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[2]Ii104-10326-10078 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
[4]STAFF
[6]ACTION: NE/NAOE (272) INFO: AF/EXO, AF/HG, C/NE/NAO, CIC/AF, CIC/CEG,
[7]CIC/CEGAF, CIC/OG, CIC/PRC, LIMITED, MDSX, NE/NAOCI, NE/NAORE, NEDORECORD,
[8]ODPD, ORMS/AF, RYBAT, FILE, AF/OPS (3/W)
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[11]2513392 FEB 98 ADDI 22381
[13]SEC RE T 2513372 FEB 98 STAFF
[15]CITE ADDIS ABABA 22381
[17]TO: DIRECTOR, CAIRO.
[19]FOR: LIMITED DISSEM NE/NAOE INFO NE/NAORE, NE/NAOCI, AF/HG, AF/OPS,
[20]CIC/AF
[22]WNINTEL RYBAT FCSTANDARD
[24]SLUGS:
[26]SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF RECENT CONTACTS WITH FCSTANDARD/32
[28]REF: A. DIRECTOR 699262 98 0626779
[29]B. CATRO 85035 98 0176920
[31]TEXT:
[33]PLS SEE PARA 2.
[35]1. ACTION REQUIRED:
[37]2. REF A WAS USEFUL AND MUCH APPRECIATED. WITH CAIRO STATION'S
[38]CONCURRENCE, C/O TONY P. RAGL WOULD LIKE REF A OFFER OF BACKGROUND
[39]INFO ON SUDAN, AND HOS TALKING POINTS ON OTHER TOPICS TO SUPPORT
[40]DEVELOPMENT OF SUBJ. C/O WILL PROVIDE ASSESSMENT OF FCSTANDARD/ 32
[41](SUBJ) SEPARATELY. C/O AND SUBJ HAVE BEGUN DISCUSSING SUDAN AND
[42]LIBYA, AND SUBJ HAS BEGUN VISITING C/O’'S RESIDENCE (REPORTED
[43]SEPARATELY). - PLS ENSURE REF B IS FILED IN SUBJ’S FILE (IT WAS
[44]INADVERTENTLY FILED AS FCSTANDARD/1) .
[46]3. 12 FEBRUARY: SUBJ PHONED C/O AT HOME AND, WITHOUT
[47]MENTIONING NAMES OR PLACES, RECOMMENDED A MEETING. C/O MET SUBJ FROM
[48]2330-0200 HOURS AT CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. SUBJ WAS NOT SURE IF A SAUDI
[49]INTEL OFFICER WAS POSTED TO ADDIS. SUBJ ASKED IF C/O LEARNED
[50]ANYTHING ABOUT A VISITING RUSSIAN DELEGATION (C/O HAD NOT, SEE PARA
[51]5). SUBJ SPOKE OF JOGGING ON LOCAL STREETS AND C/O GAVE HIM A CAN OF
[53]PEPPER SPRAY TO WARD OFF STRAY DOGS.
[54]4. 16 FEBRUARY: U.S. EMBASSY RECEPTION: C/O INVITED SUBJ TO
[56]U.S. EMBASSY’S NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION (MOVED FROM 4 JULY TO 16 FEB
[57]DUE TO HEAVY LOCAL RAINS IN JULY). SUBJ POINTED OUT ISRAELI SECOND
[58]SECRETARY RAMI ((HATAN)), ADDING HATAN HAD RECENTLY ARRIVED IN ADDIS
[60]AND SUBJ THOUGHT HATAN WAS SHIN BET AND WORKED WITH ISRAELI SECOND
[61]SECRETARY ELIEZER "ELI" ((YITZHAKY)).
[63]SUGGESTED MEETING
[65]19 FEBRUARY: SUBJ PHONED C/O _AT EMBASSY,
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[77](0030-0330). SUBJ PAID FOR DRINKS. HIs SPOUSE
[79]y RETURN TO ADDIS CIRCA EARLY MAY. SUBJ SAID HE WAS DISTANCING
[80]HIMSELF FROM EGYPTIAN BUSINESSMAN SAPAH (PHONETIC) AND ADDED, "BEFORE
[81]IT LEAVE ADDIS, I HAVE A LOT TO TELL YOU. I’LL TELL YOU WHEN THE
[82]STORY IS FINISHED. A LOT GOES ON HERE. SUBJ MENTIONED ISRAELI
[83]TRADE FAIR AT SHERATON HOTEL 25-26 FEBRUARY (THE EGYPTIAN ECONOMIC
[84]COUNSELOR WAS INVITED). REGARDING RAMI HATAN, SUBJ SAID HE WAS AWARE
[85]HATAN WAS SINGLE, LIVED IN BOLE AREA, WAS A FIRST TOUR OFFICER. THE
[86]RUSSIAN DELEGATION (PARA 3) WAS HERE FOR ETHIOPIAN TANK (T-55)
[88]2EFURBISHMENT ; RECENT ISRAELI DELEGATION WAS HERE TO BID ON T-55 AND
[89]AIRCRAFT REFURBISHMENT (CORROBORATED BY 2/00/1607-98, 1919342 FEB 98;
[90]AND 2/00/1584-98, 191609Z FEB 98). SIX OROMO OPPOSTTIONISTS WERE
[91]IEXTRADITED FROM DJIBOUTI TO ETHIOPIA. FOREIGN MINISTER MOUSSA IS
[92]VISITING ADDIS WEEK OF 23 FEBRUARY; HE IS A WOMANIZER AND MAY VISIT
[93]CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. HE HAS THREE BODYGUARDS, BUT THEY ARE NOT
[94]"PROFESSIONALS." SUBJ PAID EQUIVALENT US$ 60 TO BLOOD TEST LOCAL
[95]GIRLFRIEND HELEN, “SHE'S ALL RIGHT." REGARDING SALARY, SUBJ IS PAID
[96]"PRETTY WELL" AND WORKS HARD TO "EARN THE PAY." UPON PARTING, SUBJ
[97]SAID, "SLEEP WELL, I WON’T SAY HAVE NICE DREAMS BECAUSE WE (1.E.,
[99]INTEL OFFICERS) DO NOT HAVE NICE DREAMS."
