Author: David Dahlem
Date: 09:34:46 07/16/04
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On July 16, 2004 at 12:24:25, George Sobala wrote:
>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
I'm not a lawyer, but it would be interesting to watch how this plays out in
court. Can a government make a law, and enforce it, regarding commercial
projects in another country? :-)
Regards
Dave
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