NEW ETHIOPIAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT CHEREN AIRFIELD, ETHIOPIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89-00121R000100130003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 15, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: AN ETHIOPIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE (NOT ALL ON
GRAPHIC) HAS ARRIVED AT CHEREN AIRFIELD.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: TWO BIVOUACS, CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY
1,000 dO NMANA TENTS AND 22 SQUAD TENTS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED
AT CHEREN AIRFIELD SINCE EQUIPMENT IN THESE 25X1
BIVOUACS INCLUDES TWO ARMORED VEHICLES AND TEN TRUCKS. THE
BIVOUAC AREA (NOT ON GRAPHIC) CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY
200 TENTS ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE AIRFIELD ON 25X1
HAS BEEN STRUCK. TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT IN THIS AREA ARE BEING
LOADED ONTO AT LEAST 24 TRUCKS AND ARMORED VEHICLES. TEN OTHER
ARMORED VEHICLES ARE PARKED ALONG THE ROAD. CHEREN AIRFIELD IS
IN CENTRAL ERITREA PROVINCE.
3.1 (COORDINATES 15-47-05N 038-24-45E
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NPIC/PEG (1/82)
NEW ETHIOPIAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT
CHEREN AIRFIELD, ETHIOPIA
SFC'RFT
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/11/09: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000100130003-5
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