PROBABLE SUDANESE DISSIDENT TRAINING FACILITY ERER, ETHIOPIA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Release Date: March 1, 2012
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• Publication Date: January 20, 1984
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PROBABLE SUDANESE DISSIDENT TRAINING FACILITY
ERER, ETHIOPIA
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A NEWLY IDENTIFIED TRAINING FACILITY AT ERER,
ETHIOPIA IS PROBABLY BEING USED TO SUPPORT MILITARY TRAINING
FOR SUDANESE DISSIDENTS. (SWN/NOFORN
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2. REMARKS: A TRAINING FACILITY HAS BEEN NEWLY IDENTIFIED IN
EASTERN ETHIOPIA NEAR THE TOWN OF ERER, APPROXIMATELY 30 NM
WEST OF DIREDAWA AND JUST SOUTH OF THE ADDIS ABABA - DJIBOUTI
RAIL LINE. ERER,TRAINING FACILITY CONSISTS OF ONE LARGE
BUILDING THAT PROBABLY SERVES AS THE
HEADQUARTERS/ADMINISTRATION AREA, 10 SUPPORT BUILDINGS, AND
ONE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE/STORAGE BUILDING. TWELVE SQUAD-SIZED
TENTS WERE ALSO PRESENT (NOT ALL ANNOTATED). TRAINING
FACILITIES INCLUDE A SMALL-ARMS FIRING RANGE IMMEDIATELY SOUTH
OF THE GROUP OF BUILDINGS. THIS FIRING RANGE HAS BEEN
CONSTRUCTED A GRADED-EARTH AIRSTRIP IS 25X1
IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE FACILITY (NOT ON GRAPHIC). (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS: COLLATERAL REPORTS INDICATE THAT THIS
FACILITY IS BEING USED TO SUPPORT MILITARY TRAINING FOR
SUDANESE DISSIDENTS. TRAINING MAY HAVE BEGUN HERE AS EARLY AS
NOVEMBER 1983. REPORTEDLY AS MANY AS 4,000 SUDANESE
DISSIDENTS WERE BEING TRAINED AT THIS FACILITY, WHICH IS AT
THE SITE OF EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE'S FORMER PALACE NEAR ERER.
3.I I COORDINATES 09-31-20N 41-23-20E (S)
4. COLLATERAL REFERENCE: CIA,
DEC 83, STATUS OF'SUDANESE DISSIDENTS
(SWN/NOFORN
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