SOVIET ARMS DELIVERY ASEB TRANSSHIPMENT AREA, ETHIOPIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100020002-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 20, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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SOVIET ARMS DELIVERY
ASEB TRANSSHIPMENT AREA , ETHIOPIA
NPIC/PEG (11/82)
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: ADDITIONAL SOVIET EQUIPMENT IS OBSERVED AT
ASEB.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: AT LEAST 14 BTR-60 ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS
(APC), TW NE TY-ONE 122MM HOWITZERS D-30, APPROXIMATELY 70
PROBABLE FIELD ARTILLERY/ANTIAIRCRAFT (FA/AA) GUNS, FOUR
HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS (THREE WITH MAZ-543 PRIME MOVERS),
APPROXIMATELY 70 TRUCKS, AND 20 GENERATOR TRAILERS ARE IN THE
TRANSSHIPMENT AREA. PART OF THIS ARMS SHIPMENT MAY HAVE BEEN
PRESENT WHEN FOUR MEDIUM TANKS, FOUR BTR-60
APC, TWENTY-SIX 122MM HOWITZERS D-30, AND APPROXIMATELY
60 FA/AA GUNS WERE OBSERVED. THE LAST MAJOR ARMS DELIVERY TO
ASEB WAS IN MARCH 1982.
COORDINATES 12-59-40N 042-44-20E
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