THIS JUST CAME BACK CHANNEL FOR GEN POTTER-SGTMAJ SUGGINS
SECRET
SATBURST 03 LUANDA 23 MAY 2005
FOR REGDIR SWAFRICA
SOURCES AT POLICIA NACIONAL LUANDA CONFIRM THAT SERGEI NOSTROFF
(RUSSIAN NATIONAL AND KNOWN ASSOCIATE OF VASILY RESPIN, ALLEGED ARMS
DEALER) AND PAOLO WALLI (ANGOLAN NATIONAL SUSPECTED OF VARIOUS
CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES) ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN IN LUANDA IN PAST WEEK.
PRESENT WHEREABOUTS OF EITHER ARE UNKNOWN.
UNDERSIGNED SUGGESTS POSSIBILITY THAT BOTH MAY BE INVOLVED WITH
DISAPPEARANCE OF LA-9021. RESPIN REPORTED TO OWN AT LEAST THREE BOEING
727 AIRCRAFT. LA-9021 MAY BE FLOWN ELSEWHERE, POSSIBLY TO SHARJAH,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, WHERE RESPIN CONTROLS THREE OR MORE AIRLINES
EITHER FOR USE WITH FALSE IDENTITY NUMBERS OR TO BE STRIPPED OF USABLE
PARTS FOR OTHER AIRCRAFT.
STRONGLY RECOMMEND IMMEDIATE AND WIDESPREAD USE OF SATELLITE,
AWACS, OTHER SURVEILLANCE ASSETS, AND HUMINTEL ON ALL POSSIBLE ROUTES
BETWEEN LUANDA AND SHARJAH, AND OTHER POINTS IN MIDDLE EAST.
MORE TO FOLLOW.
STACHIEF LUANDA
Naylor read it twice. It sounded slightly less far-fetched than General McFadden's worst-case scenario.
And anything is possible. Let's hope this is all it is. Jesus. I hope McFadden's not even close to being right! Naylor laid his hands on the laptop and typed: