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SPECIAL ACCOUNT NO. 4 - FUNDING OF CROHN SUBCOMMITTEE EXPENSES AND GENERAL REVIEW At the General Counsel meeting on January 4, 1978:, it was agreed that Special Account No. 4 could be used:for paying fees and expenses of expert witnesses willing to prepare state- ments or consult. This was not limited to scientific witnesses. American requested~that the California Action Plan not be sub- _ sidized through this account. Joe Greer stated that he could not commit his company for any more than it contributed to Special Account No. 4-in.1977. Arthur Stevens indicated that he wanted special cliearance on any matter involving overseas activities. The procedure will be as follows: We have $10,000 per annum to expend in emergencies when it is not possible to get prior clearance. We should protect this fundiby requesting prior cliearance in all instances that we know about. In other words, if we expect to talk with a potential witness, there should be a letter to the General Counsel advising of that fact and stating that it is anticipated that a per diem rate for preparation will be agreed upon, etc. Counsel should be advised after specific arrangements are made although this could probably be done from time to time at meetings without the necessity for a followup writing. At least one writing, however, was requested with regard to each and every case (and I assume this would apply even though we used emergency money--in fact, we would want to advise hoping that we could then re-establish our emergency account by obtaining authorization). I advised the Counsel that any writing they received from me would probably not set forth a lot of detail. They said that if they did not understand the letter they would then call me. A deadline for response should be put in each letter. In other words, if we do not hear by such and such a date, we will assume that the matter is agreeable. We need to know that these letters are received in time for consider- ation to be given and we also needto be sure that the General Counsel or someone will be lookingt at the matter. This can be handled by reviewing the situationafter we try out the first one or two requests. We will do a "base line report" to the Counsel, in writing probably, re current expenditures and existing, commitments..