REDEPLOYMENT OF POLISARIO FORCES WESTERN SAHARA 30 AUGUST - 7 SEPTEMBER 1983

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CIA-RDP84T00171R000201720001-0
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January 30, 2012
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September 8, 1983
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Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/30: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000201720001-0 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 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 w SECRET 29 (Security Classification) NOFORN (See inside cover) CONTROL NO. Z-13973/83 NPIC/IEG (9/83) COPY OF Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/30: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000201720001-0 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/30: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000201720001-0 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to ... Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/30: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000201720001-0 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/30: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000201720001-0 .. 2 5X1 -25X1 77-7 WESTERN SAHARA 0 'DN 27?y '..^"",i~' ~~ :,( I I \\ I \ 1 ^.,~ t ~~-,.,~~,/ /~../ `"S,.i ~'l`.,, ~'wro~o .p;-~.1 .> ~,/\^~~,. "'^ Fltt,,.?'\^..~ ~da,a SEMARA' " ` rte, 1 "Ia v ' / *;; ~ t /!- ~---~ -/~ ' ~. ~~-~ ...,~v~ '-~ S s.,.~"4 ,.~,.r~ .?~~ .,,. ..-.< _ 70 25 ~.h7,. /~a alter ~~jl~~ \?\ ~ ~\ ~ // i ~~~ ~~`~ '~ t ~ ~ ~ ~w j~lx.%c > r POLISARIO FORCE;i ~ i, CONCENTRATIONS - BERM 13. NAUTI i? ' 12* i 1 t o ~/ j~o Nyl E~IA'RI~ S IR ~~ xajll . .77 x310 M 10yl..:. WESTERN SAHARA .~I. U WJ. Z-13973 NPICAEG(9ia3) s'.. , m. zb 110 DAKAR FIR'_-' sewurii~...:~ ? VACATED P0L/SAR/0 CAMPS Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/30: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000201720001-0 L ~. _ ~L 1 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/30: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000201720001-0 SECRET Page 1 Copy (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER 1 Attachment to Z -13 9 7 3/ 8 3 NPIC/IEG (9/83) 8 SEPTEMBER 1983 REDEPLOYMENT OF POLISARIO FORCES WESTERN SAHARA SWN 1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE POLISARIO HAVE VACATED AT LEAST NINE CAMPS WESTERN SAHARA AND ALGERIA AND DEPLOYED TO AN AREA SOUTH OF SEMARA. (SWN) 2.. REMARKS: THE EQUIPMENT FROM THESE CAMPS HAS..BEEN MOVED TO AN AREA BETWEEN 16 AND 24 NM.SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF SEMARA WHERE VEHICLE CONCENTRATIONS WERE SEEN ON IMAGERY OF THESE CONCENTRATIONS WERE NEAR 26-27-OON ., 26-24-OON 011-39-OOW, 26-22-OON 011-40-OOW, 26-24-30N 011-44-15W, 26-18-45N 011-40-15W, AND 26-23-20N 011-27-40W. AT LEAST 100-VEHICLES-WERE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE WADIS IN THE AREA, SOME PARTIALLY CONCEALED AND SOME IN THE OPEN. THE ACTIVITY SEEN AT THE CAMPS AND.IN.THE AREA NEAR. SEMARA IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ACTIVITY WHICH PRECEDED THE ATTACKS BY THE POLISARIO ON MOROCCAN FORCES IN, THE MESSF.TF.T) ARPA RFTWFFM 10 JULY AND EARLY AUGUST. (SWN) 3. BE NONE, COORDINATES NONE (U) These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical 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 INTELLIGENCE SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED SECRET 25X1 25X1 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/30: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000201720001-0