RETURN OF SURVEILLANT FROM DAR 352

UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 000382 SIPDIS TERREP SENSITIVE DEPARTMENT FOR DS/DSS/ITA, DS/DSS/IP, DS/ICI/PII, DS/ICI/CI, DS/IP/FPO E.O. 12958:DECL: N/A TAGS: PTER ASEC TZ SUBJECT: RETURN OF SURVEILLANT FROM DAR 352 REF: A) 02 STATE 265855 B) DAR ES SALAAM 352 C) SPOT REPORT SENT 02/18/05 ¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY: On 02/18/05 Subject GEARAY from Reftel B returned as agreed at the time of the incident on 02/16/05. He provided RA with his UK passport, which was scanned. RA and a security officer from the British High Commission (BHC) interviewed GEAREY. ¶2. (SBU) On 02/18/05 GEARAY, the Subject from Reftel B returned to AmEmbassy Dar es Salaam with his UK passport. It was examined and the relevant pages were scanned. Passport information is as follows: NAME: GEARAY (vice GEAREY),Khalil Ibrahim Number: 024853142 DPOB: 06FEB52, Dar es Salaam Issued: 21NOV96 Inside the passport were several stamps and visas. One was a visa for India, number TV555375/96, issued 22NOV96. Another was a Haj visa for Saudi Arabia, number 4010079431, issued 29JAN03. ¶3. (SBU) GEARAY was interviewed by RA and a security officer from the BHC. The security officer reported that an initial assessment of the passport is that it is legitimate. During the interview GEARAY stated that the reason he filmed the Embassy was that he had not been to Tanzania in 40 years, and remembers that the old drive-in movie theater from his childhood was located on site. NOTE: This is correct, and a check of some tourist guides (ex. Lonely Planet) will still show this location as the Dar es Salaam drive-in theater. END NOTE. He further stated that he came to Dar es Salaam for his daughter's wedding, as she just married a Tanzanian. ¶4. (SBU) Prior to GEARAY's return, the entire contents on the videotape were examined. The footage consisted of a birthday party, a wedding, another birthday party, a trip to the beach and the footage of the Embassy. The footage on the tape corroborates GEARAY's story. The groom in the wedding footage accompanied GEARAY (along with GEARAY's spouse) to the Embassy. The Embassy footage was erased and the tape returned to GEARAY. ¶5. (SBU) GEARAY's contact information in the UK is: 26 Wellesley Road London E-17 8QY 0208.925.8006 ¶6. (SBU) GEARAY's son-in-law's contact information in Dar es Salaam is: Abdul GOTHEY Box 759 Dar es Salaam 0748.972929 ¶7. (SBU) RSO ASSESSMENT: Until and unless further information is received from the Tanzanian National Police Force (TPF),the BHC or any other law enforcement contact indicating otherwise Post considers this matter closed. OWEN