B, they will not get an original, just this copy of a copy of a copy from what I see.
They can only go by the typewriters of that time and maybe office inventory lists of what they had.
In addition, having a retired man still writing official documents for the government a year after he was gone from there is absolute proof of fraud right there IMO!
As far as how far they can go, if they wanted to say there were carbon paper copies and other copies, all they have to do to reproduce that is to again use word, plus ONE other step.
They would then use a pin printer to do the memos and make the carbons.
They could date the carbons if they exist though!!!!
When CBS aired the allegations, they said it was all "thoroughly investigated" and that their "experts" had assured them of the docs authenticity.
CBS spokeswoman has also said that the "experts" were actually "witnesses" (whatever that means, the salient point being that they did not, in fact, have the "experts" they initially claimed to have).
CBS has also contradicted their original claim of "thoroughly investigating" by saying they had "suspicions" about the docs before airing. People who "thoroughly investigate" have presumably laid those suspicions to rest, so it looks like they didn't "thoroughly investigate" a damn thing.
CBS said they "stand by the story," and now they've changed that to "looking into any possible error." Huh?
CBS executives are huddling into the night to deal with this crisis. People who have "thoroughly investigated," called in "experts," and "are standing by their story," do not do that. Only liars who have gotten found out do that.