NEW DIVISION FORMED IN MONGOLIAN PEOPLES ARMY ERDENETIYN, MONGOLIA(SANITIZED)

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CIA-RDP90T00784R000100260010-6
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September 8, 2011
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June 30, 1982
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100260010-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100260010-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100260010-6 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOM MENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) NOFORN (See inside cover) CONTROL NO. Z Z T COPY OF_.. Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100260010-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100260010-6 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 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100260010-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100260010-6 SECRET Page 1 of 1 Copy 1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION (MRD) HAS BEEN FORMED IN THE MONGOLIAN PEOPLES ARMY (MPA). THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE SUBSTANTIAL UPGRADING UNDERWAY IN THE MPA. NEW DIVISION FORMED IN MONGOLIAN RMY ERDENETIYN. MONGOLIA Z-15646/82 NPIC/IEG (6/82) 30 JUNE 1982 2. (S/D) REMARKS: A TANK REGIMENT, TWO MOTORIZED RIFLE REGIMENTS (MRR), A POSSIBLE MRR, AND SUPPORT UNITS WERE IDENTIFIED AT A NEW MPA BARRACKS AT ERDENETIYN. ARTILLERY AND OTHER EQUIPMENT WERE IN A RAIL-SERVED, PROBABLE RECEIVING AREA. THE GARRISON IS SPREAD OUT IN NON-CONTIGUOUS VEHICLE PARKS WHICH IS TYPICAL OF THE BARRACKS BELONGING TO THE MPA. (S/D) ANALYST'S COMMENTS: THE MPA IS IN THE PROCESS OF SUBSTANTIALLY UPGRADING ITS FORCES. THIS IS THE THIRD MRD IDENTIFIED WITH THE MPA. THE OTHER TWO AT DZUUN BAYAN AND ULAANBAATAR WERE UPGRADED FROM MOTORIZED RIFLE BRIGADES TO DIVISIONS BETWEEN 1979 AND 1981 . AN ARTILLERY BRIGADE AND A PROBABLE MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER REGIMENT WERE IDENTIFIED AT ULAANBAATAR AL-4 IN AUGUST 1980 AND MAY 1982, RESPECTIVELY. 3. (S) 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 he considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET NQFORN Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100260010-6 25X1 25X1