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White House Counsel Alberto Gonzalez's Oct. 3, 2003 Memo to all
White House Employees About Deadline to Provide Documents to Counsel

On September 30, 2003, you received two memoranda from me directing 
you to preserve and maintain certain documents.  In a letter 
received yesterday evening, the Department of Justice has requested 
that we provide those documents to prosecutors and FBI agents 
assigned to this investigation.

To ensure compliance with the time deadlines imposed by the 
Department of Justice, you are directed to provide to the Counsel's 
Office, by no later than 5 p.m. on October 7, 2003, copies of 
the following documents, created during the time period February 1, 
2002, through September 30, 2003, inclusive:

1.    All documents that relate in any way to former U.S. Ambassador 
Joseph C. Wilson, his trip to Niger in February 2002, or his wife's 
purported relationship with the Central Intelligence Agency; and

2.    All documents that relate in any way to a contact with any 
member or representative of the news media about Joseph C. Wilson, 
his trip to Niger in February 2002, or his wife's purported 
relationship with the Central Intelligence Agency; and

3.    All documents that relate in any way to a contact with any 
or all of the following: reporters Knut Royce, Timothy M. Phelps, 
or Robert D. Novak, or any individual(s) acting directly or 
indirectly on behalf of them.

For purposes of this memorandum, the term "documents" includes 
"without limitation all electronic records, telephone records of 
any kind (including but not limited to any documents that memorialize 
telephone calls having been made), correspondence, computer records, 
storage devices, notes, memoranda, and diary and calendar entries" 
in the possession of the Executive Office of the President, its 
staff, or its employees, wherever located, including any documents 
that may have been archived in Records Management.  However, at 
this time, you do not need to provide to Counsel's Office copies 
of the following, provided that they have not been marked upon in 
any way and are not accompanied by any notes or other commentary:
(a) press clips or articles, whether in hard copy or e-mail or 
electronic form, or (b) either of the two memoranda I sent on 
September 30, 2003, regarding document preservation.

You are also directed to complete and return the attached 
Certification by 5 p.m. on October 7, 2003.  Note that you must 
complete the Certification whether or not you have responsive 
documents.  All documents and Certifications should be hand-delivered 
to EEOB Room 214.  Room 214 will be staffed from 2 p.m. to 
8 p.m. today; from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday October 4 and 
Sunday October 5; from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Monday October 6; 
and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday October 7.  Appropriate 
procedures will be in place to handle classified documents.

If you have any questions, please call Associate Counsels 
Ted Ullyot or Raul Yanes in the Counsel's Office.

                            ALBERTO R. GONZALES
                         COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT


                               CERTIFICATION
        (To be returned by no later than 5 p.m. on October 7, 2003)


               I certify, to the best of my knowledge, that


____  I have produced to the Office of the Counsel to the President 
all documents in my possession that are required to be produced 
by the memorandum to which this Certification was attached.


____  I have no such documents.



 I further understand that this Certification is for purposes 
 of a federal criminal investigation and that intentional false 
 statements may result in criminal penalties or other sanctions.


NAME (please print):

SIGNATURE:

DATE:

OFFICE:

PHONE NUMBER:


Note: The attorneys in the Office of the Counsel to the President are
      attorneys for the President in his official capacity and are not
      private attorneys for anyone.  The attorney-client privilege does not
      extend to communications by government employees to government
      attorneys, including attorneys in the Office of the Counsel to the
      President, when such communications are sought for a Federal criminal
      investigation.


       All documents and Certifications should be hand-delivered to
                               EEOB Room 214

Document courtesy of Federation of American Scientists, appearing as part of collection
on White House Memos on Wilson/Plame Leak Investigation page.
Reprinted by Permission.