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14-00000 race fsa SECRET ALSO AWARE THAT THE HIJACKERS IN THAT CASE WERE FREE IN ALGIERS. ALSQ, MCNAIR REASONED THAT SUCH A LARGE SUM WOULD OVERRIDE ALGERIAN POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THEIR DECISION oN THE MONEY’S DISPOSAL « 6. THE RECENT RAID ON THE BPP HEADQUARTERS BY ALGERIAN AUTHORITIES WAS TRIGGERED BY CLEAVER’S OPEN LETTER TO PRESI~- ’ DENT B OUM ED IE N E DEMANDING RETURN OF THE HIJACK MONEY. CLEAVER® S LETTER WAS WRITTEN WITHOUT THE APPROVAL _ OF THE REST OF THE BPP MEMBERS IN ALGERIA AND CAUSED A MAJOR SPLIT IN THE PARTY. 7. MCNAIR APPEARED AT EASE IN FLANIK’S OFFICE AND QUITE TALKATIVE, ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION CENTERED ~ ON HIS TRIP TO ALGIERS. HE APPARENTLY SURPRISED TO FIND | ALGERIA SUCH AN ADVANCED COUNTRY. HE HAS NO DOCUMENTATION _- EXCEPT AN AMERICAN DRIVER*S LICENSE AND WHEN ASIED IF HE WISHED TO APPLY FOR A US PPT, HE REPLIED THAT “WE HAVE No WHERE TO GO, SO I GUESS NOT.” MCNAIR EXPECTED TO RETURN LNFALL NEXT FEW DAYS TO SEE WHAT PROGRESS FLANIX HAS MADE ON PPT APPLICATIONS. 8. SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS OF ABOVE INTERVIEW BEING SENT
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