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http://brookings.nap.edu/books/0815733550/html/56.html

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http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/index.jsp?section=papers&code=91-P_71

Center for Security Policy
Press Release No. 91-P 71 1991-08-31
SOVIETS ASK U.S. TO STICK IT TO AMERICAN TAXPAYERS AS BANKS WON'T TAKE ANY EXPOSURE ON LOANS TO MOSCOW

This Soviet request that the CCC effectively set aside its fiduciary responsibilities to the U.S. taxpayer comes as what should be a particularly inopportune time for the organization. After all, the CCC is reeling from still-unfolding revelations that over $900 million of its funds were diverted by the Banco Nazionale del Lavorno (BNL) and used by Iraq to buy arms.