ASSAM AIR DROP OPERATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007300370008-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 20, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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MWORMATRON REPORT CD NO, 25X1A
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SUBJECT ..scam A?4r Drop Opera+ion
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1.
o
e 3tpnlies g readg-
cropred save been of a Sao? itical nature.
2. 'Faeh Assa?:n 'fin `t has a tool itt..cal 9.q
ent attlaclled; the det:ac zraent.s are
3_lelieved to -un abort 150 neti each. These forward un-'.ts are prirnar3,y for
observation .. id.. are not inten'?ed for tact. ical 'etion.
3- The a& r-dro n orex at i o 1s was I i erceit conrpl eted as of 9 Febrt
lg5l. Tote.-
ever, the tev tative c' npl a+iori da' e of 18 " ebrnaly h?es been rescheduled for
24 Febr'iary because of the add; Tonal o1i_tice1 sup'ilies being droned to
these roman-i. wilts.
4.
The 1 pper?tnf ',t of 7xterr?al Mrs's'af r. s of the Goverment of' India (Gal) 1,j
requested t' -it in sdlition to the scheduled air drops* to the I.ssein 1R.if'3_3s
{Trl+a +hat : , additional del iver-y- of 2,000,000 Isolt:nds of -o?-i tical material *
be ms.rle. T-._hse political surmPes include such items as Gifts, cloth,
4',r3_nted mats; !al er?d the 1 ke 71=enty_five x rcent
f th
ocation of
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Taflonr
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Riga
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Wajong
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z.__z; or Ct7r?t121g , a } er>ali, cor, P,?ds the service detacI?nant at ?"orhat, The air
drop onerr t~.; r In i rider the comrj,ncl of Colonel dyer at Shillong. ta=~.n
C 1i1t inter a trEr;n i, co'iriancls the Weilon; camp. The entire operation Csa
has ?f3+'11
i nspectQd y the highest ri litary atr' t-orities, including the Chief of Staff,,
General Sing-.
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