South African Institute for Maritime Research

South African Institute for Maritime Research   (PMC)
Abbreviation	SAIMR
Founder	•  Alexander Jones •  Keith Maxwell
Headquarters	London?
Type	•  private •  military
Interest of	Wouter Basson
Membership	•  Alexander Jones •  Keith Maxwell
A private military milita that worked closely with the South African apartheid regime

The South African Institute for Maritime Research (SAIMR) was a militia that closely cooperated with South African intelligence agencies, being responsible for many significant operations, especially in the frontline states in Southern Africa that were sympathetic to the anti-Apartheid resistance.

Control

Keith Maxwell stated he believed the mercenary group ultimately was being led by the UK.

Activities

Dag Hammarskjöld's death

Full article: Dag Hammarskjöld/Death

Spreading Aids

Keith Maxwell, a part of the leadership of the unit, stated in the documentary Cold Case Hammarskjöld that the group intentionally spread AIDS in southern Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. “We were involved in Mozambique, spreading the AIDS virus through medical conditions ... through inocculations.”

At least one SAIMR member that raised concerns about the group’s medical programmes. Dagmar Feil was a marine biologist who was recruited by her boyfriend. In 1990 she was murdered outside her home in Johannesburg; her relatives believe the killing was linked to her work on SAIMR’s AIDS programme.

As can be seen on this map, there is a direct correlation between being ruled by Apartheid South Africa or being a frontline state, and severe HIV prevalence.

1990 Somalia coup

Full article: Somalia/1990 coup

The group was tied^[How?] to the 1990 coup in Somalia that plunged the country into anarchy.

1981 Seychelles coup attempt

Full article: Seychelles/1981 coup attempt

The SAIMR masterminded the Seychelles/1981 coup attempt which failed to depose Seychelles president Albert René.

Exposure

The SAIMR first became publicly known during sessions of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Committee in 1998. The SAIMR militia had up to 5000 members to draw from.

“It was clandestine operations. We were involved in coups, taking over countries for other leaders,” said Alexander Jones, who has detailed his years as an intelligence officer with the group. SAIMR’s leaders described themselves as “anti-communist” to him at the time but the group was underpinned by racism, he said. “We were trying to retain the white supremacy on the African continent.” “Anybody that resisted any white form of manipulation on the African continent, SAIMR was prepared to go and quell those for a price,”

 

Known member

1 of the 5 of the members already have pages here:

Member	Description
Janusz Waluś	Polish assassin of South African Chris Hani

 

Event Planned

Event	Start	End	Location(s)
Seychelles/1981 coup attempt	1981	1981	Seychelles

 

Related Documents

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Did SA spies bomb UN boss’ plane?	Article	17 August 2015	De Wet Potgieter	Susan Williams writes that in this set of documents – headed ‘Top Secret’ and ‘Your Eyes Only’ – Allen Dulles, the then director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, had promised full cooperation with Operation Celeste, which had also been agreed with British intelligence agency MI6.
Document:UN to Probe Whether Iconic Secretary-General Was Assassinated	Article	1 August 2016	Colum Lynch	Susan Williams, who has studied SAIMR’s activities for years, said it would be a mistake to dismiss the papers’ authenticity out of hand. “I certainly would not discount the documents, which is why I went to so much trouble to find them,” she said. “Some of them may be what they are purported to be and some of them may not be what they are purported to be.”

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