[1]104-10326-10014 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
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[21]SUBJECTS
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[24]-CLASST FICATION
[25]RESTRICTIONS
[26]CURRENT STATUS
[28]DATE OF LAST REVIEW
[29]OPENING CRITERIA
[30]COMMENTS
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[34]Date: 01/04/00
[35]Page: 1
[37]JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM
[38]IDENTIFICATION FORM
[40]AGENCY INFORMATION
[42]CIA
[43]104-10326-10014
[44]JFK
[46]PROJECT FILES
[48]DOCUMENT INFORMATION
[50]CIA
[51]WITHHELD
[52]DIRECTOR
[53]WITHHELD
[54]02/25/98
[56]3
[58]JFK ASSASS.
[60]PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[61]SECRET
[63]POSTPONED IN FULL
[64]02/03/99
[66]JFK-M-11:F1 1999.02.03.11:31:38:873120: CIA
[67]CORRESPONDENCE RE ARRB
[69]CLASSIFIED
[70]ATTACHMENT
[72][R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED
[74]SECRET
[75]MHFNO: 98-0651289 SENSIND: RYBAT PAGE: 1
[78]STAFF
[80]ACTION: NE/NAOE (273) INFO: AF/EXO, AF/HG, C/NE/NAO, CIC/AF, CIC/CEG,
[81]CIC/CEGAF, CIC/OG, CIC/PRC, LIMITED, MDSX, NE/NAOCI, NE/NAORE, NEDORECORD,
[82]ODPD, ORMS/AF, RYBAT, FILE, AF/OPS (3/W)
[83]98 0651289 ASR PAGE 001 IN 0651289
[85]TOR: 2514392 FEB 98 ADDI 22385
[87]S ECR E T 251436Z FEB 98 STAFF
[88]CITE ADDIS ABABA 22385
[90]TO: DIRECTOR, CAIRO. -
[91]FOR: LIMITED DISSEM NE/NAOE INFO NE/NAORE, NE/NAOCI, AF/HG, AF/OPS,
[92]CIC/AF
[94]SLUGS: WNINTEL RYBAT FCSTANDARD
[95]SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF RECENT CONTACTS WITH FCSTANDARD/32
[97]REF: A. DIRECTOR 699262 98 0626779
[98]B. CATRO 85035 98 0176920
[100]TEXT:
[101]1. ACTION REQUIRED: PLS SEE PARA 2.
[103]2. REF A WAS USEFUL AND MUCH APPRECIATED. WITH CAIRO STATION'S
[104]CONCURRENCE, C/O TONY P. RAGL WOULD LIKE REF A OFFER OF BACKGROUND
[105]INFO ON SUDAN, AND HQS TALKING POINTS ON OTHER TOPICS TO SUPPORT _
[106]DEVELOPMENT OF SUBJ. C/O WILL PROVIDE ASSESSMENT OF FCSTANDARD/32
[107](SUBJ) SEPARATELY. C/O AND SUBJ HAVE BEGUN DISCUSSING SUDAN AND
[108]LIBYA, AND SUBJ HAS BEGUN VISITING C/O’S RESIDENCE (REPORTED
[109]SEPARATELY). PLS ENSURE REF B IS FILED IN SUBJ'S FILE (IT WAS
[110]INADVERTENTLY FILED AS FCSTANDARD/1) .
[112]3. 12 FEBRUARY: SUBJ PHONED C/O AT HOME AND, WITHOUT
[113]MENTIONING NAMES OR PLACES, RECOMMENDED A MEETING. C/O MET SUBJ FROM
[114]2330-0200 HOURS AT CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. SUBJ WAS NOT SURE IF A SAUDI
[115]INTEL OFFICER WAS POSTED TO ADDIS. SUBJ ASKED IF C/O LEARNED
[116]ANYTHING ABOUT A VISITING RUSSIAN DELEGATION (C/O HAD NOT, SEE PARA
[117]5). SUBJ SPOKE OF JOGGING ON LOCAL STREETS AND C/O GAVE HIM A CAN OF
[118]PEPPER SPRAY TO WARD OFF STRAY DOGS.
