NORTH YEMENI GROUND FORCES ADVANCE RIDA-JUBAN AREA, NORTH YEMEN(SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: August 12, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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NPIC/IEG (8/82)
12 AUGUST 1982
NORTH YEMENI GROUND FORCES ADVANCE
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A NORTH YEMENI INFANTRY FORCE HAS
ADVANCED INTO AN AREA FORMERLY CONTROLLED BY NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC FRONT (NDF) INSURGENCY FORCES.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A NORTH YEMENI INFANTRY FORCE ADVANCED
INTO AN AREA FORMERLY CONTROLLED BY NDF INSURGENCY FORCES
IN THE RIDA-JUBAN AREA, 0 , APPROXIMATELY 85 NM
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SANA. THIS INFANTRY FORCE
ADVANCED TO AN AREA 15 NM A AND 9 NM SOUTH OF
PREVIOUSLY HELD NORTH YEMENI STRONGPOINTS. THE INFANTRY
FORCE ESTABLISHED TWO ADDITIONAL STRONGPOINTS IN THE
VICINITY OF 14-11-OON 044-47-40E, WITHIN 11 NM OF JUBAN.
THESE STRONG POINTS CONSISTED OF GRADED POSITIONS ON
HILLTOPS AND CONTAINED THREE CARGO TRUCKS, TWO UTILITY
VEHICLES, AND 11 UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES. AT LEAST 11 NORTH
YEMENI STRONGPOINTS HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED IN TILE
R1DA-JUBAN AREA IN RESPONSE TO NDF INSURGENCY ACTIVITIES.
ADDITIONALLY, A PROBABLE NORTH YEMENI INFANTRY BIVOUAC
CONSISTING OF THREE LARGE TENTS AND CONTAINING 14 UTILITY
VEHICLES HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE
VILLAGE OF DAMT (14-06-30N 044-41-55E), 20.5 NM
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF RIDA AND 11 NM NORTHWEST OF JUBAN, SINCE
A POSSIBLE NDF 122 MM FIELD ARTILLERY (FA)
BATTERY HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM AN AREA 8 NM SOUTH OF THIS
BIVOUAC TWO ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE NDF FA
BATTERIES, FORMERLY DEPLOYED SOUTH OF THIS FA BATTERY, HAD
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12 AUGUST 1982
(SWNJ THE DEPLOYMENT OF NORTH YEMENI GROUND FORCES
TO AREAS PREVIOUSLY CONTROLLED BY NDF INSURGENCY FORCES WAS
PROBABLY THE RESULT OF A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE
PEACEFUL WITHDRAWAL OF NDF FORCES AND THEIR WEAPONRY FROM
THE NORTH YEMEN-SOUTH YEMEN BORDER AREA. THIS AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE NORTH YEMENI GOVERNMENT AND THE NDF WAS REACHED
3. (SWN) BE--NONE COORDINATES--NONE
4. (CONF COLLATERAL REFERENCE:
NORTH YEMEN--V GOTIATIONS US CINCEUR INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
CABLE 096-82.
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