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does not indicate deceit, as the combination of a phantom business in
Germany and a forwarding address in Turkey is not terribly uncommon.
That said, a German-Turkish businessman would presumably have
a Turkish name, not a Portuguese one. And there are six German citizens
and resident aliens named Federico Soares; four are under 16, one
is 75, and the one of appropriate age is a product-development specialist
for BMW and has not left Stuttgart in nine months.
In the six weeks preceding the conference, three men named Federico
Soares entered Britain. Two departed within three weeks, and the one
remaining FS has been hiking in the Pennines for ten days, on an
organised tour and always in the company of trail guides and fellow
hikers. In the three days since the conference, nobody named Federico
Soares has left Britain. This means that either he is still in the country
under a different name (in which case my department will find him) or
he registered under an assumed name, in which case, sadly, we have
very little hope of catching him.
Convincing foreign police departments to lend their support in a
matter such as this, where someone is connected to a crime only circumstantially
if at all, is particularly difficult.
But our investigation continues. We will be in touch with any new
developments and trust that you will do the same.
Yours,
Reginald Danvers, Chief of Services
Immigration and Nationality Directorate
The Home Office
19 December 1989
The National Herald
Cyril Brackett, News Editor
Jon Fasman
Thames Valley Police have been stumped by the apparent murder of
one of Oxford’s longest-serving dons.
Four days ago Dr Darius Dimbledon, who had been a Fellow at
Aubrey College for nearly fifty years, was found dead in his room.
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