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-He declinéd togive the name: f -ofhisattorney or tosay whether he had. been working for the FBI: “Whenasked if hehad défraud- ‘ed any people, Meltzer said, “tsa, matter.of opinion.” 4 As récently as last ‘week, F some-of the businessmen, among | thém Robert Jackman | of La: “Jolla, president of Titer- | ea Fisheries Inc., continued fo 1 wonder whether they ‘would “eventually receive. the Iioney they W veré promised by Meltzer | asa representativeof Abdul En- [ terprises, Others, including Willfam Dickinson: -of a ‘San,Francisco , [ “communications company, Said theySuddenly felt that they had been‘taken, With indigna- I tion Dickensonsaidhe hadturn- ed over. to, the FBI voluminous : documentation of Meltzer’ sac: * - Someof thebusinessmensaid } that’ similar documentation, i dicated té them: that Meltzer: had been privy ( iodetailed infor- [ mation about the Abscam in- | vestigation and had apparently F used itaSa cover forhisownac- } tivities: They. said it therefore. | appeared, that, even after the j bureau received complaints ‘f from the businessmen, itdidnot stop him for fear of jeopardiz- ing its own investigation, Several ¢ of the businessmen, ; ‘answer any questions: re inchiiding. Kal” Gulve” of “San” According: to.court records in Diego.said they had been told -they-could check with’Michael Elzay of the Chase Manhattan ‘Bank in ‘New York. if. “they wanted to makesure ‘that Kam- bir Abdul Rahman had assets in “this country. Spokesmen ‘for the Chase Manhattan haveconfirmed that Elzay was a bank vicepresident but have declined,to comment on reports by law enforcement authorities tha{ a bank account was set up there for the in- vestigation: . ‘Séveral’ of ‘the businessmen said, their faithi in Meltzer had “grown y when it appeared tliat he did indeed have conné¢tions within the bureau. ' “Any time anyone ‘told ‘anything to thé ‘FBI, .it went straight back to Meltzer, "said Howard Flink, one of" the men “who, ‘expecting commissions, many .of -those” involved, he had afranged deals with Melt- zer on behalf of half a dozen west Coast: concerns, * . ae er a ao RE BAY) Florida, Meltzer, whovis 55, » ig, soon ’-to begin serving a 30: Jnonth prison sentence for the, interstate transportation. and sale of $100:000. worth of: Med Donald Corps, securities ‘that, chad: been ,stofen: «from:.as New, York, City. ‘brokerage® firm {oni Jan. 7, ‘1977, Court recordsin Fidtida from the,time of his arrests show. that he: had.,been . charged ‘with another man, Robert Reid; then 52, ‘According to- newspaper reports, | Reid said he worked as a consiiltant ‘for, the Arab ‘inter: national. Trade} :Cénter in Manhattan, sMeltzer,. described asa formerbranch manager {98 the Fuller: Brush, Cou, was _Branied’ a:délay jn serving. his sentence.in order to. undergo < a hip replacement, operation. ‘Meanyhile,, eagcording - to portrayed himself at different times’ to different people.as an undercaver-agent: or informer. for the’ FBI, -but’ “warned them that grave harm ‘would result if hey: broke-silence on.that sub- jects vos = “] was told that for my | own beriefit, [should not contact Ab- dul, ** said Howard Flink, ‘who brought ‘several companies. in touch with Meltzer /‘Heé said, it could cause” ‘physical’ Karin fo me and my family’ ‘and (0 Melt- zer: because’ he- wad -workip ng ‘with an- East Coast ine; Vestigation, |, Ase TD