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The unedited e-mail below is from HILO Gambia. It is sent to St John's
University in the UN, and copied to me. It is signed one by Alan Collins,
the company's "president". Enjoy reading it!

Ebrima Ceesay
Birmingham, UK

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Hilo Trading (Gambia) Ltd

November 29, 2000

Ms Julia Upton
Provost
St Johns University
New York
USA

Via fax: 00 1 718 990 1894

Dear Ms Upton,

“GAMBIA-L” – MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU

I did telephone you earlier today to discuss this matter but I had to be
content with leaving a voicemail message.

I am an American citizen (and, I might add a practising Catholic) currently
living in The Gambia. I am the President of Hilo Trading (Gambia) Ltd,
itself an offshoot of our USA operations, based in Atlanta.

We are very much involved with the Groundnut business here within The Gambia
and we have currently invested several US$ millions into the sub-sector.

We have become aware of a group of Gambian dissidents operating out of the
United Kingdom, fronted by an ‘Ebrima Ceesay’ from Birmingham, England.
These dissidents are clearly utilising the website/server of St Johns
University as evidenced by the attached e-mails. These ‘hate-mails’ are
beginning to become, for us, quite tiresome. In addition, they have become
increasingly threatening and increasingly paranoid.

I am immensely concerned that all of the good work we are doing within The
Gambia is being jeopardised by this roving ‘rag-bag’ of political activists.
I am very worried that not only are our investments placed at risk but the
ominous threat of Atlanta-based fanatics to ‘check’ us out is quite scary.

I am well aware that recent developments within the USA have prompted
Companies to ban personal e-mail use over their systems. Indeed, it has
become an illegal offence and Companies may prosecute.
November 29, 2000 – Page (2) – contd.,

Ms J Upton – Provost
St Johns University
NY, USA – contd.,

How much more dangerous and irresponsible, therefore, for a US educational
institute to allow its facilities to be manipulated in the manner described
and evidenced herein.

I would very much welcome your prompt advice that you have looked into this
matter and perhaps brought the culprits to light. I should like to know the
steps taken, perhaps the first of which is to pinpoint those ‘students’ from
The Gambia presently attending any of the University’s campuses.

I can assure you that I have brought this matter to the attention of the US
Ambassador to The Gambia – George Haley – as well as to the attention of the
highest authorities within the Government of The Gambia.

I hope to have information from you by return detailing the steps you have
taken to close this ‘unit’ of dissidents within St John’s.

Yours very sincerely,


Alan D Collins
President

Cc Information Technology – fax # 718 990 2002



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