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[SOURCE: A CONFIDENTIAL POLICE REPORT]
On May 30, 1994, the German police investigation learns from Illich that 6.6 kilograms of highly enriched uranium (HEU) will arrive from Prague in two containers. The next day Boden calls back and tells Illich that the earlier sample Neimec had provided was bad, it was not HEU.
A week later, Illich tells Boden there is 6 kilograms of 90% HEU in Prague, including a certificate of its authenticity.

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