TANZANIAN POLICE DETAINING THREE PEOPLE.
Originator: CIA
From: WITHHELD
To: HEADQUARTERS
Document date: 01/02/1973
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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MHCURB RYBAT MHCHAOS

1. TANZANIAN FOREIGN OFFICE HAS CONTACTED DAR EMBASSY WITH

REPORT THAT TANZANIAN POLICE ARE DETAINING GEORGE LESLIE RICE,

AKA GEORGE LORENZO MATI HEWS, AKA GEORGE EDWARD WRIGHT,

DPOB. 21 MAY 1944, BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA.

2.

FORNOFF OFFICIAL CLAIMS POLICE PICKED UP SUBJECT ON

UNDETERMINED CHARGE BUT UNDER INTERROGATION HE SIGNED STATEMENT

THAT HE WANTED ON THEFT WARRANT IN U.S., AND ON BASIS THAT

ADMISSION TANGOV MIGHT CONSIDER EXTRADITION IF EMBASSY COULD

IDENTIFY HIM AND WISHED TO PURSUE CASE. THIS IS COMPLETE

REVERSAL OF FORMER TANZANIAN POSITION• HOWEVER, TANZANIAN

OFFICIAL'S UNSUBSTANTIATED STATEMENT THAT SUBJECT IS MEMBER OF

• BLACK PANTHER PARTY AND WAS INVOLVED IN AIRLINER HI-JACKING IO

ALGERIA SEVERAL MONTHS AGO MAY EXPLAIN THEIR CONSIDERATION OF

SUBJECT AS UNDESIRABLE ALIEN DESPITE REFUGE NORMALLY EXTENDED TO

OTHER DISAFFECTED AMERICAN BLACKS.

3. EMBASSY OFFICER PREPARING AIRGRAM WITH DETAILS, STATION

EZ IMPDET WN- SISM

CL BY 059876

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WILL ALSO COVER DEVELOPMENT OF CASE. REQUEST TRACES ON SUBJECT

AND ALIASES. AND ANY HQS SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHO SUBJECT MIGHT BE.

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4. SEE DAR ES SALAAM) 1140 FOR REPORT OF CONCURRENT ATTEMPT

OF ANOTHER BLACK PANTHER CONTACT, CURTIS NO POWELL, TO

OBTAIN NEW PASSPORT AT DAR EMBASSY. IT NOT KNOWN IF THESE CASES

ARE CONNECTED BUT POSSIBLE THAT LOCAL HEAT IS ON BPP REPS.

5.. NO FILE EZ IMPDET WN-SISM.

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