Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM OMB No. 1124-0002; Expires May 31,2020 Supplemental Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended u.s. Department of justice Washington, dc 20530 , For Six Month Period Ending 01/31/2018 (Insert date) I - REGISTRANT 1. (a) Name of Registrant (b) Registration No. Conover + Gould Strategic Communications 6205 (c) Business Address(es) of Registrant 69 Milk Street, #101, Westborough, MA 01581 2. Has there been a change in the information previously furnished in connection with the following? (a) If an individual: (1) Residence address(es) Yes □ No □ (2) Citizenship ‘ Yes Q No □ (3) Occupation Yes □ No D (b) If an organization: (1) Name (2) Ownership or control (3) Branch offices Yes □ Yes □ Yes'Q No H No 0 No 0 (c) Explain fully all changes, if any, indicated in Items (a) and (b) above. IF THE REGISTRANT IS AN INDIVIDUAL, OMIT RESPONSE TO ITEMS 3,4, AND 5(a). 3. If you have previously filed Exhibit C*1, state whether any changes therein have occurred dliring this 6 month reporting period. Yes □ No 0 If yes, have you filed an amendment to the Exhibit C? Yes □ No □ If no, please attach the required amendment. 1 The Exhibit C, for which no printed form is provided, consists of a true copycifthe charter, articles of Incorporation, association, and by laws ofa registrant that is an organization. (A waiver of the requirement to file an Exhibit C may be obtained for good cause upon written application to the Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530.) FORM NSD-2 Revised 05/17 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM (PAGE 2) 4. (a) Have any persons ceased acting as partners, officers, directors'or similafofFicials of the registrant'dUring this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ 'No 0 If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position Date Connection Ended (b) Have any persons become partners, officers, directors or similar officials during this 6 month reporting period? Ves □ No 0 If yes, furnish the following information: Name Residence Address Citizenship Position Date Assumed 5. (a) Has anyperson named iri Item 4(b) rendered services directly in furtherance of the interests of any foreign principal? Yes □ No □ If yes, identify each such person and describe the service rendered. N/A (b) During this six month reporting period, has the registrant hired as employees or in any other capacity, any persons who rendered or will render services to the registrant directly in furtherance of the interests of any foreign principal(s) in other than a clerical or secretarial, or in a related or similar capacity? Yes 0 No □ Name Jeffrey Borda . Frank Pietrucha Residence Address Citizenship 701 South Howard Ave, Tampa, FL 33606 315 9th St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 Position Date Assumed American Consultant American Communications Consultant 10/25/2017 09/26/17 (c) Have any employees or individuals, who have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their employment or connection with the registrant during this 6 month reporting period? Yes 0 No □ If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position or Connection Chris Hayes Brendan Kelsay Communications Consultant Consultant Date Terminated 10/18/2017 10/18/2017 (d) Have any employees or individuals, who have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their connection with aiiy foreign principal during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No 0 If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position or Connection Foreign Principal Date Terminated 6. Have short form registration statements been filed by all of the persons named in Items 5(a) and 5(b) of the supplemental statement? Yes 0 No □ If no, list names of persons who have not filed the required statement. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM (PAGE 3) II - FOREIGN PRINCIPAL 7. Has your connection with any foreign principal ended during this 6 month reporting period? If yes, furnish the following information: Foreign Principal . Yes 1H3 No □ Date of Termination State of Qatar 01/18/2018. Registrant has no active contracts to act as an agent of any foreign principal arid requests that its registration be terminated. ' 8. Have you acquired any new foreign principal(s)2 during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No S If yes, furnish th following information: Name and Address of Foreign Principal(s) Date Acquired N/A 9. In addition to those named in.Items 7 and 8, if any, list foreign principal(s)2 whom you continued to represent during the 6 month reporting period. N/A 10. (a) Have you filed exhibits for the newly acquired foreign prihcipal(s), if any, listed in Item 8? Exhibit A3 Yes □ No □ Exhibit B4 Yes □ No □ If no, please attach the required exhibit. (b) Have there been any changes in the Exhibits A and B previously filed for any foreign principal whom you represented during this six month period? Yes 0 No □ If.yes, have you filed an amendment to these exhibits? Yes 0 No □ If no, please attach the required amendment. 