c/o general delivery
San Rafael, California
Postal Zone 94901/tdc
March 11, 1992
Bank Officer
Bank of America
30 Smith Ranch Road
San Rafael, California
Postal Zone 94901/tdc
Subject: Checking Account Number #xxxxx-xxxxx
Dear Bank Officer:
Please close this account, effective immediately.
Due to the government fraud which I have disclosed in my recent
correspondence to the Governor, the California Secretary of
State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and my Representative and
Senators in Congress, I have had to take steps to protect myself.
To this end, the corporation previously known as "Corpus, Inc."
has been dissolved Nunc Pro Tunc. This means that my signatures
on all documents bearing this name are now null and void,
including the original articles of incorporation and any bank
signature cards.
Likewise, the so-called "Tax ID" associated with account number
xxxxx-xxxxx has been revoked, per a formal affidavit of
revocation which has now been filed with the Secretary of the
Treasury in Washington, D.C.
If you need any additional clarification from me in this matter,
please write to me care of the above address. Henceforth, all
communication must be in writing.
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ John E. Trumane
John E. Trumane, Sui Juris
Without Prejudice UCC 1-207 (UCCA 1207)
Bank of America Correspondence:
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c/o general delivery
San Rafael, California
Postal Zone 94901/tdc
March 11, 1992
Bank Officer
Bank of America
P. O. Box 68
Tiburon, California
Postal Zone 94920/tdc
Subject: IRA Account Number #xxxxx-xxxxx
(matures on April 15, 1992)
Dear Bank Officer:
This letter is to inform you of my intention to withdraw all the
funds in this account, and to close the account, when it matures
on April 15, 1992.
Please prepare a cashier's check payable to the undersigned and
ready for pickup on this date.
I will visit the Tiburon Branch on that day to obtain the
cashier's check.
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ John E. Trumane
John E. Trumane, Sui Juris
Without Prejudice UCC 1-207 (UCCA 1207)
Bank of America Correspondence:
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c/o general delivery
San Rafael, California
Postal Zone 94901/tdc
March 16, 1992
Lori Smith
Assistant Operations
Bank of America
30 Smith Ranch Road
San Rafael, California
Postal Zone 94901/tdc
Subject: Closure of Account #xxxxx-xxxxx
Dear Ms. Smith:
Thank you for your letter to me, dated March 13, 1992.
Per your instructions, I visited your branch today and paid the
overdrawn amount of $10.05 in cash.
Your staff member, Frank M. Lester, handled the transaction and
provided me with receipt #xxxxxx.
I understand that this will allow the above account to be
officially closed.
May I impose upon you to confirm this closure to me in writing?
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ John E. Trumane
John E. Trumane, Sui Juris
All Rights Reserved
copy: Frank M. Lester
Bank of America Correspondence:
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c/o general delivery
San Rafael, California
Postal Zone 94901/tdc
March 18, 1992
Peggy R. Jones
Financial Services Representative
Bank of America
663 Tamalpais Drive
Corte Madera, California state
Postal Zone 94925/tdc
Dear Peggy:
Per your request, enclosed please find notarized copies of the
following affidavits:
NUNC PRO TUNC ESTOPPEL AT LAW AND
PUBLIC NOTICE REVOCATION AFFIDAVIT
FOREIGN STATUS AFFIDAVIT
For your information, attached to both affidavits are complete
service lists which itemize all recipients of these affidavits to
date, and their associated Certified U.S. Mail serial numbers.
The enclosed documents are photocopies of original file copies
which were notarized as shown. If you need these documents
notarized in original, please inform me of this requirement in
writing and I will be happy to oblige.
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ John E. Trumane
John E. Trumane, Sui Juris
With Explicit Reservation of All Rights
and Without Prejudice to Any Rights
enclosures: affidavits
IRA account termination
Bank of America Correspondence:
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c/o general delivery
San Rafael, California
Postal Zone 94901/tdc
March 23, 1992
Peggy R. Jones
Financial Services Representative
Bank of America
663 Tamalpais Drive
Corte Madera, California state
Postal Zone 94925/tdc
Dear Peggy:
I still need one of your bank officers to sign and return the
enclosed acknowledgement.
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ John E. Trumane
John E. Trumane, Sui Juris
With Explicit Reservation of All Rights
and Without Prejudice to Any Rights
enclosures: copy of 3/3/92 letter
to Ann Major
Bank of America Correspondence:
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c/o general delivery
San Rafael, California
Postal Zone 94901/tdc
April 9, 1992
Peggy R. Jones
Financial Services Representative
Bank of America
663 Tamalpais Drive
Corte Madera, California state
Postal Zone 94925/tdc
Dear Peggy:
Please accept my apology for taking so long to respond to your
letter of March 11, 1992. Obviously, I am already several weeks
behind in my correspondence.
