SUBJECT: THE KLASS BET FILE: UFO2485 PART 2 [The following is the best copy I can make via this medium of the challenge that Klass included with the above White Paper. -- David Bloomberg] Labeled in corner by Klass: THE KEY MJ-12 CHALLENGE THAT STANTON FRIEDMAN REFUSED TO ACCEPT! WHY?? Apparently dated 11/16/87 by STF in upper right corner. Philip J. Klass 404 "N" ST. SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON, D.C. 20024 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT: Between Philip J. Klass (hereinafter called Klass) and Stanton T. Friedman (hereinafter called Friedman). 1. Klass agrees to pay Friedman: (A) $500 for a photocopy of each (different) authentic (as defined below) "official-business" letter written by Adm. R.H. Hillenkoetter prior to Nov. 18, 1952, which uses the "Moore/MJ-12" format for writing a date with an "unnecessary comma", i.e. "24 January, 1947". (B) $1,000 if this Hillenkoetter letter is written on a day of the month which has only a single digit and if the letter uses a zero before the digit, i.e. "01 January, 1947." (C) $2,000 if, in addition to (A) or (B), said Hillenkoetter letter carries a typed name-of-sender that reads: "Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter" as differentiated from "R.H. Hillenkoetter". (2) The above offer is conditional on Friedman agreeing to pay Klass according to the following schedule: (A) $100 for a photocopy of each and every different authentic (as defined below) "official business" letter written by Adm. R.H. Hillenkoetter prior to Nov. 18, 1952, which uses the traditional civil or military date format, i.e. "January 24, 1947," or "24 January 1947" with NO "unnecessary comma." (B) $200 if said Hillenkoetter letter is written on a day of the month which has only a single digit and IF the letter does NOT use a zero before the digit, i.e. "1 January 1947." (C) $400 if, in addition, said Hillenkoetter letter bears a typed name-of-sender "R.H. Hillenkoetter" and NOT "Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter." (3) Authenticity: Any Hillenkoetter letter which is resident in the archives of the Harry S. Truman Library, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, the National Archives or the Library of Congress shall be considered "authentic" for the purposes of this agreement. For any Hillenkoetter letter obtained from any other source, the burden-of-proof of authenticity shall be on the submitter. (4) Payment under the terms of this agreement shall be made in U.S. Dollars within sixty (60) days after photocopy evidence has been mailed to the other party by Registered Mail, unless the authenticity of the document submitted is challenged with thirty (30) days by the recipient. (5) This Memorandum of Agreement shall remain in effect for a period of one year from the date of its execution by both parties. /s/ Philip J. Klass Nov. 10, 1987 ____________________________________________________________ (Philip J. Klass) [Friedman's response, in the place where his signature would have gone:] NOT signed by STF because this is a stupid offer totally inappropriate to the matter at hand. Of course there are memos with typed signatures R.H. Hillenkoetter and using a conventional format. SO WHAT? There are also items clearly ____________________________________________________________ (Stanton T. Friedman) referring to Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter and even just plain ROSCOE Hillenkoetter. There are many examples of the so called wrong date format.. including use by Hillenkoetter himself and in many NATO documents. The reasoning here is tortured .. the facts are clear. Philip J. Klass simply cannot provide honest research but is an expert at massive misinterpretation. STF 11/19/97 It should be further noted that I have from time to time used Stanton T. Friedman, Stanton Friedman, Stanton Terry Friedman, S.T. Friedman, and S. Terry Friedman and 18 Nov., 1987, and November 18,1987 and 87-11-18 among other date formats. Jumping to conclusions is fine for kangaroos but not for reporters or scientists or others claiming to seek truth. If this kind of garbage is the best that Klass can do in the almost six months since MJ-12 items have been out in the open it almost seems reasonable to conclude that there are no reasons for concluding that the Briefing and Cutler Twining memo are frauds and a great many for accepting the shocking notion that they are legitimate. Of course if they become accepted to the point where the president makes any aanouncement then Klass will have to pay me $10,000. Perhaps this could account for his desperate attempts to cast doubt? Or maybe it is just his complete unwillingness to admit that he has been misrepresenting UFO facts for 20 years? Maybe it just means that those who have leaked information, disinformation and misinformation to him in the past keep insisting that he find arguments no matter how illogical, inaccurate, libelous the are....STF ========================================================== ********************************************** * THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo * **********************************************