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69 was found between two folders and is a White House document completely unrelated to RG 341, which is composed of Air Force material. It was found in box number 189, which had been hinted at in a mysterious postcard received by Moore from New Zealand with a return address of Box 189, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, though the significance of the box number did not register until after the fact. It would appear that the Cutler-Twining memo was planted in RG 341, Box 189. by someone who wanted it to be found. But who planted it is unknown, since the only people with access to the material were National Archives employees and the Air Force people who declassified the thousands of pages in RG 341. It is highly unlikely that anyone else could have done it, as the means of access to such material is carefully controlled by the security-conscious National Archives staff. The memo is obviously a carbon copy, on a type of onionskin paper manufactured in limited and controlled quantities be- tween 1953 and the early 1970s, and is discolored around the edges as would be expected of an old piece of paper. The lack of Cutler's signature has been the target of attacks on the validity of the memo. There isn't even a typed "/s/," which would indicate that the original was signed. Investigation by Fried- man revealed that Robert Cutler was out of the country on the day the memo was written, so an aide must have prepared it— as aides prepared many other memos and letters in those days. The lack of a signature therefore is not evidence of its fabrica- tion; indeed, had it carried a signature when Cutler was away, there would be solid reason to be suspicious. A July 3, 1954, memo was found by Friedman at the Eisen- hower Library in which Cutler instructed James Lay, executive secretary of the National Security Council, to "Keep things moving out of my basket." Another memo, written on July 16, reveals Lay telling Cutler: "Hope you will recuperate, rest and enjoy yourself for the days before returning. Will try to have everything tidy and not too much pressure on you when you arrive." Clearly, Lay was taking care of routine matters during Cutler's absence. The final answer to the question of the legitimacy of the MAJESTIC-12