12.3. Full Disclosure

"Charlie insisted that they get the whole truth out. We didn't know what would happen."[]

"We would give them everything we had as fast as we could get it. In the end, they decided not to indict. We built the confidence that the new leadership would clean the place up, that they were not rotten to the core, not involved in the problems."[]

"Call us anytime someone doesn't give you what you want. You'll have a new person to deal with within twenty minutes."[]

On September 4, 1991, Buffett presented to a subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce a 52 page report on Salomon's internal investigation.

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