2 The term "foreign principal" includes, in addition to those defined in Section 1(b) of the Act, an individual organization any of whose activities are directly or indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized in whole or in major part by a foreign government, foreign political party, foreign organization or foreign individual. (See Rule 100(a) (9)). A registrant who represents more than one foreign principal is required to list in the statements he files under the Act only those principals for whom he is not entitled to claim exemption under Seciiort3 ofthe Act. (See Rule 208.) ' * 3 The Exhibit A, which is filed on Form NSD-3, sets forth tie information required to be disclosed concerning each foreign principal. 4 The Exhibit B, which is filed on Form NSD-4, sets forth the information concerning the agreement or understanding between the registrant and the foreign principal. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM (PAGE 4) III - ACTIVITIES 11. During this 6 month reporting period, have you engaged in any activities for or rendered any services to any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes 0 No □ If yes, identify each foreign principal and describe in full detail your activities and services: Strategic communications counsel and support on behalf of Information Management Services, Inc. and the State of Qatar, including outreach to reporters to provide information for possible news stories. 12. During this 6 month reporting period, have you on behalf of any foreign principal engaged in political activity5*as defined below? Yes B No □ If yes, identify each such foreign principal and describe in full detail all such political activity, indicating, among other things, the relations, interests and policies sought to be influenced and the means employed to achieve this purpose. If the registrant arranged, sponsored or delivered speeches, lectures or radio and TV broadcasts, give details as to dates, places of delivery, names of speakers and subject matter. Provided communications support to promote the strategic partnership between the State of Qatar and the U.S. 13. In addition to die above described activities, if any, have.you engaged in activity on your own behalf which benefits your foreign principal(s)? Yes □ No B If yes, describe fully. 5 "Political activity," as defined in Section l(o) of the Act, means any activity that the person engaging in believes will, or that the person intends to, in any way influence any agency or official of the Government of the United States or any section of the public within the United States with reference to formulating, adopting or changing the domestic or foreign policies of the United States or with reference to political or public interests, policies, or relations of a government of a foreign country ora foreign political party. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM (PAGE 5) IV - FINANCIAL INFORMATION 14.(a) RECEIPT S-MONIES During this 6 month reporting period, have you received from any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement, or from any cither source, for or in the interests of any such foreign principal, any contributions, income or money either as compensation or otherwise? Yes B No □ If no, explain why. If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies.6 Date 8/18/17 9/5/17 9/21/17 10/20/17 11/3/17 11/27/17 12/22/17 1/18/18 From Whom Purpose IMS IMS IMS IMS IMS IMS IMS IMS Amount $83,500.00 $16500.00 Fee Fee Fee Fee Expenses Fee Fee Fee $100000.00 $100000.00 $30926.89 $25000.00 $25000.00 $25000.00 $405926.89 Total (b) RECEIPTS - FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN During this 6 month reporting period, have you received, as part of a fundraising campaign7, any money on behalf of any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes □ No E If yes, have you filed an Exhibit D8 to your registration? Yes □ No □ If yes, indicate the date the Exhibit D was filed. (c) Date RECEIPTS-THINGS OF VALUE During this 6 month reporting period, have you received any thing of value9 other than money from any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement, or from any other source, for or in the interests of any such foreign principal? Yes □ No [El If yes, furnish the following information: Foreign Principal Date Received Thing of Value Purpose \ 6,7 A registrant is required to file an Exhibit D if he collects or receives contributions, loans, moneys, or other things of value for a foreign principal, as pan of a fundraising campaign. (See Rule 201(e)). 8 An Exhibit D, for which no printed form i$ provided, sets forth an account of money collected or received as a result of a fundraising campaign and transmitted for a foreign principal. 9 Things of value include but are not limited to gifts, interest free loans, expense free travel, favored stock purchases, exclusive rights, favored treatment over competitors, "kickbacks," and the like. