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bachelor's degree in education from City University of New York
in 1958. She received a master's degree from City University in
1962, earning 60 credits towards a postgraduate degree.
She taught grade school in New York, New York, from 1967 through
1995. She worked for Fields, Freeman & Associates (FFA) in 1981,
researching, examining resumes, and making contacts for FFA.
Petitioners owned 100 percent of FFA, and Mrs. Fields was its
vice president and one of its officers. She was a director of
BarSon, until she resigned due to illness. She managed
petitioners' household finances, including paying their mortgage
and balancing their checking account. She was authorized to sign
petitioner's business checking accounts. She was authorized to
sign checks for FFA.
Mrs. Fields knew that petitioner worked through BarSon, and
that he owned 50 percent of its stock. She knew that petitioner
had a business relationship with Ashland, and that this
relationship concerned advising African businessmen on the topics
of construction and oil. She knew that petitioner tried to
secure oil for Ashland, that he had traveled to Cameroon to do
so, and that he had contacted African businessmen on the
procurement of oil. She knew that one of petitioner's business
associates was a Government official from Cameroon, and that the
relationship between him and petitioner involved oil and Ashland.
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