ARMS DELIEVERY TARTUS PORT FACILITIES, SYRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000200500009-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: January 5, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Attachment to Z-10012/83
NPIC/PEG (1/83)
2 PART GRAPHIC
ARMS DELIVERY
TARTUS PORT FACILITIES, SYRIA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: HIP C FUSELAGE CONTAINERS AND BTR-60PB
ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC) HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO TARTUS
2. (SWN) REMARKS: FIVE HIP C FUSELAGE CONTAINERS HAVE BEEN NEWLY
DELIVERED TO THE CENTRAL MOLE (FOUR WERE PREVIOUSLY PRESENT)
(GRAPHIC 1). THE CONTAINERS WERE PROBABLY OFF-LOADED FROM AN
INZHENER BELOV-CLASS MERSHIP WHICH IS NOW DOCKED AT THE SOUTH
MOLE. THREE ADDITIONAL HIP C FUSELAGE CONTAINERS ARE ON A
HATCH OF A NIKOLAY ZHUKOV-CLASS MERSHIP WHICH IS ALSO AT THE
SOUTH MOLE. HIP C FUSELAGE CONTAINERS HAD BEGUN ARRIVING IN
THIS AREA BY MID NOVEMBER. MILITARY DELIVERIES ALSO MAY BE
EXPECTED FROM A LENINSKIY KOMSOMOL-CLASS MERSHIP MOORED AT THE
CENTRAL MOLE.
(SWN) IN OTHER ACTIVITY, AT LEAST 40 PROBABLE BTR-60PB APC AND
AT LEAST 15 POSSIBLE SMALL MILITARY VEHICLES HAVE ARRIVED IN
THE TRANSSHIPMENT AREA EAST OF THE PORT (GRAPHIC 2). THE
SOURCE OF THESE VEHICLES CANNOT BE DETERMINED.
(S) COLLATERAL REPORTING (NFOIO 0402144Z JAN 83, SECRETI 125X1
SUGGESTS THAT THE DELIVERY OF THIS EQUIPMENT 25X1
MAY BE RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTIVITY; A
NIKOLAY ZHUKOV-CLASS MERSHIP DEPARTED THE BLACK SEA ON
DECLARING SUPPOSEDLY FOR ALEXANDRIA WITH DECK CARGO 25X1
OF THREE HIP FUSELAGE CONTAINERS. AN INZHENER BELOV-CLASS
MERSHIP DEPARTED THE BLACK SEA DECLARING FOR 25X1
TARTUS WITH DECK CARGO OF FIVE HIP FUSELAGE CONTAINERS, AND A
LENINSKIY KOMSOMOL-CLASS MERSHIP DEPARTED THE BLACK SEA ON
AWAITING ORDERS FROM ODESSA, WITH A DECK CARGO 25X1
OF 20 KM-66 WORKSHOP VANS.
, COORDINATES 34-54-18N 035-52-1OE
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