ARMS DELIVERY ASEB PORT FACILITIES, ETHOPIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2011
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• Publication Date: March 17, 1982
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NPIC/PEG (3/82)
ARMS DELIVERY
ASEB PO IE ETHIOPIA
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: AN ARMS DELIVERY OF SOVIET EQUIPMENT IS IN
PROGRESS AT SEB PORT FACILITIES.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THIRTY-ONE MEDIUM TANKS (ENOUGH TO EQUIP ONE
TANK BACON), EIGHT MEDIUM FIELD GUNS, THREE POSSIBLE
ARMORED RECOVERY VEHICLES, AND FIVE UNIDENTIFIED PIECES OF
EQUIPMENT HAVE ARRIVED IN THE MILITARY TRANSSHIPMENT AREA SINCE
SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT PROBABLY WAS DELIVERED BY 25X1
A SOVIET PYAT. KOMSOMOLA-MOD A-CLASS MERSHIP (NOT ON GRAPHIC)
THAT IS IN PORT. TWO HEAVY-LIFT TRAILERS ARE ON THE MOLE NEXT
TO THE SHIP. A PYAT. KOMSOMOLA-MOD A-CLASS (PROBABLY A
DIFFERENT SHIP) WAS ALSO PRESENT 25X1
(S/D) ADDITIONAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT THAT ALSO HAS ARRIVED IN
THE TRANSSHIPMENT AREA INCLUDES 15 BTR-60PB 25X1
ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC). THESE APC MAY BE THE
UNIDENTIFIED EQUIPMENT THAT WAS ON THE QUAY THE 25X1
APC, AND POSSIBLY SOME OF THE OTHER RECENTLY DELIVERED
EQUIPMENT, MAY HAVE ARRIVED ON THE LIBYAN RO/RO FERRY
'GARYOUNIS', WHICH HAS DEPARTED F_ I THE 25X1
'GARYOUNIS' WAS AT TARABULUS PORT FACILITIES ON 25X1
3.I I COORDINATES 13-00-30N 042-45-30E
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