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H Olsen, Willaut - runey THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON August 29, 1995 MEMORANDUM FOR KITTY HIGGINS FROM: Harold Ickes SUBJECT: HHS employee Willard Olsen (subject of possible Associated Press story) Kitty, in your 7 August 1995 memorandum to me regarding follow up to the Cabinet weekly report, you state that Richard Keil of the Associated Press has requested the personnel file of former HHS employee Willard Olsen, apparently on the theory that he may have been reassigned because he made grant decisions with regard to Texas that may have been unpopular with Senator Gramm. Can you find out from HHS what the facts are from the point of view. was Kitty 70 this has my RDD 3 may — 12/4 Horold- Kitty sent you a note explaining the setuation and HHS tells me there were no follow up stones -Jen