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quite commonly issued and that the motivation was more or less a faku. Eventually he admitted that he had been involved in intelligence gathering concerning "lerrorists** who had been passed on to army units.

The need establish i's role Rho sia is considered to be of importance in relation to his role in Mozambique. The motivation for his decoration indicates that he had a completely different role in Rhodesia from the "normal" police duties he alleged.. His brother has also stated that H.W. Bacon once mentioned to his father that he was tired of all the killing" while he was in Rhodesia. The fact that in various documents he is linked to the Special Branch in the British South African police is considered to be signiticant.

Since the purpose of this investigation has been not only to establish the nature of Bacon's intelligence operation in Mozambique, but also to investigate any possible involvement in other types of operations e.g. assassinations, it is important to determine whether Bacon was capable of such ope The official records from his service indicate that he had such a capability. His military service in a de-mining diving unit also confirms that he was considered a highly capable operator.

Of interest also is the fact that Colonel At Nel, who allegedly recruited Bacon into the DCC, was working for BOSS/NIS in Rhodesia during the same period as Bacon was based there. It is highly likely the two knew each other in Rhodesia which Bacon left in June or July 1981 - 18 months after the end of the war.

THE DIRECTORATE OF COVERT COLLECTION

After a short vacation in mid-1981, Bacon applied for employment in the South African Navy which was accepted and in October 1981 he started a refresher course at the Navy Diving School in Simonstown where he had done his basic military training ten years earlier. After one-month's training, he was placed on a training boat as a supervisor for the divers. After three months, he asked for a transfer. In March 1982.

a he was transferred to COM NAV ( Communication Navy ) in the Cape Province. where he took up a position in the Personnel Section. He has described this work as purely administrative and he soon found it boring and therefore leli the Navy in December 1982.

During the period when he was working at COM NAV. he met Colonel At Nel. He has not been able clarify under which circumstances they met. Bacon has stated that he told At Nel that he was about to leave the Navy. Nel suggested that he should contact a Mr. Clemo at Polaris Shipping in Durban. Polaris Shipping was apparently a "front company used by the DCC and linked to its main front company, Pan African Investment Cooperation (PATIC"). Polaris Shipping (Pty) Lid was located on the 4th Floor, Cowey Park. 91 Cowey Road. Berea, Durban 4001. The company used as an address Box 10220, Marine Parade 4056, and the telephone number was (31231 008.