[120]4. 16 FEBRUARY: U.S. EMBASSY RECEPTION: .C/O INVITED SUBJ TO
[121]U.S. EMBASSY’S NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION (MOVED FROM 4 JULY TO 16 FEB -
[122]DUE TO HEAVY LOCAL RAINS IN JULY). SUBJ POINTED OUT ISRAELI SECOND
[123]SECRETARY RAMI ((HATAN)), ADDING HATAN HAD RECENTLY ARRIVED IN ADDIS
[124]AND SUBJ THOUGHT HATAN WAS SHIN BET AND WORKED, WITH ISRAELI SECOND
[125]SECRETARY ELIEZER "ELI" ((YITZHAKY)).
[127]5. 19 FEBRUARY: SUBJ PHONED c/O AT EMBASSY, SUGGESTED MEETING
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[136]AT CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB (0030-0330). SUBJ PAID FOR DRINKS. HIS SPOUSE
[137]MAY RETURN TO ADDIS CIRCA EARLY MAY. SUBJ SAID HE WAS DISTANCING
[138]HIMSELF FROM EGYPTIAN BUSINESSMAN SAFAH (PHONETIC) AND ADDED, "BEFORE
[139]I LEAVE ADDIS, I HAVE A LOT TO TELL YOU. I’LL TELL YOU WHEN THE
[141]STORY IS FINISHED. A LOT.GOES ON HERE." SUBJ MENTIONED ISRAELI
[142]TRADE FAIR AT SHERATON HOTEL 25-26 FEBRUARY (THE EGYPTIAN ECONOMIC
[143]COUNSELOR WAS INVITED). REGARDING RAMI HATAN, SUBJ SAID HE WAS AWARE’
[145]HATAN WAS SINGLE, LIVED IN BOLE AREA, WAS A FIRST TOUR OFFICER. THE
[146]RUSSIAN DELEGATION (PARA 3) WAS HERE FOR ETHIOPIAN TANK (T-55)
[147]REFURBISHMENT; RECENT ISRAELI DELEGATION WAS HERE TO BID ON T-55 AND
[148]AIRCRAFT REFURBISHMENT (CORROBORATED BY 2/00/1607-98, 1919342 FEB 98;
[149]AND 2/00/1584-98, 191609Z FEB 98). SIX OROMO OPPOSITIONISTS WERE
[150]EXTRADITED FROM DJIBOUTI TO ETHIOPIA. FOREIGN MINISTER MOUSSA IS
[151]VISITING ADDIS WEEK OF 23 FEBRUARY; HE IS A WOMANIZER AND MAY VISIT
[152]CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. HE HAS THREE BODYGUARDS, BUT THEY ARE NOT
[153]"PROFESSIONALS." SUBJ PAID EQUIVALENT USS 60 TO BLOOD TEST LOCAL
[154]GIRLFRIEND HELEN, "SHE’S ALL RIGHT." REGARDING SALARY, SUBJ IS PAID
[155]"PRETTY WELL" AND WORKS HARD TO “EARN THE PAY." UPON PARTING, SUBJ
[156]SAID, "SLEEP WELL, I WON'T SAY HAVE NICE DREAMS BECAUSE WE (1.E.,
[157]INTEL OFFICERS) DO NOT HAVE NICE DREAMS."
[159]6. 20 FEBRUARY: LATE DINNER WITH SUBJ AT LION CLUB, THEN
[160]CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. TWO BUSINESSMEN (A SAUDI NAMED SALAH LNU WHO
[161]DEPARTS ADDIS WEEK 23 FEBRUARY, AND A JORDANIAN NAMED MAHMOUD LNU,
[162]BOTH CONCORDE REGULARS) JOINED SUBJ AND C/O. BUSINESSMEN SPOKE OF
[163]EXPORTING ETHIOPIAN CATTLE TO SAUDI ARABIA, ALSO SPOKE OF HORSES AND
[164]CAMELS. SUBJ‘S EMBASSY OFFICE IS BEING REMODELED BY AN ETHIOPIAN
[165]INTERIOR DESIGNER, A SUBORDINATE WATCHES THE DESIGNER AT ALL TIMES.
