ETHIOPIAN FORCES APPROACH NACFA ETHIOPIA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: May 18, 1982
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18 MAY 1982
ETHIOPIAN FORCES APPROACH NACFA
ETHIOPIA
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: ETHIOPIAN MILITARY FORCES CONTINUE TO
ADVANCE NORTH ALONG THE AFABET-NACFA ROAD TOWARD THE
INSURGENT-HELD TOWN OF NACFA IN ERITREA.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: ETHIOPIAN FORCES HAVE OCCUPIED A MAJOR HILL
ONLY 3.5 NM SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF NACFA. A
SMALL MILITARY UNIT CONSISTING OF TWO PROBABLE BTR-60 ARMORED
PERSONNEL CARRIERS AND TWO TRUCKS WAS OBSERVED ON A HILL AT
16-38-20N 038-31-45E. NO EQUIPMENT WAS PRESENT ON THIS
1,585-METER HILL THE NORTHERNMOST DEPLOYMENT OF
ETHIOPIAN MILITARY EQUIPMENT OBSERVED CONSISTED OF
THREE TRUCKS AT THE BASE OF A HILL APPROXIMATELY 5 NM
SOUTHEAST OF NACFA. THESE VEHICLES WERE STILL PRESENT
AND SEVERAL ADDITIONAL TRUCKS AND VEHICLES WERE MOVING
ALONG THE ROAD BETWEEN THAT POINT AND THE NEWLY OCCUPIED
HILL. MILITARY WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT POSITIONED ON THE NEWLY
OCCUPIED HILL SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE FINAL PORTION OF
THE MAIN ROAD TO NACFA. NO EVIDENCE OF INSURGENT FORCES WAS
OBSERVED IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF NACFA.
(S/D) IN ADDITION, A MILITARY DEPLOYMENT THAT HAD BEEN
IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 9 NM SOUTH OF NACFA HAD
RCED BY A MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER TERY
OTHER EQUIPMENT IN THIS AREA INCLUDED ONE
POSSIBLE FIELD ARTILLERY BATTERY AND AT LEAST NINE
TRUCKS/VEHICLES. THIS MRL BATTERY IS PROBABLY THE SAME ONE
THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 13 NM SOUTHEAST OF
NACFA NO MRL BATTERY WAS OBSERVED IN THAT AREA ON
HOWEVER, AT LEAST 16 TRUCKS/VEHICLES WERE PRESENT.
(S/D) NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN ETHIOPIAN FORCES DEPLOYED ON
FLAT TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY EIGHT NM EAST OF NACFA WAS
DISCERNIBLE. MAJOR MILITARY UNITS THAT COULD BE IDENTIFIED
ON PARTIAL COVERAGE OF THIS AREA INCLUDED ELEMENTS OF ONE
BATTALION OF 130MM FIELD GUNS M-46, ONE MRL BATTALION, AND
THREE ADDITIONAL FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALIONS.
3. (S)
COORDINATES 16-32-OON 038-34-OOE
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