Ann Jablonski · Government Affairs • Public Relations • Research

Enclosed please find a letter to Ickes, which is all the written material that may be floating around the White House that we know about. The meeting mentioned at the end of the letter has not yet occurred, but we are told by Tom Corcoran, O'Connor and Hannan, that a letter from several of the Minnesota congressmen will be sent to Ickes tomorrow requesting a meeting. As for the meeting in the Twin Cities where O'Connor is alleged to have huddled with Clinton on Hudson, Corcoran tells us that O'Connor began to launch into the matter and Clinton called Lindsay over to script the story and operationalize a response or resolution. He apparently was the one who decided it was a problem Ickes would/could/should take care of. Another partner in the O'Connor and Hannan firm, Tom Schneider, allegedly an FOB who socializes with Bill and Hillary, has confirmed in a casual conversation with Clinton that Clinton is aware of the Hudson dog track issue.

By the way, representation of the facts is inaccurate in this letter. I guess I would not say Thompson supports this project because he has not publicly made that statement (far from it). Delaware North does not own St. Croix Meadows. It owns the Kaukauna track and holds a second mortgage on Wisconsin Dells Racing. The connector to St. Croix Meadows is Tom Diehl, who will have a 1.99% share in the Four Feathers project (that's the casino at Hudson) and who owns the Dells track. We also know that Obey, Gunderson, Roth and Barrett are opposed to the Hudson Four Feathers project. Kohl, Klezcka, and Klug have recently affirmed their neutrality.