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Sami's memo to Abedi of January 30, 1978, referred to "our friend" in the Financial General negotiations; Lance acknowledged to the subcommittee that the reference was to him, but testified that "the acquisition of shares were basically handled by Mr. Sami, and he was the man who was responsible. I was not involved in that." He testified that in 1978, at Abedi's suggestion, he met [[Kamal Adham]] and Sheikh [[Zayed bin Sultan AL-Nahayan|Zayed]], the latter in [[Lahore]] in "February or March, 1978," and the *[[Washington Post]]* reported that he had recently been in [[Karachi]] in connection with his dealings with Abedi; he made the trip on an official diplomatic passport although he no longer worked for the government.[^13] Of Abedi's relationship with Zayed he told the subcommittee that Abedi had "been kind and attentive to Sheikh Zayed when he was still wandering around in the desert and he had all his assets in his tent somewhere."[^14]
According to the [[BCCI Kerry-Brown Senate Report|Kerry-Brown Senate Report]], a federal judge on April 27, 1978, "permanently enjoined Lance and ten other defendants" from violating the securities laws in connection with the Financial General takeover.[^12]
According to the [[BCCI Kerry-Brown Senate Report|Kerry-Brown Senate Report]], a federal judge on April 27, 1978, "permanently enjoined Lance and ten other defendants" from violating the securities laws in connection with the Financial General takeover.[^12] The Securities and Exchange Commission's News Digest of March 20, 1978, headed "Lance, Others Enjoined," reported that on March 18 the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia had entered permanent injunctions, by consent, against eleven defendants including Lance (Civil Action 78-0469).[^15] On April 26, 1978 the commission and the Comptroller of the Currency filed a separate civil action in the Northern District of Georgia against The National Bank of Georgia, The Calhoun First National Bank and Lance, which ended the same day in consent judgments of permanent injunction (Civil Action 78-758).[^16]
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[^12]: Kerry, Senator John, and Senator Hank Brown. *The BCCI Affair: A Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate.* December 1992, ch. 6, "BCCI in the United States: Initial Entry." https://irp.fas.org/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/06early.htm
[^13]: Kerry, Senator John, and Senator Hank Brown. *The BCCI Affair: A Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate.* December 1992, ch. 16, "BCCI and Georgia Politicians." https://irp.fas.org/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/16ga.htm
[^14]: Kerry, Senator John, and Senator Hank Brown. *The BCCI Affair: A Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate.* December 1992, ch. 14, "Abu Dhabi: BCCI's Founding and Majority Stockholders." https://irp.fas.org/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/14abudhabi.htm
[^15]: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, News Digest, March 20, 1978, "Lance, Others Enjoined" (SEC v. Bank of Credit and Commerce International S.A., et al., U.S.D.C. D.C., Civil Action No. 78-0469, LR-8336). https://www.sec.gov/news/digest/1978/dig032078.pdf
[^16]: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, News Digest, April 28, 1978 (SEC and Comptroller of the Currency v. The National Bank of Georgia, The Calhoun First National Bank, Bertram Lance, U.S.D.C. N.D. Ga., Atlanta Division, Civil Action No. 78-758). https://www.sec.gov/news/digest/1978/dig042878.pdf