US embassy cable - 05DARESSALAAM382

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