PROBABLE UNITA HEADQUARTERS BIONGUE RIVER UNITA BASE CAMP COMPLEX, ANGOLA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: November 7, 1983
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NPIC/IEG (11/83)
7 NOVEMBER 1983
PROBABLE UNITA HEADQUARTERS
BIONGUE RIVER UNITA BASE CAMP COMPLEX, ANGOLA (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE NATIONAL UNION FOR THE
TOTAL INDEPENDENCE OF ANGOLA (UNITA) IS BELIEVED TO BE IN
SOUTHEASTERN ANGOLA AT BIONGUE RIVER UNITA BASE CAMPS 1
AND 2. (SWN)
PROVIDED THE FIRST GOOD LOOK AT THIS
COMPLEX AND ITS FACILITIES. SITUATED ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER,
THE CAMPS ARE A COMBINATION MILITARY BASE AND VILLAGE,
COLLECTIVELY COVERING AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 8 SQ NM. THE
CAMPS CONSIST OF AN UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF HUTS AND HUT-LIKE
STRUCTURES OF VARYING SIZES. A NETWORK OF INTERCONNECTING
FOOT TRAILS AND VEHICLE TRACKS WERE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE
CAMPS. AGRICULTURAL PLOTS WERE SEEN IN OPEN AREAS.
DEFENSE/SECURITY MEASURES WERE NOTED THROUGHOUT THE CAMPS AND
INCLUDED NUMEROUS FOXHOLES AND WEAPONS FIRING POSITIONS,
DEFENSIVE TRENCHES, AND AT LEAST SIX REVETTED THREE-POSITION
PROBABLE AA SITES (ONE OCCUPIED) ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE
CAMPS. AN ENTRANCE GATE AND CHECKPOINT WAS IDENTIFIED ON THE
MAIN ROAD LEADING INTO CAMP 1. TROOP FORMATIONS, AND THE
PRESENCE OF NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS AND VEHICLES INDICATED THE
CAMPS WERE VERY ACTIVE. (SWN)
CAMP 1 APPEARS TO FUNCTION MAINLY AS A HOUSING AND SUPPORT
AREA. FACILITIES IDENTIFIED INCLUDED, A LARGE PROBABLE
CIVILIAN HOUSING AREA, A VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND PARKING AREA
AND A LARGE CIRCULAR SHAPED AMPHITHEATER (GRAPHIC 2).
ADDITIONALLY, AN AREA WITH NUMEROUS LARGER HUTS PROBABLY USED
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES WAS ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE
CAMP (NOT ON GRAPHIC). (SWN)
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CAMP 2 FUNCTIONS MAINLY AS A MILITARY HOUSING AND TRAINING
FACILITY. PROBABLE UNIT SIZE BILLETING AREAS CONSISTING OF
RECTANGULAR-SHAPED OPEN AREAS WITH A PERIMETER OF HUTS WERE
IDENTIFIED ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE CAMP (GRAPHIC 3).
ADDITIONAL AREAS CONSISTED OF CIVILIAN HOUSING, PROBABLE
VISITOR HOUSING COMPOUNDS AND VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE AND
SUPPORT FACILITIES (NOT ON GRAPHIC). TRAINING FACILITIES
IDENTIFIED IN THE CAMP AREA INCLUDED AN OBSTACLE COURSE, A
LARGE PARADE GROUND, AND AT LEAST TWO ATHLETIC FIELDS.
(GRAPHIC 4) TWO SMALL ARMS FIRING'RANGES WERE SOUTHWEST OF
THE TRAINING AREA (NOT ON GRAPHIC). (SWN)
TOGETHER, THE CAMPS COMPRISE THE LARGEST UNITA BASE IDENTIFIED
TO DATE IN ANGOLA. THE SIZE, REMOTE LOCATION, AND THE
RELATIONSHIP OF THE SUPPLY ROUTES (VEHICLE TRACKS) WITH OTHER
UNITA CAMPS IN THE REGION GIVE STRONG EVIDENCE THAT THIS IS
UNITA'S HEADQUARTERS AND PRIMARY BASE CAMP, FREQUENTLY
REFERRED TO AS "JAMBA" IN OPEN SOURCE REPORTING. (SWN)
COORDINATES 17-30-30S 022-44-45E (S)
COORDINATES 17-32-OOS 022-43-40E (S)
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