The Road to Afghanistan - George Washington University

The security officer immediately asked Tarun to share the results of thisinvestigation with him. The head of Tsarandoi reluctantly obliged * .3. What does the attaché case of the ambassador that was found in the hotel roomsignify? Why would the ambassador pack toiletries in his attaché case instead ofpapers and documents? Was he preparing to spend more time in the hotel than hedid?4. Why was the ambassador so calm when speaking through the door, as if nothingwas out of the ordinary? Was he such a courageous man? Did he not realize thegravity of the situation? Or was he convinced that nothing was going to happen tohim?5. Why did not a single American diplomat or staff member of the embassy speak tojournalists to try to clarify the incident and provide their own interpretation andevaluation of the events? The ceremony of sending off the coffin with Dubs’s bodywas conducted as though the American embassy deliberately attempted to avoiddrawing attention to the event. They claimed that Mrs. Dubs had requested that theynot make a big deal of it. Is she the one to determine such issues?6. The participation of U.S. Marines and the security officer in this incident wasminimal. Why was the CIA resident not present at Hotel Kabul or at the Americanembassy during the incident?* All subsequent attempts by Soviet representatives to see the results of the investigation, or to learn the truthfrom the Afghans, were repeatedly rejected. In January 1980, after Amin was overthrown and a new regimecame to power, Bakhturin asked the head of security services if the archives contained an audio tape with therecording of the interrogation of the driver. He said, “We have nothing related to Dubs’s murder. No tracewhatsoever.”341