the SEC's
letter to Hank Knoche requesting
press materials on Vesco's
activities abroad, and our draft
reply. As we discussed yesterday,
Hank and Paul Walsh would prefer
that OGC reply to the SEC for
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NOTE ATTACHED TO LETTER TO MR. VON STEIN DATED 15 MAY 1973
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