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W. D. Gow to Mr. Mullen memorandum. RE:: .. ABSCAM 2..: That authority be granted for the. payment. of $50,0oo,.if paid directly, to John.P. Murtha, U. S. Congressman,. Pennsylvania, as. a bribe to obtain political asylum or permanent resident. status. for Yassir Habib. APPROVED: Adm, Serv Legal Coun. 0 Crim. Inv. AW APlan.&.insp Director RecMgnt Exec. AD-Inv.. Ident. Tech.Servs. Exec.ADAdm. Intell. Training Exec.AD-LES Laboratory Public Affs.Off. 3.': That if this request is approved, Brooklyn-Queens MRA wiii:be^advised to. utilize the. $59,500 presently in their possession and previously authorized, but not expended. ' Therefore,:if this request is approved,. Administrative Services Division will forward $l5,500 to Brooklyn-Queens MrA in time for this transaction. APPROVED; Adm. Sen Legal Coun Crim. Inv. Director Exec.AD-Inv. Rec.M.gnt Ident. Exec.AD-Adm Tech.Servs Intell. Exec.AD-LES Training Laboratory PublicAfts.Off. DETAILS: Abscam is a solely Bureau funded, controlled.undercover. operation targeted against major. political corrupters in various Federal and State Government, 'as well: as major swindlers 'and. 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; and an INs investigator. Al Alexandro; Michael Ozzie,Myers, U..S.. Congressman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;: Raymond F.. Lederer,. U. S.. Congressman, Philadelphia, Pennsylyania; 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;. and Joseph A. Maressa ,. New Jersey State, Senator. An Abscam Operative, who.has' been in' contact with. William Rosenberg, a known conman,'and stanley Weiss, a.Long Island. accountant, who has Organized Crime ties with John Delmastro,