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A diplomatic cable dated 2006-09-27, according to WikiLeaks:
C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 001593
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
AF/E FOR BYODER, AF/RSA FOR MBITTRICK
ALSO VCI FOR HHEINTZELMAN AND KWALKIN
EO 12958 DECL: 09/27/2016
TAGS PTER, PINR, IAEA, PGOV, CG, TZ
SUBJECT: URANIUM IN DAR COMMON KNOWLEDGE TO SHIPPING COMPANIES, PER SWISS DIPLOMAT
REF: A. DAR ES SALAAM 01376 B. UNVIE VIENNA 00601 C. KINSHASA 01309
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires D. Purnell Delly for reasons 1.4(b),(d) and (e).
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¶1. (C) According to a senior Swiss diplomat, the shipment of uranium through Dar es Salaam is common knowledge to two Swiss shipping companies. Hans Peter Schoni, Counsellor at the Embassy of Switzerland in Tanzania, referred to the allegations of uranium from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) passing through Zambia and Tanzania en route to Iran, but did not attribute to the shipping companies any opinion of the source or destination of the alleged uranium. Poloff pointed out that the reports were unsubstantiated, but Schoni repeated that transport of uranium is common knowledge to the two companies, though no one at either company would admit it in writing. XXXXXXXXXXXX are both based in Geneva and conduct verification and inspection work in Tanzania.
SOURCE; allAfrica.com: Tanzania: Uranium In Dar Common Knowledge To Shipping Companies, Per Swiss Diplomat
C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 001593
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
AF/E FOR BYODER, AF/RSA FOR MBITTRICK
ALSO VCI FOR HHEINTZELMAN AND KWALKIN
EO 12958 DECL: 09/27/2016
TAGS PTER, PINR, IAEA, PGOV, CG, TZ
SUBJECT: URANIUM IN DAR COMMON KNOWLEDGE TO SHIPPING COMPANIES, PER SWISS DIPLOMAT
REF: A. DAR ES SALAAM 01376 B. UNVIE VIENNA 00601 C. KINSHASA 01309
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires D. Purnell Delly for reasons 1.4(b),(d) and (e).
Relevant Links
East Africa
Tanzania
U.S., Canada and Africa
Arms and Armies
Energy
Conflict
Business
¶1. (C) According to a senior Swiss diplomat, the shipment of uranium through Dar es Salaam is common knowledge to two Swiss shipping companies. Hans Peter Schoni, Counsellor at the Embassy of Switzerland in Tanzania, referred to the allegations of uranium from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) passing through Zambia and Tanzania en route to Iran, but did not attribute to the shipping companies any opinion of the source or destination of the alleged uranium. Poloff pointed out that the reports were unsubstantiated, but Schoni repeated that transport of uranium is common knowledge to the two companies, though no one at either company would admit it in writing. XXXXXXXXXXXX are both based in Geneva and conduct verification and inspection work in Tanzania.
SOURCE; allAfrica.com: Tanzania: Uranium In Dar Common Knowledge To Shipping Companies, Per Swiss Diplomat