0 181115Z DEC 78
FM BERN (89-6) (P)
TO DIRECTOR (89-4286) IMMEDIATE
LEGAT MEXICO CITY IMMEDIATE
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UNCLAS EFTO
RYMUR, 00: SAN FRANCISCO
ReBerCab, December 15, 1978.
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For the information of Mexico City and the Bureau, U.S. Department of State cable 316647 dated December 15, 1978,
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instructed American Embassy in Panama to attempt to obtain information on following accounts at Union Bank of Switzerland with a view to preventing withdrawals pending clarification of legal situation:
Account number 3357 at Union Bank of Switzerland, P.O. Box 3370, Panama, 4.
Accounts 121-00.191A and 121-00.135A at Union Bank of Switzerland, P.O. Box 6792, Panama, 5.
For information of the Bureau and San Francisco, the Department of Justice (USDJ) has have a lawyer from the Civil Division, USDJ, assigned to the U.S. consulate, Munich, Germany, for many years, one [name deleted].
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Lead:
San Francisco:
Consulted with U.S. Attorney to determine if, in fact, he has extended this investigation into financial crimes, as described above.
Administrative:
Bureau requested to retransmit the San Francisco.
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