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neither Newfield nor the literary agent knew anything about a . Abscam. Newfield first learned of Abscam when it went public on February 2, 1980. Shortly after that, Newfield's agent, recognizing the sales potential of an insider's story on Abscam, asked Newfield if Puccio would collaborate * @ on a book covering the investigation. - Doubting that he would do so, Newfield nevertheless asked Puccio about it and received the expected reply; that Puccio could not even discuss the matter until the cases were closed and. a ( Puccio had left the department. Despite Puccio's unwilling- , ness, Newfield himself signed a contract with a publisher to write a book on Abscam, and the contract made provision for the possibility of an unnamed collaborator who would receive a substantial cash advance. Puccio did not know — about the collaboration clause until January, 1981. Both Puccio and Newfield testified that there was no formal. or informal agreement or understanding between them with - “respect to the collaboration clause, and the court believes them. j Obviously, Newfield and his publisher would Like to have Puccio as a collaborator on a book about Abscam, as no doubt would many other authors and publishers. [It t is equally obvious to this court, aften hearing both New- field's and Puccio's testimony on the subject, that Puccio