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# SECRETMHFNO: 98-0651289 SENSIND: RYBAT PAGE: 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 (I.E.,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). IN SUBJ'S LIVING ROOM WERE   MEMENTOS FROM THE U.S. MARINE CORPS BALL (AMERICAN FLAG PLACE   SETTINGS, CHAMPAGNE FLUTES). FCSTANDARD CHIEFS POSTED ABROAD HAVE   USE OF A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE, AS DOES SUBJ. C/O APOLOGIZED FOR NOT   PHONING, SUBJ REPLIED C/O COULD CALL AT HIS HOME ANYTIME,   UNANNOUNCED. HE UNDERSTOOD C/O'S AVERSION TO PHONES, AND ADDED   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 BEEN 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)) MAY BE THE SAUDI INTEL OFFICER IN   ADDIS, BUT SUBJ IS NOT YET SURE. 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.SECRET