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Memo W. D. Gow to Mere Mullen. = * | RE: ABSCAM - 2 That. if this request is . approved, Brooklyn- “Queens MRA willbe advised to utilize the $40,000 presently in their possession and previously authorized but not ex- pended. _ ; cs | Adm. Serv. ° Legal Coun. me ee Crim. inv: Ay : Plan. ain ~ vec. NIG “-Tech.. Servs. : ~ Training: 4 “Punt Afs. Off “Director : | Exec. AD-Inv. ident . "Exec. AD-Adm: To DETAILS: ABSCAM is. a solely Bureau funded; controlled: under- cover operation. targeted against major political, corrupters in various Federal and State Government, as well: as major: swindlers. and property thieves. During the ‘course of the’ operation, - ABSCAM has developed prosecutive Fedéral cases against. Angelo Errichetti, Mayor of Camden, New Jersey; Kenneth McDonald, Vice~ Chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission; Harrison Williams, U. S. Senator, New Jersey; Senator Williams' associates Henry A, Williams, III, Alexander Feinberg, : ‘ana _ George Katz; INS Investigator Al Alexandro;. Michael Ozzie Myers, U. S. Congressman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Raymond F. Lederer, U. S. Congressman; Philadelphia, » Pennsylvania; Frank. | Thompson, Jr.,. U. S. Congressman, New Jersey; John: M. Murphy, — Us S. Congressman; Staten Island,, New York; John W. Jenrette, 'dr., U. S. Congressman, South Carolina;, John P. Murtha, U. S. Congressman, Pennsylvania; Richard Kelly, U. S. Congressman, Florida; ‘and’ Joseph A. Maressa, Néw Jersey State Senator. On: Saturday, 1/12/80, “undercover SAs of- ABSCAM — ‘operation. held a meeting’in New York City with George Katz and Alexander Feinberg. They were ‘advised that Yassir Habib, - the Arab. principal of. ABSCAM, was ready to close.on the titanium mine venture in which Katz and. Feinberg are - involved along with U. S, Senator Harrison A. Williams. However, before this takes place, Yassir Habib wants: to meet with. Senator ” Williams on 1/15/80 to ask him for one favor, namely that Senator Williams give his personal assurances to Habib that. Habib would. be granted either political asylum and/or permanent resident status in the United States: Habib intends. ‘to: offer Senator Williams $40, 000 in cash for. these assurances. |