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that a client of Criden's. wanted to build. In the course of the day Amoroso~and-Errichétti discussed the probr that might be faced by the sheiks should a revolution occur Ss in their country and should they want to come to the United States as permanent residents.. Amoroso told Errichetti that he thought cooperation of public officials would be needed and that money would be no problem. Immediately after this conversation Errichetti and Criden formed an alliance in which they undertook to_ produce for Amoroso and Weinberg public officials wha, in return for money, were willing to use their influence with the government on the sheiks' behalf. Meetings were arranged at various locations in New York, Philadelphia and Washington where the FBI monitored the proceedings with concealed videotape cameras and microphones. Where videotape was not feasible, audio recordings were used. Cash payoffs were made by the undercover agents. to six “members of the House of Representatives, one immigra- tion official, Mayor Errichetti, two members of the Philadel- phia city council and, allegedly, to a member of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission. In addition to the trans- actions involving cash payments to public officials, Abscam was stringing along in separate discussions a number of persons, including Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. and Congressman John M. Murphy, in connection with promised