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM (PAGE 6) 15 (a) DISBURSEMENTS-MOMES “ ............. “ '' “ " ~ During this 6 month reporting period, have you (1) disbursed or expended monies in connection with activity on behalf of any foreign principal named in Items 7,8, or 9 of this statement? YesIS! No □ (2) transmitted monies to any such foreign principal? Yes □ No S3 If ho, explain in full detail why there were no disbursements made on behalf of any foreign principal. if yes,.set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies, including monies transmitted, if any, to each foreign principal. Date 8/1/17- 1/31/18 8/1/17- 1/31/18 8/1/17- 1/31/18 8/1/17- 1/31/18 8/1/17- 1/31/18 8/1/17- 1/31/18 8/1/17- 1/31/18 8/1/17- 1/31/18 8/1/17- 1/31/18 To Whom Purpose Ground Transportation Airfare Parking Meals Lodging Software Telecom Office Supplies Contractors . Amount 1,570.08 663.75 174.99 541.70 7,723.63 8.99 51.00 1,834,37 102,106.50 114,675,01 Total Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM (PAGE 7) (b) DISBURSEMENTS-THINGS OF VALUE During this 6 month reporting period, have you disposed of anything of value10 other than money in furtherance of or in connection with activities on behalf of any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes □ No 0 If yes, furnish the following information: Date (c) Recipient Foreign Principal Thing of Value Purpose DISBURSEMENTS-POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS During this 6 month reporting period, have you from your own funds and on your own behalf either directly or through any other person, made any contributions of money or other things of value11 in connection with an election to any political office, or in connection with any primaiy election, convention, or caucus held to select candidates for political office? Yes □ No.0 . If yes, furnish the following information: Date Amount or Thing of Value Political Organization or Candidate Location of Event 10,11 Things of value include but are not limited to gifts, interest free loans, expense free travel, favored stock purchases, exclusive rights, favored treatment over competitors, "kickbacks," and the like. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM (PAGE 8) V - INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS 16. (a) During this 6 month' reporting period, did you prepare, disseminate or cause to be disseminated any informational materials?12 Yes E No □ If Yes, go to Item 17. (b) If you answered No to Item 16(a), do you disseminate any material in connection with your registration? Yes □ No □ If Yes, please forward the materials disseminated during the six month period to the Registration Unit for review. 17. Identify each such foreign principal. State of Qatar 18. During this 6 month reporting period, has any foreign principal established a budget or allocated a specified sum of money to finance your activities in preparing or disseminating informational materials? Yes □ No 0 If yes, identify each such foreign principal, specify amount, and indicate for what period of time. 19. During this 6 month reporting period, did your activities in preparing, disseminating or causing the dissemination of informational materials include the use of any of the following: D Radio or TV broadcasts 0 Advertising campaigns □ Other (specify). D Magazine or newspaper D Motion picture films D Press releases D Pamphlets or other publications □ Letters or telegrams □ Lectures or speeches Electronic Communications IE) Email □ Website URL(s): washington.embassy.qa/en 0 Social media websites URL(s): @qatarembassyusa; @amb_althani; facebook.com/qatarembassyusa □ Other (specify) 20. During this 6 month reporting period, did you disseminate or cause to be disseminated informational materials among any of the following groups: □ Public officials D Legislators □ Government agencies E Newspapers . E Editors O Educational institutions □ Civic groups or associations □ Nationality groups □ Libraries □ Other (specify) 21. What language was.used in the informational materials: 0 English Q Other (specify) _ 22. Did you file with the Registration Unit, U.S. Department of Justice a copy of each item of such- informational 'materials disseminated or caused to be disseminated during this 6 month reporting period? Yes SI No D 23. Did you label each item of such informational materials with the statement required by Section 4(b) of the Act? Yes [HI No □ 12 the term informational materials includes any oral, visual, graphic, written, or pictorial information or matter of any kind, including that published by means of advertising, books, periodicals, newspapers, lectures, broadcasts, motion pictures, or any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce or otherwise. Informational materials disseminated by an agent of a foreign principal as part of an activity in itself exempt from registration, or'an activity which by itself would not require registration, need not be filed pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Act Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM (PAGE 9) VI - EXECUTION In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1746, the undersigned sweats) or affirm(s) under penalty of perjury that he/she has (they have) read the information set forth in this registration statement and the attached exhibits and that he/she is (they are) familiar with die contents thereof and that such contents are in their entirety true and accurate to the best of his/her (their) knowledge and belief, except that the undersigned make(s) no representation as to truth or accuracy of the information contained in the attached Short Form Registration Statements), if any, insofar as such information is not within his/her.