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military training, police service and intelligence operation. A report on the interrogation is attached.""'

On 13 August 1997, a list of numbers on passports issued at the Swedish Embassy in Maputo from 1982 to 1986 was sent to the Investigative Unit in Stockholm. The list was based on information obtained at the Swedish Embassy earlier the same month. The purpose was to establish if'any passports issued during this period were given to the suspect. As mentioned before in this report, one of the suspect's handlers indicated that the suspect, at one stage, was in possession of a Swedish passport. A copy of the list sent to Sweden is attached."

On 15 August 1997, I was present during an interrogation of Richard Fair in the Machaba Prison in Maputo. The interrogation was conducted by personnel from the CID and the Intelligence Service in Maputo. A report on the interrogation is attached".

On 23 August 1997, I was present during an interrogation of a co-accused of the suspect, a Mozambique citizen named Carlos Pinto. The interrogation was aimed of establishing the relationship between Mr. Pinto and the suspect and Mr. Pinto's involvement in the intelligence operation. During this interrogation, the parallel SA DMI operation targeted at personnel at the ANC office in Maputo was revealed. A copy of a report of the interrogation is attached.

On 29 September 1997, bullets fired from the suspect's Smith & Wesson revolver were tested at the Swedish Criminal Forensic Laboratory. It found that there was no similarity between the bullets from the suspect's weapon and those used in the assassination of Olof Palme. The weapon was also examined for the presence of tinger or palm prints at a private Forensic Laboratory in Pretoria. No identifiable finger or palm prints could be found. Reports from the laboratories are attached."

On the 25 September 1997, Barnett was released on US$2000 bail with a requirement that he report daily to a local police station.

INVESTIGATIVE RESULTS

FAMILY BACKGROUND/IDENTITY

Given the fact that the suspect was in possession of a number of ID documents, the nature of his operation in Mozambique created an uncertainty as to his correct identity. The fact that his alleged step-brother could not identify him from

Interview of Nigel Barnett in the Machaba Prison. Maputo, Mozambique: 28 June 1997. Concerning Swedish passports issued in Maputo. Interrogation of a South African citizen named Richard Fair. Interrogation of a citizen of Mozambique named Carlos Pinto. Report from Swedish National Criminal Forensic Laboratory, tile no 4790-97 ind FB.137.97

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