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# SECRETMHENO: 98-0650682SENSIND RYBATPAGE: 2AT CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB (0030-0330). SUBJ PAID FOR DRINKS. HIS SPOUSEMAY RETURN TO ADDIS CIRCA EARLY MAY. SUBJ SAID HE WAS DISTANCINGHIMSELF FROM EGYPTIAN BUSINESSMAN SAFAH (PHONETIC) AND ADDED, "BEFOREI LEAVE ADDIS, I HAVE A LOT TO TELL YOU. I'LL TELL YOU WHEN THESTORY IS FINISHED: A LOT GOES ON HERE." SUBJ MENTIONED ISRAELITRADE FAIR AT SHERATON HOTEL 25-26 FEBRUARY (THE EGYPTIAN ECONOMICCOUNSELOR WAS INVITED). REGARDING RAMI HATAN, SUBJ SAID HE WAS AWAREHATAN WAS SINGLE, LIVED IN BOLE AREA, WAS A FIRST TOUR OFFICER. THERUSSIAN DELEGATION (PARA 3) WAS HERE FOR ETHIOPIAN TANK (T-55)REFURBISHMENT; RECENT ISRAELI DELEGATION WAS HERE TO BID ON T-55 ANDAIRCRAFT REFURBISHMENT (CORROBORATED BY 2/00/1607-98, 191934Z FEB 98;AND 2/00/1584-98, 191609Z FEB 98). SIX OROMO OPPOSITIONISTS WEREEXTRADITED FROM DJIBOUTI TO ETHIOPIA. FOREIGN MINISTER MOUSSA ISVISITING ADDIS WEEK OF 23 FEBRUARY HE IS A WOMANIZER AND MAY VISITCONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. HE HAS THREE BODYGUARDS, BUT THEY ARE NOT"PROFESSIONALS." SUBJ PAID EQUIVALENT US$ 60 TO BLOOD TEST LOCALGIRLFRIEND HELEN, "SHE'S ALL RIGHT." REGARDING SALARY, SUBJ IS PAID"PRETTY WELL" AND WORKS HARD TO "EARN THE PAY." UPON PARTING, SUBJSAID, "SLEEP WELL, I WON'T SAY HAVE NICE DREAMS BECAUSE WE (Ι.Ε.,INTEL OFFICERS) DO NOT HAVE NICE DREAMS."6. 20 FEBRUARY: LATE DINNER WITH SUBJ AT LION CLUB, THEN   CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB. TWO BUSINESSMEN (A SAUDI NAMED SALAH LNU WHO   DEPARTS ADDIS WEEK 23 FEBRUARY, AND A JORDANIAN NAMED MAHMOUD LNU,   BOTH CONCORDE REGULARS) JOINED SUBJ AND C/O. BUSINESSMEN SPOKE OF   EXPORTING ETHIOPIAN CATTLE TO SAUDI ARABIA, ALSO SPOKE OF HORSES AND   CAMELS. SUBJ'S EMBASSY OFFICE IS BEING REMODELED BY AN ETHIOPIAN   INTERIOR DESIGNER, A SUBORDINATE WATCHES THE DESIGNER AT ALL TIMES.   SUBJ WILL HAVE C/O OVER TO THE OFFICE ONCE IT IS FINISHED. SUBJ WILL   BE BUSY WEEK OF 23 FEBRUARY DUE TO VISIT OF MOUSSA.7. 21 FEBRUARY: C/O VISITED SUBJ'S HOME AND OFFICE (WHICH WAS   BEING PAINTED; HAD ONLY CHAIRS AND A BOOKCASE; MAHMOUD LNU, AN   EGYPTIAN, SUPERVISED ETHIOPIAN PAINTER). FCSTANDARD CHIEFS POSTED   ABROAD HAVE USE OF A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE, AS DOES SUBJ. ETHIOPIANS   TAP DIPLOMATS' OFFICE AND HOME PHONES. DURING CONVERSATION WITH C/O,   SUBJ TURNED ON TAPE PLAYER FOR SOUND MASKING AND EXPLAINED HIS HOME   HAD NOT YET REEN TESTED FOR BUGS ( A SIMPLE TEST IS TURN OFF ALL   APPLIANCES AND CHECK ELECTRIC METER; THERE IS ALSO A MORE   SOPHISTICATED TEST). SUBJ PHONED SPOUSE IN CAIRO AND HAD C/O SPEAK   WITH HER. SUBJ GAVE C/O TWO SMALL GIFTS (MARBLE HEAD OF NEFERTITI   AND PAPYRUS PAPER PAINTING). SUBJ'S BROTHER-IN-LAW (A POLICE MAJOR)   IS NO GOOD, HE ASKS HIS FATHER-IN-LAW FOR MONEY. SAUDI ATTACHE WADIE   A. AL-((THAGAFI   IS NOT YET SURE   MAY BE THE SAUDI INTEL OFFICER IN ADDIS, BUT-SUBJ   ISRAEL IS NO GOOD; ISRAEL WAS BEHIND THE<JFK>   *<ASSASSINATION.> SUBJ CHEATED ON HIS WIFE ONLY THREE TIMES (ALL IN   ADDIS IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS; HE FEELS GUILTY BUT REMAINS FOND OF   HIS LOCAL GIRLFRIEND HELEN, WHOM HE DOES NOT BRING HOME FOR FEAR HIS   HOUSEHOLD HELP WOULD TELL HIS SPOUSE). OWNER OF CONCORDE NIGHTCLUB   SMUGGLES MERCURY (NFI), HAS GOOD CONNECTIONS AMONG ISRAELIS AND   ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT.8. 22 FEBRUARY: A LENGTHY, SUBSTANTIVE CONTACT AT C/O'S   (RESIDENCE WHICH WILL BE REPORTED SEPARATELY.9 FILE.:. FCSTANDARD/32; 027-009-095. CL BY: 2195330-CLSECRET