July 29, 1994 - Part 3
July 29, 1994 - Part 3
(14:16:12) Senator BOND. Given the questions that were raised about the possibility that Mr. Foster may have been informed about the issu ance of the search warrant for Capital Management Services or Judge David Hale, would it not have been appropriate to ask whether that bad been part of the discussions? Mr. MONROE,. If I had been doing it, true, but I'm not sure what that interviewing agent had in mind at that particular time. So can't respond for that agent, Senator. Senator BOND. I would ask, Mr. Chairman, that we make this report a matter of record. I would assume that you will be doing further investigation and those questions will be appropriately put to Mr. Buck? Mr. MONROE. Yes, sir. The CHAIRmAN. I'm certain I haven't seen it. I'd like to read it. 73 Senator BOND. I thought it should have been available to all Members, It has discussions of the subjects for which Mr. Buck was calling which had to do with the preparation of the blind trust. Mr. MONROE. Right. The CHAIRMAN. As I understand it, though, according to the document that I just saw, I thought that occurred not the day of Mr. Foster's death, that that occurred a couple of days beforehand. That occurred Senator BOND. At 1 p.m., July 20, 1993. Mr. MONROE. I'd like a clarification on it, if I could. I just reviewed the copy of the report again and apparently he attempted to call on the 20th, Senator, but was not successful, Senator BOND. If I can have that back, it said he called at 12:17 p.m. and Foster returned the call at 1 p.m. Mr. MONROE. You're right, Senator. In other words, there wasn't a connection at that time. The CHAIRMAN. That was my question. It seemed to me from my memory, they did not reach one another. I mean, one called and Foster was not there and apparently he called back and the other fellow wasn't there, but the never managed to talk to one another on the telephone that day. glut without reading that document-I'm not sure whether it says that or not, but if my recollection is wrong, then I want to establish one way or the other whether they spoke. Senator BOND. This is not clear from the document. Mr. MONROE. What is clear from our report is that they never made a connection. The CHAiRmAN. So, they did not speak to one another that day? Mr. MONROE. That's correct. The CHAIRMAN. And that's your testimony? Mr. MONROE,. That's correct. Senator BOND. It states here that Buck called back at approximately 1 p.m., D.C. time, and that's-it does not say that the call was not completed. -Mr. MONROE, It was not completed. In other words, there wasn't connection between Senator DODD. I forget exactly where, but in reading over depositiOnS, it seems that there was information that, there were a couple of calls made around that time, but the callers and Mr. Foster never did connect. This was one of those calls. That's somewhere in the report Yes, it is. I don't have the research or the report. Senator BOND. There were also two interviews of Mr, Lyons. Mr. as the one who prepared the Whitewater report during the 992 to explain the Whitewater matter. Do you know why re two interviews of Mr. Lyons? MONROE. No, I do not, Senator. Senator BOND. It would appear that in the first interview he was ,ask' ed about Whitewater. I would also ask that we make these Senator Lyons was fall of 1992 were MONROE. matter of record. DODD. I found it. It's on page 26 of the report, at the bot- "Foster now returned to the White House. A number of people unsuccessfully to reach him by telephone. C. Brantley Buck, former partner at the Rose Law Firm called to discuss, fi- 74 nalizing work Buck had been doing setting up a blind trust. Foster was acting"-it goes on. "Buck said there was nothing"-it goes on about that, but the point being it was an unsuccessful effort. On page 26