In order to keep proper administrative records, I am now
requesting banks with whom I deal to put all communications in
writing.
For your information, I have recently published an authoritative
book which is highly critical of the federal government. In
order to protect myself against possible future retaliation, it
is important to document my actions every step of the way.
Peggy, thank you very much for your patience, and for your
compassion, during these difficult times for the Republic.
I will look forward to hearing from you in writing.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ John E. Trumane
John E. Trumane, Sui Juris
all rights reserved
Bank of America Correspondence:
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c/o general delivery
San Rafael, California
Postal Zone 94901/tdc
April 20, 1992
Peggy R. Jones
Financial Services Representative
Bank of America
663 Tamalpais Drive
Corte Madera, California state
Postal Zone 94925/tdc
Subject: Checking Account #xxxxx-xxxxx
Dear Peggy:
Thank you very much for your kind letter dated April 13, 1991
[sic]. I assume that you meant to date the letter "1992" instead
of "1991".
Having worked as an information systems development consultant
for more than 20 years, I do certainly understand why the Bank of
America cannot delete a tax ID number, as you explain in your
letter. I appreciate the speed with which you investigated and
documented the bank's rules for me.
In your letter, you also explained that "the only alternative is
that the accounts be closed." I would like to exercise this
option by closing the above named account.
Please open a new personal checking account for me, and transfer
all remaining funds in the above-named account into this new
account. As of today, the current balance in the above account
was ten dollars and ten cents ($10.10, see enclosed).
As already explained to you in prior correspondence, I am a
"nonresident alien" as defined in Title 26. As such, I am not
required to have a social security number. Please select plain
personal checks for me from the options available, and have the
following printed on those checks:
John E. Trumane
Without Prejudice UCC 1-207
c/o general delivery
San Rafael, California state
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ John E. Trumane
John E. Trumane, Sui Juris
with explicit reservation of all my rights and
without prejudice to any of my rights
Bank of America Correspondence:
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c/o general delivery
San Rafael, California
Postal Zone 94901/tdc
April 28, 1992
Peggy R. Jones
Financial Services Representative
Bank of America
663 Tamalpais Drive
Corte Madera, California state
Postal Zone 94925/tdc
Dear Peggy:
Thank you for your note, dated April 24, 1992. I have completed
the signature card which you enclosed with your note.
Please note that I have modified the signature card so as to show
no "Other Bank Relationships". You recall that my letter to you
of April 20, 1992 instructed you to close checking account
#xxxxx-xxxxx (see attached). The administrative record should
now show that this account is permanently closed.
Please note also that the signature card which you sent to me was
not accompanied by the information referred to by the following
statement found on the card:
"The written information which we give you is part of this
agreement and tells you the current terms of each account."
No such "written information" has yet been provided to me. This
is the reason why I modified the card to say "NONE DISCLOSED",
followed by my initials "JT".
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ John E. Trumane
John E. Trumane, Sui Juris
with explicit reservation of all my rights and
without prejudice to any of my rights
Bank of America Correspondence:
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FROM: John E. Trumane
Marin County
c/o general delivery
San Rafael, California state
United States of America
DATE: March 3, 1992
TO: Bank of America
663 Tamalpais Drive
Corte Madera, California
Postal Zone 94925
ATTN: Ann Major, Branch Manager
SUBJECT: Form W-8 Certificate of Foreign Status
Dear Ms. Major:
Please be advised that John E. Trumane is exempt from backup
withholding, pursuant to Department of the Treasury, Internal
Revenue Service Publication Number 515 (Rev. Dec. 1990) Page 15,
Column 1, viz:
Backup withholding. A payer of interest, dividends, or
patronage dividends, a broker, or a barter exchange may have
to withhold 20% of each payment or transaction if the payee
does not provide a correct taxpayer identification number.
Generally, nonresident alien individuals and foreign
corporations, partnerships, and estates and trusts that are
not engaged in a U.S. trade or business and do not have an
office or place of business in the United States are not
required to have U.S. taxpayer identification numbers. They
are not subject to any backup withholding because they are
not required to have an identifying number and have no
number to provide to a payer or broker.
Except in the case of dividends, the payee should use Form
W-8, Certificate of Foreign Status, to tell the payer,
broker, or barter exchange that the payee is a nonresident
alien and is not subject to backup withholding.
For your further edification, please be advised that John E.
Trumane is a FOREIGN and NONRESIDENT ALIEN individual with
respect to the "United States", that he is not effectively
connected (related) to any U.S. "trade or business", and that he
does not have an office or place of business in the "United
States". John E. Trumane is outside both the exclusive
territorial and political jurisdiction of the "United States".
