| Notes | UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) planned w/ help of George Nadar, a meeting in Seychelles on about 1/11/17 (<2 wks prior to Trump inauguration 1/20/17) reportedly to establish a back channel communication between the Kremlin and the Trump transition. Attendees reportedly included: Erik Prince (US), Kirill Dmitriev (Ru), George Nadar (US), Mohamed bin Zayed (UAE), Hamad al Mazroie (de facto head of UAE) intelligence service, Mohammed Dahlan (MBZ advisor fluent in Russian; seen as conduit between UAE & Kremlin. Mueller report later found that Nader had represented Prince to Dmitriev as "designated by Steve [Bannon] to meet you! I know him and he is very very well connected and trusted by the New Team," while Prince "acknowledged that it was fair for Nader to think that Prince would pass information on to the Transition Team," although Bannon told investigators that Prince had not informed him of the Dmitriev meeting in advance. |