PALESTINIAN WITHDRAWAL BEIRUT, LEBANON(SANITIZED)

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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 26, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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PALESTINIAN WITHDRAWAL
BEIRUT, LEBANON
Z-11218 NPIC/PEG (8/82) GRAPHIC 1 OF 4
2. BEIRUT PORT FACILITIES
3. JUNIYAH NAVAL HEADQUARTERS
AND BASE
4 .MUSEUM CROSSING
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PALESTINIAN WITHDRAWAL
BEIRUT, LEBANON
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: PLO EVACUATION ACTIVITY CONTINUES
THROUGHOUT BEIRUT AREA. (GRAPHIC 1 OF 4)
2. (S/D) REMARKS: BEIRUT PORT FACILITIES (GRAPHIC 25X1
2 OF 4) R INS OPERATIONAL. THE EVACUATION OF THE PLO FORCES
IS CONTINUING. THE ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF (RO/RO) MERCHANT SHIP
MOORED AT THE QUAY HAS DEPARTED. IN ITS 25X1
PLACE IS A SMALL HOSPITAL SHIP, WITH A LARGE CROSS PAINTED ON
THE ROOF OF THE DECKHOUSE AND TWO SMALLER CROSSES PAINTED ON
THE SIDE. ALSO ARRIVED SINCE YESTERDAY, IS A SMALL RO/RO
MERCHANT SHIP STERN MOORED TO THE SEAWALL, AND AN ITALIAN
DESOTO COUNTRY-CLASS AMPHIBIOUS LANDING SHIP, MOORED BOW IN TO
THE SAME SEAWALL. THREE U.S. UTILITY LANDING CRAFT ARE MOORED
TO THE QUAY NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE HARBOR; HOWEVER, NO ACTIVITY
IS OBSERVED NEAR THEM. THREE U.S. AMPHIBIOUS LANDING SHIPS
(NOT ON GRAPHIC) REMAIN OFFSHORE WITH ONE PROBABLE U.S. UTILITY
LANDING CRAFT UNDERWAY INBOUND. ADDITIONAL COMBATANTS (NOT ON
GRAPHIC) OFFSHORE INCLUDE ONE U.S. AMPHIBIOUS LANDING SHIP
ANCHORED WELL OFFSHORE, ONE U.S. KNOX-CLASS FRIGATE, ONE
POSSIBLE ITALIAN LUPO-CLASS GUIDED-MISSILE FRIGATE, AND TWO
DESTROYERS (NATIONALITY UNKNOWN). ADDITIONAL VESSELS IN THE
PORT INCLUDE ONE MERCHANT SHIP, ONE BULK CARRIER, TWO SMALL
CONTAINERS SHIPS, AND TEN COASTAL FREIGHTERS (THREE IN THE
OUTER HARBOR). IN POSSIBLY RELATED ACTIVITY, A SMALL RO/RO
MERCHANT SHIP IS MOORED STERN IN AT THE QUAY AT JUNIYAH NAVAL
HEADQUARTERS AND BASE (GRAPHIC 3 OF 4). THE 25X1
VESSEL HAS ARRIVED SINCE-I NO LOADING OF THE 25X1
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FOUR PART GRAPHIC
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NPIC/PEG (8/82)
Copy FOUR PART GRAPHIC
(S/D) IN THE WEST BEIRUT AREA, A CONVOY OF APPROXIMATELY 18
TRUCKS IS ON THE AVENUE DE PARIS NEAR THE BRITISH EMBASSY,
HEADING TOWARD BEIRUT PORT FACILITIES. A LARGE TRAFFIC JAM OF
VEHICLES WAITING TO CROSS INTO WEST BEIRUT IS AT THE MUSEUM
CROSSING (GRAPHIC 4 OF 4). NUMEROUS CIVILIAN VEHICLES ARE
ALONG MAJOR STREETS IN WEST BEIRUT.
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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