[166]SUBJ WILL HAVE C/O OVER TO THE OFFICE ONCE IT IS PINISHED. SUBJ WILL
[167]BE BUSY WEEK OF 23 FEBRUARY DUE TO VISIT OF MOUSSA.
[169]7. 21 FEBRUARY: C/O VISITED SUBJ’S HOME AND OFFICE (WHICH WAS
[170]BEING PAINTED; HAD ONLY CHAIRS AND A BOOKCASE; MAHMOUD LNU, AN
[172]EGYPTIAN, SUPERVISED ETHIOPIAN PAINTER). IN SUBJ‘'S LIVING ROOM WERE
[173]MEMENTOS FROM THE U.S. MARINE CORPS BALL (AMERICAN FLAG PLACE
[174]SETTINGS, CHAMPAGNE FLUTES). FCSTANDARD CHIEFS POSTED ABROAD HAVE
[176]USE OF A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE, AS DOES SUBJ. C/O APOLOGIZED FOR NOT
[177]PHONING, SUBJ REPLIED C/O COULD CALL AT HIS HOME ANYTIME,
[178]UNANNOUNCED. HE UNDERSTOOD C/O’S AVERSION TO PHONES, AND ADDED
[179]ETHIOPIANS TAP DIPLOMATS’ OFFICE AND HOME PHONES. DURING
[180]CONVERSATION WITH C/O, SUBJ TURNED ON TAPE PLAYER FOR SOUND MASKING
[181]AND EXPLAINED HIS HOME HAD NOT YET BEEN TESTED FOR BUGS ( A SIMPLE
[182]TEST IS TURN OFF ALL APPLIANCES AND CHECK ELECTRIC METER; THERE I5
[183]ALSO A MORE SOPHISTICATED TEST). SUBJ PHONED SPOUSE IN CATRO AND HAD
[184]C/O SPEAK WITH HER. SUBJ GAVE C/O TWO SMALL GIFTS (MARBLE HEAD OF
[185]NEFERTITI AND PAPYRUS PAPER PAINTING). SUBJ’S BROTHER-IN-LAW (A
[186]POLICE MAJOR) IS NO GOOD, HE ASKS HIS FATHER-IN-LAW FOR MONEY. SAUDI
[187]ATTACHE WADIE A. AL-({(THAGAFI)) MAY BE THE SAUDI INTEL OFFICER IN
[188]ADDIS, BUT SUBJ IS NOT YET SURE. ISRAEL IS NO GOOD; ISRAEL WAS
[189]*BEHIND THE<JFK ASSASSINATION.> SUBJ CHEATED ON HIS WIFE ONLY THREE
[190]TIMES (ALL IN ADDIS IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS; HE FEELS GUILTY BUT
[191]REMAINS FOND OF HIS LOCAL GIRLFRIEND HELEN, WHOM HE DOES NOT BRING
[192]HOME FOR FEAR HIS HOUSEHOLD HELP WOULD TELL HIS SPOUSE). OWNER OF
[193]CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB SMUGGLES MERCURY (NFI), HAS GOOD CONNECTIONS AMONG
[194]ISRAELIS AND ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT.
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[201]8. “22 FEBRUARY: A LENGTHY, SUBSTANTIVE CONTACT AT C/O‘S
[202]RESIDENCE WHICH WILL BE REPORTED SEPARATELY.
[204]9. FILE: FCSTANDARD/32; 027-009-095. CL BY: 2195330. CL
[206]REASON: 1.5(C)., DECL ON: X1. DRV HUM 4-82.
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