Loading Flash AS3/XML into Flex 3

I'm seriously at a loss.
I'm loading a Flash AS3 SWF into Flex via SWFloader and it
will not load the xml data the file normally loads. The Flash file
is fairly basic and loads XML data from a local file.
I've tried all sorts of scoping within the Flash file
pointing to the xml file just in case but still nothing. What do I
need to do to get this file to read the XML through Flex 3?
<mx:SWFLoader x="9" y="14" width="140" height="90"
source="swfs/sponsors/top_sponsors.swf"/>
The xml file is in the same directory.

The migration of this file to proper AS3 is brutal. It would
be easier to just rewrite the whole thing in flex. Screw it.

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