[101]AT CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB
[103]6. 20 FEBRUARY: LATE DINNER WITH SUBJ AT LION CLUB, THEN
[104]CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. TWO BUSINESSMEN (A SAUDI NAMED SALAH LNU WHO
[105]DEPARTS ADDIS WEEK 23 FEBRUARY, AND A JORDANIAN NAMED MAHMOUD LNU,
[106]BOTH CONCORDE REGULARS) JOINED SUBJ AND C/O. BUSINESSMEN SPOKE OF
[107]EXPORTING ETHIOPIAN CATTLE TO SAUDI ARABIA, ALSO SPOKE OF HORSES AND
[108]CAMELS. SUBJ’S EMBASSY OFFICE IS BEING REMODELED BY AN ETHIOPIAN
[109]INTERIOR DESIGNER, A SUBORDINATE WATCHES THE DESIGNER AT ALL TIMES.
[110]SUBJ' WILL HAVE C/O OVER TO THE OFFICE ONCE IT IS FINISHED. SUBJ WILL
[112]BE BUSY WEEK OF 23 FEBRUARY DUE TO VISIT OF MOUSSA.
[114]7. 21 FEBRUARY: C/O VISITED SUBJ'S HOME AND OFFICE (WHICH WAS
[115]BEING PAINTED; HAD ONLY CHAIRS AND A BOOKCASE; MAHMOUD LNU, AN ;
[116]EGYPTIAN, SUPERVISED ETHIOPIAN PAINTER). FCSTANDARD CHIEFS POSTED |
[117]ABROAD HAVE USE OF A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE, AS DOES SUBJ. ETHIOPIANS |
[118]TAP DIPLOMATS’ OFFICE AND HOME PHONES. DURING CONVERSATION WITH c/o, |
[119]SUBJ TURNED ON TAPE PLAYER FOR SOUND MASKING AND EXPLAINED HIS HOME
[120]HAD NOT YET BEEN TESTED FOR BUGS ( A SIMPLE TEST IS TURN OFF ALL
[122]APPLIANCES AND CHECK ELECTRIC METER; THERE IS ALSO A MORE
[123]IN CAIRO AND HAD C/O SPEAK
[125]SOPHISTICATED TEST). SUBJ PHONED SPOUSE
[126]WITH HER. SUBJ GAVE C/O TWO SMALL GIFTS (MARBLE HEAD OF NEFERTITTI
[127]AND PAPYRUS PAPER PAINTING). SUBJ’S BROTHER-IN-LAW (A POLICE MAJOR)
[129]IS NO GOOD, HE ASKS HIS. FATHER-IN-LAW FOR MONEY. SAUDI ATTACHE WADIE
[130]A. AL- ( (THAGAF IS yma BE BE_THE SAUDI_INTED_OFFECERTINTADDI'S7_BUT-SUBE
[132]VocNOE vET_SURE" ISRAEL IS NO GOOD; ISRAEL WAS BEHIND THE<dJFK>
[133]* <ASSASSINATION . > SSUBJACHEATED ONTHTS WIFE_ONDY THREE TIMES (ADTTIN
[135]ADDIS IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS; HE FEELS GUILTY BUT REMAINS FOND OF
[136]HIS LOCAL GIRLFRIEND HELEN, WHOM HE DOES NOT BRING HOME FOR FEAR HIS
[137]HOUSEHOLD HELP WOULD TELL HIS SPOUSE). OWNER OF CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB
[138]SMUGGLES MERCURY (NFI), HAS GOOD CONNECTIONS AMONG ISRAELIS AND
[139]ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT .
[141]8. 22 FEBRUARY: A LENGTHY, SUBSTANTIVE CONTACT AT c/o's
[143]RESIDENCE WHICH WILL BE REPORTED SEPARATELY.
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