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"Documents? Well, no, though Lance's lawyer, Robert Altman, says some are being drawn up now."<ref>[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601780403,00.html Another 'Loan' for Lance,] [[Time magazine]], April 3, 1978 </ref>}}
"Documents? Well, no, though Lance's lawyer, Robert Altman, says some are being drawn up now."<ref>[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601780403,00.html Another 'Loan' for Lance,] [[Time magazine]], April 3, 1978 </ref>}}
Bert Lance had approached Financial General on behalf of BCCI London with a bid for control of the bank. Lance was also was responsible for introducing BCCI founder Abedi to [[Jimmy Carter]], and for bringing [[Clark Clifford]] in on the take-over attempt. Ghaith Pharaon was another investor in the deal.
Also involved in the successful BCCI takeover were Clark Clifford, Robert Altman, and Kamal Adham. Kamal Adham and Ghaith Pharaon had built the Hyatt hotel in Riyadh, and Adham had originally introduced Pharaon to Abedi.
==American branch==
==American branch==