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Americans struggling to ascertain Mugabe's assets
04 Sep 2011 at 05:33hrs | Views
The WikiLeaks cable has revealed that the Americans were struggling to ascertain President Mugabe's assets.
"Unknown, but are rumoured to exceed $1 billion in value, the majority of which are likely invested outside Zimbabwe.
"We believe it will take extraordinary means ' both sources and methods ' to develop the detailed responses . . . We leave it to Washington to determine the value of deploying additional assets ' both commercial and intelligence ones ' to acquire this.
"Post has no reliable information on, nor the resources or expertise to determine, the nature and extent of Mugabe's overseas assets. They are rumoured to include everything from secret accounts in Switzerland, the Channel Islands, and the Bahamas to castles in Scotland.
"Unknown, but are rumoured to exceed $1 billion in value, the majority of which are likely invested outside Zimbabwe.
"We believe it will take extraordinary means ' both sources and methods ' to develop the detailed responses . . . We leave it to Washington to determine the value of deploying additional assets ' both commercial and intelligence ones ' to acquire this.
"Post has no reliable information on, nor the resources or expertise to determine, the nature and extent of Mugabe's overseas assets. They are rumoured to include everything from secret accounts in Switzerland, the Channel Islands, and the Bahamas to castles in Scotland.
Source - Byo24News
