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Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 44 No. 12. June 8 1981

How the Spy Ring was Broken

How the Spy Ring was Broken

The man who turned the tables on the CIA by infiltrating their espionage network in Mozambique was introduced at a press conference held by [unclear: Mozambique's] Ministry of Information to present nationals who have been detained as CIA agents.

Flight Captain Joao Carneiro Goncalves of the Mozambican Air Force, introducing himself as a member of the Frelimo Party, told the crowd of journalists and diplomats that he had spent more than three years as a counter spy feeding the CIA information provided by the Mozambican Ministry of Security (SNASP).

He also said that he had been told by his CIA contact that the United States was in a position to arrange a coup d'etat in Mozambique through South Africa, and that should he be in danger of discovery, he was to take a flight to South Africa where he would be "very warmly received".

The young officer, codenamed "Magalhaes" by Mozambique security forces, was first contacted at a private party

But Ollivier had miscalculated. Mussa went straight to the Mozambican authorities and told them what happened.

Ollivier had also invited other ANC members to his house, and had even visited the ANC offices in Maputo on the pretext of being interested in ANC literature.