(their) personal knowledge. (Date of signature) February 26,2018 (Print or type name under each signature dr provide electronic signature13) /s/ Heather C Conover eSigned 13 This statement shall be signed by the individual agent, if the registrant is ah individual, or by a majority of those partners, officers, directors or persons performing similar functions, if the registrant is an organization, except that the organization can, by power of attorney, authorize one or more individuals to execute this statement on its behalf. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM F&reign Principal: State of Qatar Subject discussed: Introduced sender/caller, Greg Howard, as a PR consultant for Qatar arid discussed issues promoting relations between Qatar and the U.S. and the antiQatar campaign by blockading countries Date Media Organizatior Contact Type 08/02/2017 New York Times Meeting 08/02/2017 ABC Email 08/03/2017 New York Times Email 08/03/2017 Foreign Policy Phone 08/03/2017 AP Email 08/03/2017 Axios Phone 08/03/2017 Wall Street Journal Meeting 08/03/2017 ABC Meeting 08/08/2017 New York Times Email 08/08/2017 ABC Email 08/08/2017 RollCall Email 08/09/2017 Roll Call Email 08/09/2017 McClatchy News Email 08/10/2017 McClatchy News Meeting 08/14/2017 Washington Post Email 8/16/2017 AP Email 8/16/2017 Reuters Email 8/16/2017 Washington Post Email 8/16/2017 New York Times Email 8/17/2017 Washington Post Email 8/17/2017 AP Email 8/17/2017 New York Times Email 8/22/2017 AP Email 8/22/2017 ABC Email 8/22/2017 New York Times Email 8/22/2017 Washington Post Email 8/22/2017 New York Times Email 8/23/2017 AP Email 8/23/2017 New York Tmes Email 8/24/2017 New York Tmes Email 8/24/2017 New York Tmes Email 8/25/2017 NPR Phone 8/25/2017 New York Times Phone Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM 8/29/2017 New York Times 8/30/2017 New York Times 09/05/2017 New York Times 09/05/2017 Washington Post 09/05/2017 Public Citizen 09/06/2017 AP 09/06/2017 NPR 09/06/2017 Roll Call 09/07/2017 New York Times 09/07/2017 CNN 09/07/2017 Roll Call 09/07/2017, AP 09/07/2017 CNN 09/08/2017 NPR 09/08/2017 WaPo 9/11/2017 CNN 9/14/2017 CNN 9/14/2017 New York Times 9/14/2017 New York Times 9/19/2017 Washington Post 9/19/2017 Wall Street Journal 09/19/2017 CNN 09/19/2017 CNN 9/19/2017 New York Times 9/20/2017 Wall Street Journal 9/20/2017 New York Times 09/21/2017 PBS 9/22/2017 McClatchy News 9/22/2017 Wall Street Journal 9/22/2017 Washington Post 9/25/2017 Washington Post Phone Phone Email Email Email Email Phone Email Email Email Email Email Email Phone Email Email Phone Email Phone Phone Email Email Email Email Email Email Email Email Email Email Email 9/25/2017 New York Times 9/27/2017 Washington Post 9/27/2017 New York Times 9/28/2017 ProPublica 9/29/2017 New York Times 10/02/2017 ProPublica 10/02/2017 Roll Call 10/03/2017 AP 10/05/2017 AP 10/10/2017 McClatchy News Email Phone Phone Phone Phone Phone Email Email Email Email 10/10/2017 New York Times .Email Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM 10/10/2017 Washington Post 10/10/2017 Roll Call 10/10/2017 ProPublica 10/11/2017 McClatchy News 10/12/2017 McClatchy News 10/12/2017 Washington Post 10/12/2017 New York Times 10/12/2017 McClatchy News 10/12/2017 PBS 10/12/2017 AP 10/13/2017 McClatchy News 10/13/2017 McClatchy News 10/16/2017 McClatchy News 10/16/2017 ProPublica 10/16/2017 New York Times 10/16/2017 Washington Post 10/16/2017 PBS 10/16/2017 CPI 10/16/2017 CNN 10/17/2017 McClatchy News 10/17/2017 NPR Newshour 10/17/2017 PBS 10/17/2017 CNN 10/19/2017 McClatchy News Email Email Email Phone Email Email Email Phone Email Email Phone Phone Email Email Email Email Phone Phone Phone Phone Phone Email Email Email 10/31/2017 Washington Post Email 10/31/2017 Fox TV Email 10/31/2017 AlJazera Email 10/31/2017 NBC Washington Email 10/31/2017 WJLA Email 10/31/2017 WTTG Email 11/1/2017 Washington Post Email 11/1/2017 McClatchy News Email 11/2/2017 McClatchy News Email 11/3/2017 McClatchy News Email , 11/4/2017 McClatchy News Email 11/8/2017 McClatchy News Email 11/9/2017 Washington Post Phone 11/10/2017 Washington Post . Email 11/11/2017 Washington Post Email 11/11/2017 McClatchy News Phone 11/15/2017 Washington Post Email 11/15/2017 McClatchy News Phone Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM 11/16/2017 11/16/2017 11/20/2017 11/11/2017 11/21/2017 11/27/2017 12/14/2017 12/14/2017 12/14/2017 12/15/2017 Washington Post McClatchy News Washington Post McClatchy News McClatchy News New York Times Washington Post CPI Mother Jones Washington Post Email Email Phone Phone Phone Phone Phone Phone Phone Meeting Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/28/2018 4:21:37 PM