LATEST SIZE-UP FROM U.S. INTELLIGENCE ON SOVIET PENETRATION OF AFGHANISTAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505250124-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 124
• Publication Date: April 7, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
7 April 1980
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Latest size-up from U.S. intelligence
on Soviet penetration of Afghanistan:
Russians control Kabul, other chief
cities and main roads-but not the na-
tion's hills and mountains. The Af-
ghan Army-once 90,000 strong-is
now down to 25,000 as deserters ei-
ther return home or join the rebels.
* * *
From intelligence sources comes
word that Libya's strong man Muam-
mar Qadhafi, long a financier of
worldwide terrorism, is suddenly
cooling off on the idea. Reason: Qa-
dhafi has learned that he himself is
the No. I target of terrorists who
have been offered huge sums to kill
him by some of Qadhafi's intended
targets in the Arab world.
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