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the South African President’s office, or the National Intelligence Agency
(NIA), who were all present at the time after the trunks were found. The
contents of the trunks were itemized, and the National Intelligence Agency
(NIA) took control of them for security reasons. The chief investigator for the
TRC at the time, Dr. Villa-Vicencia, never learned whether these letters were
from private individuals or representatives of governments. 104
The documents are interesting, given statements made by Juergen
Jacomet, a former Swiss military intelligence agent, who worked with Basson
on money-laundering for Project Coast in Europe. He spoke of a right-wing
conspiracy and alluded to the existence of an information organization of
individuals, including Americans. 105 The death of Dr. Ford and revelations of
his South African involvement, and his failed effort to establish the Lake View
Terrace Institute raised again the possibility of a right-wing international
network, united by a vision of a South Africa once again ruled by whites.
No evidence to date has been found to substantiate concerns expressed
by some about possible linkages between Project Coast programs and the
intentional use of HIV or microbicide contraceptives. 106 However, the recent
revelations since Ford’s death have been consistent with reports that the former
South African government was already concerned about the future impact of
the AIDS epidemic by the mid-1980s. In the 1980s, as the South African
government became more aware of the magnitude of the impending AIDS
epidemic, the SADF started testing thousands of SADF soldiers for HIV. The
secret right-wing Afrikaner organization, the Broederbond, also recently
acknowledged that they had completed population projections during the mid-
1980s. They suggested that whites would be in majority in the future due to the
devastating effects that AIDS was projected to have on the black population of
South Africa. 107
Throughout the 1980s, Basson continued his foreign visits and
interaction with experts from the U.S., Britain and other countries. Most
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