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and books, written in Swedish. which clearly indicated that Barnett had a good grasp of the Swedish language.

It was also established that Barnett had licences for four different weapons, one of which was identical to the type of weapon - a Smith and Wesson 357, Magnum revolver - that was used in the assassination of Olof Palme.

A fourth factor was that Eugene De Kock in his testimony before the Supreme Court in Pretoria in September 1996 had alleged that he had information implicating the DCC in the murder and other sources mentioned Anthony White, another DCC operative. as involved in the operation. This was of importance since there was information available of a link between the suspect and Anthony White.

Fifthly. it was established that the suspect was in possession of at least three different South African passports and later information was obtained indicating that he could have been in possession of Swedish and British passports as well.

Finally, some significance was attached to the fact that an international conference was held in Stockholm the week before the murder, at which the ANC had strong representation. Olof Palme gave a speech during the conference that was in large part directed against the apartheid government in South Africa and in favour of the ANC. It has been suggested that this conference marked a significant departure for both Olof Palme and the Swedish government by signaling their official diplomatic view of the ANC as the legitimate representative for the majority of the South African people.

A PARALLEL INTELLIGENCE OPERATION

During the investigation into the suspect's links to the Palme case, another parallel intelligence operation was uncovered. Also run by South African Military Intelligence, this operation was aimed at the ANC presence in Maputo.

INVESTIGATION

During April 1997, I received information about the Maputo arrest from various sources in South Africa. Contacts with the National Criminal Investigation Department in Sweden revealed that there was an interest from the "Palmo Investigation Team“ to probe the activities of the arrested person in Maputo. Arrangements were made through the Swedish Embassy in Maputo with the Criminal Investigation Department in Mozambique for permission for a Swedish investigator 10 meet with the authorities in Maputo. It was at the same time requested that I should. as a representative of the Swedish National Criminal Investigation Department (SNCID), try to establish contact with the investigators in Maputo.

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On 22 April 1997. I contacted the national head of the TRC`s Investigative Unit. Advocate Glenn Goosen, and requested that arrangements be made for me to travel to Mozambique in order to investigate the background to the arrest. A copy oraluller 10

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