ETHIOPIAN FORCES APPROACH NACFA ETHIOPIA (SANITIZED)

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May 18, 1982
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/01: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100220010-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/01: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100220010-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/01: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100220010-0 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 veA/Aes - - 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPA RE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) CONTROL NO. 2_ /s42 yld'.2. COPY O F V , Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/01: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100220010-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/01: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100220010-0 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to .. . Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/01: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100220010-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/01: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100220010-0 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Copy Attachment to Z-15224/82 NPIC/IEG(5/82) 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 These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the elate of issue. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/01: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100220010-0