LETTER TO THEODORE J. GREENBERG RE BANCA NAZIONALE DEL LAVORO INVESTIGATION

Created: 12/18/1990

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JTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Office ol General Counsel

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Theodore J- Greenberg, Esq. Deputy Chief, Fraud Section Criminal Division

United States Department of., Central Station

Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) Investigation

Dear Ted:

I have received responses from CIA components regarding searches made by them in response to your most recent request, for information on individuals and companies involved in the referenced investigation. CIA files contain no recorda relationship between this agency and any of the individuals or entities on whom you have querled^us. Our searches produced no additional information on BNL. |

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Our searches produced further information on some of the individuals and/or entities listed in your request. We again defer to your to determine whether our material may complement information you already have developed torosecution. Our searches produced eleven open source documents from the Foreign Broadcast Information Service which deal with Matrix-Churchill,evelopment Groupnd TMG Engineering. (Tab A) These documents reprint articles from London and Madrid newspapers,recis of one television news report, which discuss the foregoing companies activities procuring materiel, technology and training for the Iraqi armaments industry, and links between these companies and the Iraqi governmentand/or BBL. Because these documenta are in

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Finally, we possess classified documents originated by the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Department of State. Pursuant to your request, we asked them to waive the third agency rule and permit us to release these documents directly to you. Both of these agencies, however, requested that we send their originated, material to them so that they can respond to

you directly.

As with our previous production of documents in thisAgency components that located this informationit for lead purposes only. It is considered toand should not bo disseminated outside thoJustice without the approval of the CIA. ppreciatecoordination Kith us on this matter, and urge youmethis office if we can be of further

assistance.

Sincerely,

Associate General counsel

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