Die TD: 6598972 -FOP-SECRET-UMBRA- JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION DATE: 10/09/98 Pace: 1 AGENCY : NSA RECORD NUMBER : 144-10001-10363 RECORDS SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : b(iii) DATE : ees PAGES SUBJECTS : ASSASSINATION, JOHN KENNEDY DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT RE Meare een : TT RE eetel gone 1B CURRENT STATUS : X DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/24/98 OPENING CRITERIA : ORIGINATING AGENCY'S DETERMINATION REQUIRED COMMENTS : Released on 11-02-2017 under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2017 Note) CR] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED DRV FM: NSA/CSS Manual 123-2 Dated: 24 February 1998 DECL ON: X1,X3,X5,X6,X7,X8 -FOP-SECREFEMBRA-
“Doc 1D76598372 | H CCWH 453597 NOT TO BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT PRIOR CONSULTATION WITH THE RELEAS ING AUTHORITY OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY ete dete teed RAI III IIIA IR REE ORE FON DISS EME EAA IIASA III IIIA IN II IAI IIIA SE | i WS 72 _ 3/o/z-[__ 173-64 i rea oe IS 21 Jan 18092 P Dist: HCF, UGANDA OFFICIAL GIVES HIS VERSION OF - COUR. D* ETAT N ‘ZANZIBAR Le Jan 6h TaUSCoTOTENGIO )(D) bene e eee eceeeeeeeeeseees ++ Trmedbata:-7- Bap oo” ° ' : 7" # 1 CP ? ' The following statement of Zanzibar coup d“état has just been issued by the Uganda Minister of Tafovmabson., Broadcasting and Toews: : "Who deposed the Sultan of Zanzibar? Many people in East Africa have reacted to the revolution’ in Zanzibar where the government has been overthrown and.‘the Sultan deposed. They | have now formed their own opinions as to whether the coup a’ ctat was good or bad. But unfortunately nat much attention has been paid to the methods or the means used to bring about the revolution. But for the sake of record and history, it‘is good to try to establish who was responsible for the overthrow- ing of the government ang setting up a new one; future generations would benefit by such an exercise, as with the assassination of President KENNEDY of America, the name of Cubans and Communists has been drawn in by the’ western press reporters. Is it true that the Cubans organized the coup or not? What would: motivate Cuba to do so? Has Cuba any interest in the islands, if so, what. are they? .- “When I went for the Zanzibar Independence Celebnstién, I met Cuban representatives in Zanzibar, They had been invited by [id | 3/o/2|__ 73-64 THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS 2 PAGE(S) Released on 11-02-2017 under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2017 Note)
“ Doc 1D"6598372 NOT TO BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT — 44USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D) PRIOR CONSULTATION WITH THE RELEASING oo. = AUTHORITY OF THE NATIONAL aioe barre ae “vor ~64 the government which has been overthrown now, which meant that the government was friendly to them. But it was there on ; 10 ‘December 1963, at the Paiace of the Sultan in front of which lay the ship SALIFKALIF, which has carried the Sultan away, that a top ranking British officer who was to leave. Zanzibar the following day after many years of service there, told me that he was sorry, only for one thing, namely, that independence of Zanzibar had come before the formation of the’ East African Federation, because he thought Zanzibar might become a Cuba to the East African mainland, Now how could Cuba’ overthrow: another Cuba? Cuba being so far away from Zanzibar, how would the Cubans get into Zanzibar and by which ship? The truth is that ‘the former government was a socialist government which'was friendly to Cairo, Indonesia and Cuba. The following points are of: prime importance: The British Commissioner of Police, Mr. SULLIVAN, was not attacked in spite of the fact that he was in charge of the only armed force in the country. The Sultands Palace was not attacked immediately-unlike in the Russian Revolution. Only Indians were in fact reported to have. been gaptured and imprisoned although the British also owned property on the island. The British and Americans were reported.quite safe in the European club. The American Project Mercury’, worth [4 gr G] million, was never attacked although it is ironical that the Sultan should now feel that he would be safe in Dar-es-Salaam where Mr. BABU, who is now the Foreign,Minister, and most probably Mr. KARUME were, at the beginning of the revolution and from where, unlike other people they could leave for Zanzibar during the revolution, without any apparent difficulty. The former government asked for assistance, but the néw government asked Tanganyika for medical assistance. Mr. KISASA was immediately appointed by the revolutionary council, to take over the key and most strategic possesion of Commissioner of Police, a sign of great confidence.'