Seychelles/1981 coup attempt
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Seychelles
| Date | 1981 |
|---|---|
| Location | Seychelles |
| Description | Failed coup planned by the South African Institute for Maritime Research |
| Planners | South African Institute for Maritime Research |
| Perpetrators | Mike Hoare, Keith Maxwell, Jerry Puren |
Mike Hoare lead a group of mercenaries who in 1981 infiltrated the Seychelles disguised as a beer-tasting team, and who attempted a coup d'état.[1]
This was later found to have been planned by the South African Institute for Maritime Research:
- The alleged “Operation Celeste” documents analysed by Susan Williams bear similarities to those of later SAIMR operations, including those relating to the so-called “Operation Anvil”, an attempted coup in Seychelles in 1981, in which Keith Maxwell and Dalgleish, along with Jerry Puren and Mike Hoare – former mercenaries who had been in the Congo in 1961 – and others were allegedly involved.[2]