South African Institute for Maritime Research

South African Institute for Maritime Research (SAIMR or SAIMAR, pronounced /ˈsaɪmɑːr/)[1] is the name of a shadowy paramilitary organization that supposedly performed clandestine operations to support white supremacy in Africa. The SAIMR first became publicly known during sessions of the South African Truth and Reconcilliation Committee[2] (TRC), in 1998, a year before the second elections after Apartheid, when documents emerged implying SAIMR had a role in a plot to kill Dag Hammarskjöld, the UN Secretary-General, in 1961.

Letters with SAIMR’s official letterhead were found during the hearings of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1998. The letters suggested that CIA and British intelligence had agreed that Hammarskjöld should be removed, a suggestion both the United States and Britain deny.[3]

The documentary Cold Case Hammarskjöld, that premiered in January 2019, brought new credibility to these claims.[4] The documentary also claims that the mother of a young woman named Dagmar Feil tried to bring the killing of her daughter to the attention of the TRC, implying that her daughter had worked with SAIMR to spread HIV among black people and had wanted to make that public.

References
  1. Apuzzo, Matt (27 January 2019). "Quest to Solve Assassination Mystery Revives an AIDS Conspiracy Theory". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. "BBC News | Africa | UN assassination plot denied". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  3. Ankomah, Baffour (March 13, 2019). ""We deliberately spread HIV/Aids in South Africa," Former Apartheid-era intelligence service officer confesses". New African Magazine. Archived from the original on September 2, 2019.
  4. Graham-Harrison, Emma; Rocksen, Andreas; Brügger, Mads (2019-01-20). "Coups and murder: the sinister world of apartheid's secret mercenaries". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
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