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FM LOS ANGELES (89-436) (3) (P)
TO DIRECTOR IMMEDIATE
SACRAMENTO IMMEDIATE
SAN FRANCISCO IMMEDIATE (SF VIA FBIHQ)
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RYMUR, Bufile 89-4286, SC file 89-191, SF File 89-250, LA File [line deleted], State of California, RICO (C), 00; Los Angeles, Bufile 183-2001, SC File 194-5, LA File 183-562
During investigation of [line deleted], a source was contacted who furnished various information concerning [word deleted] including the following:
Source stated he had been in touch with an individual who stated that [line deleted], was involved in a sugar rip
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off. Los Angeles source advised information very sketchy, but it appears that [half line deleted] Guyana, and the Reverend Jim Jones, helped secure the sugar deal for [name deleted]. The sugar was to have been produced and purchased in Jamaica and sold to Iran, but was purchased from Guyana and sold to Iran at inflated prices. [name deleted] purportedly received between three and four million dollars on the deal.
Leads regarding the above information are being left to the discretion of San Francisco. Sources been recontacted but could furnish no further information.
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