INCREASED LOGISTICS ACTIVITY GROOTFONTEIN ARMY CAMP, NAMIBIA

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CIA-RDP82T00709R000200270001-6
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July 1, 2010
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August 1, 1982
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/01: CIA-RDP82T00709R000200270001-6 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) CONTROL NO. Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized osure Subject to final Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/01: CIA-RDP82T00709R000200270001-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/01: CIA-RDP82T00709R000200270001-6 Iq Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/01: CIA-RDP82T00709R000200270001-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/01: CIA-RDP82T00709R000200270001-6 SECRET. (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of _L. Copy Attachment to Z-15800/82 NPIC/IEG(8/82) 4 AUGUST 1982 INCREASED LOGISTICS ACTIVITY GROOTFONTEIN ARMY CAMP. NAMIBIA 1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: INCREASED LOGISTICS ACTIVITY AT GROOTFONTETN IS SUPPORT OF SOUTH AFRICAN OPERATIONS IN SOUTHERN ANGOLA. ON GRAPHIC) INCLUDED THE PRESENCE OF RAILCARS IN THE RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSFER DEPOT, THE MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES AND SUPPLIES IN THE ADJOINING TRANSIT AREAS, AND CONTINUED MOVEMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIEL IN THE AMMUNITION STORAGE FACILITY. ALSO SEVEN TANK CARS FROM THE POL RAIL TRANSFER AND STORAGE AREA DEPARTED BY 25X1 GROOTFONTEIN ARMY CAMP IS AT THE NORTHERN TERMINUS OF THE SOUTH AFRICA-NAMIBIA RAIL NETWORK AND IS THE MAJOR. LOGISTICAL AND SUPPORT BASE FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE BORDER. OPERATIONS AREA (BOA).. F~ 75x1 2. (S/P) REMARKS: ON IMAGERY OF , 80 BUFFET. LIGHT 25X1 ARMOREI) EHICLLES (LAV) (INSET ON GRAPHIC WERE IN TI!l: V1:11IC.:i,I's PARK. CONTINUING ANALYSIS OF IMAGERY 25X1 REVEALED 23 PROBABLE BUFFEL IN THE SAML AREA. BASED ON ANALYSIS OF PARKING PATTERNS, AS MANY AS 15 OF THE 23 BUFFEL SEEN ON MAY HAVE DEPARTED BY AND AT 25X1 LEAST DDITIONAL BUFFEL HAD ARRIVED BETWEEN~ 25X1 ADDITIONAL LOGISTICS-RELATED ACTIVITY (NOT SHOWN 3. (S) COORDINATES 19-36-30S 018-08-10E. These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE Intelhijence Sources and Methods Involved Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/01: CIA-RDP82T00709R000200270001-6