Author: George Sobala
Date: 09:24:25 07/16/04
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On July 16, 2004 at 12:04:58, Norm Pollock wrote:
>On July 16, 2004 at 10:58:51, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>In order to pay a good lawyer Bobby is willing to play against any of the top
>>chess programs for only half a million :-)
>>
>>
>>PS: I am just joking, but he might accept to play from inside of his prison cell
>>if he gets 10 years :-)
>>
>>Jorge
>
>10 years in jail? You've got to be kidding! How did you arrive at that?
>
Like this:
Department of the Treasury
Washington
Aug 21, 1992
Order to Provide Information and Cease and Desist Activities
FAC No. 129405
Dear Mr Fischer:
It has come to our attention that you are planning to play a chess match for a
cash prize in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
(hereinafter "Yugoslavia") against Boris Spassky on or about September 1, 1992.
As a U.S. citizen, you are subject to the prohibitions under Executive Order
12810, dated June 5, 1992, imposing sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro. The
United States Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
("FAC"), is charged with enforcement of the Executive Order.
The Executive Order prohibits U.S. persons from performing any contract in
support of a commercial project in Yugoslavia, as well as from exporting
services to Yugoslavia. The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the
performance of your agreement with a corporate sponsor in Yugoslavia to play
chess is deemed to be in support of that sponsor's commercial activity. Any
transactions engaged in for this purpose are outside the scope of General
License No. 6, which authorizes only transactions to travel, not to business or
commercial activities. In addition, we consider your presence in Yugoslavia for
this purpose to be an exportation of services to Yugoslavia in the sense that
the Yugoslav sponsor is benefitting from the use of your name and reputation.
Violations of the Executive Order are punishable by civil penalties not to
exceed $10,000 per violation, and by criminal penalties not to exceed $250,000
per individual, 10 years in prison, or both. You are hereby directed to refrain
from engaging in any of the activities described above. You are further
requested to file a report with this office with 10 business days of your
receipt of this letter, outlining the facts and circumstances surrounding any
and all transactions relating to your scheduled chess match in Yugoslavia
against Boris Spassky. The report should be addressed to: The U.S. Department of
the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Enforcement Division, 1500
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Annex - 2nd floor, Washington D.C. 20220. If you have
any questions regarding this matter, please contact Merete M. Evans at (202)
622-2430.
Sincerely, (signed)
R. Richard Newcomb
Director
Office of Foreign Assets Control
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