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Memo W. D. Gow to Mr. Mullen RE:ABSCAM .2.. That.if this request is approved, Brooklyn- Queens MRA will be advised to utilize the $40,000 presently in their possession and previously authorized but not ex- pended: Adm. Serv. Legal Coun. APPROVED: Crim. Inv. Plan. & Insp. Rec. Mignt. Director Tech..Servs. Exec. AD-Inv. Training Exec. AD-Adm Public Affs.Off Exec.AD-LES 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. Federal 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, and 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, U. .S. Congressman, Staten Island, New York; John W. Jenrette, Jr., U. S.' Congressman, South Carolina; John P. Murtha, U. S. Congressman, Pennsylvania; Richard Kelly, U. S. Congressman. Florida; and Joseph A. Maressa, New 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 adyised that Yassir: Habib, the Arab principal of ABscAM, was ready to close.on the. along with .U. S. Senator Harrison A. Williams.. However, before this takes place, Yassir Habib wants to meet with. Senator yey? Agaueu 'noaeg nuo xog wny. yse o? 08/gt/t uo suernnM 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 $40,0oo in cash for. these assurances.