I hereby lodge my Form W-8 Certificate of Foreign Status
with the Bank of America, Corte Madera, California. A properly
executed Form W-8 Certificate of Foreign Status will satisfy all
of the tax responsibilities of any entity acting in a "fiduciary"
capacity within the jurisdictional requirements of said Form.
Bank of America Correspondence:
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Please acknowledge your receipt and acceptance of all the
foregoing, and of my Form W-8 Certificate of Foreign Status,
attached hereto.
For your convenience, you can acknowledge your receipt and
acceptance of all the foregoing, by signing this document as
provided below, and by mailing this document to the following
mailing address:
John E. Trumane
c/o general delivery
San Rafael, California state
Postal Zone 94901/tdc
Sincerely yours,
/s/ John E. Trumane
John E. Trumane
(Without Prejudice UCC 1-207)
ACCEPTANCE:
I, _________________________________________________________
of ______________________________________________________________
herein acknowledge the receipt and acceptance of all the
foregoing Terms and Conditions, including John E. Trumane's Form
W-8 Certificate of Foreign Status, by signing this document as
provided, and by mailing this two (2) page document to the
following:
John E. Trumane
c/o general delivery
San Rafael, California state
Postal Zone 94901/tdc
DATE: ____________________________________
Bank of America Correspondence:
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March 6, 1992
Dear Ann:
I mailed you two separate versions of the enclosed W-8 today.
The "other" one is incorrect, because the perjury jurat was not
executed "without the United States."
The enclosed W-8 has been modified with the necessary
corrections.
Please discard the "other" W-8 as soon as you receive it.
You should retain the one which was "executed without the United
States."
I am sorry for any confusion this may have caused.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ John E. Trumane
John E. Trumane
enclosures: cover letter
correct W-8
Bank of America Correspondence:
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FROM: John E. Trumane
Marin County
c/o general delivery
San Rafael, California state
United States of America
DATE: March 11, 1992
TO: Bank of America
P. O. Box 68
Tiburon, California state
Postal Zone 94920/tdc
ATTN: Branch Manager
SUBJECT: Form W-8 Certificate of Foreign Status
Dear Branch Manager:
Please be advised that John E. Trumane is exempt from backup
withholding, pursuant to Department of the Treasury, Internal
Revenue Service Publication Number 515 (Rev. Dec. 1990) Page 15,
Column 1, viz:
Backup withholding. A payer of interest, dividends, or
patronage dividends, a broker, or a barter exchange may have
to withhold 20% of each payment or transaction if the payee
does not provide a correct taxpayer identification number.
Generally, nonresident alien individuals and foreign
corporations, partnerships, and estates and trusts that are
not engaged in a U.S. trade or business and do not have an
office or place of business in the United States are not
required to have U.S. taxpayer identification numbers. They
are not subject to any backup withholding because they are
not required to have an identifying number and have no
number to provide to a payer or broker.
Except in the case of dividends, the payee should use Form
W-8, Certificate of Foreign Status, to tell the payer,
broker, or barter exchange that the payee is a nonresident
alien and is not subject to backup withholding.
For your further edification, please be advised that John E.
Trumane is a FOREIGN and NONRESIDENT ALIEN individual with
respect to the "United States", that he is not effectively
connected (related) to any U.S. "trade or business", and that he
does not have an office or place of business in the "United
States". John E. Trumane is outside both the exclusive
territorial and political jurisdiction of the "United States".
I hereby lodge my Form W-8 Certificate of Foreign Status
with the Bank of America, Tiburon, California. A properly
executed Form W-8 Certificate of Foreign Status will satisfy all
of the tax responsibilities of any entity acting in a "fiduciary"
capacity within the jurisdictional requirements of said Form.
Bank of America Correspondence:
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Please acknowledge your receipt and acceptance of all the
foregoing, and of my Form W-8 Certificate of Foreign Status,
attached hereto.
For your convenience, you can acknowledge your receipt and
acceptance of all the foregoing, by signing this document as
provided below, and by mailing this document to the following
mailing address:
John E. Trumane
c/o general delivery
San Rafael, California state
Postal Zone 94901/tdc
Sincerely yours,
/s/ John E. Trumane
John E. Trumane
(Without Prejudice UCC 1-207)
ACCEPTANCE:
I, _________________________________________________________
of ______________________________________________________________
herein acknowledge the receipt and acceptance of all the
foregoing Terms and Conditions, including John E. Trumane's Form
W-8 Certificate of Foreign Status, by signing this document as
provided, and by mailing this two (2) page document to the
following:
John E. Trumane
c/o general delivery
San Rafael, California state
Postal Zone 94901/tdc
DATE: ____________________________________
Bank of America Correspondence:
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