PARADE ACTIVITY DUMA, SYRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91T00712R000100310006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 26, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. SIGNIFICANCE: ACTIVITY RELATING TO PROBABLE PREPARATIONS FOR A
LARGE MILITARY PARADE CONTINUES IN AN ASSEMBLY AREA, 7 NM
EAST-NORTHEAST OF DUMA. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED ON
Attachment to Z-15181/83
NPIC/PEG (09/83)
PARADE ACTIVITY
DUMA, SYRIA
(SWN)
2. REMARKS:I IA LARGE NUMBER OF VEHICLES 25X1
AND PIECES OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT WERE GATHERED NEAR THE LARGE
MILITARY PARADE FIELD. EQUIPMENT PARKED ON OR BESIDE THE
PARADE FIELD INCLUDED TWO HIP HELICOPTERS, ELEMENTS OF A TANK
BATTALION (BN), ONE MECHANIZED (MECH) INFANTRY (INF) COMPANY
(CO), ONE SP-GUN BATTERY (BTRY), ONE PROBABLE 57MM S-60
ANTIAIRCRAFT (AA) ETRY, AND ONE ZU-23 ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY
HEAVY MACHINE GUN (AAHMG) BTRY. A POSSIBLE AIR DEFENSE SITE
WITH THREE ZSU-23/4 SPAA GUNS 25X1
AND AT LEAST TWO S-60 AA GUNS WERE DEPLOYED IMMEDIATELY
NORTHEAST OF THE PARADE FIELD. ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS OF THE TANK
BN WERE IN REVETMENTS NORTHEAST OF THE PARADE FIELD. ONE
MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER (MRL) BTRY AND ONE MECH INF CO WERE
PARKED IN AN AREA SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE PARADE FIELD. THIS
EQUIPMENT WAS NOT OBSERVED A LARGE NUMBER OF 25X1
PERSONNEL, IN APPROXIMATELY 50 MARCHING UNITS, WERE ON THE
PARADE FIELD AND A LINE OF PERSONNEL WERE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF
THE REVIEWING STAND. AT LEAST 110 BUSES WERE PARKED IN THE
AREA. ADDITIONAL ROOFING PANEL BEEN PLACED ON THE
REVIEWING STAND (SWN). 25X1
ALL TROOPS, MILITARY EQUIPMENT, AND 25X1
BUSES HAVE DEPARTED THE AREA OF THE REVIEWING STAND AND PARADE
FIELD. ONE MECH INF CO AND ONE SP-GUN BTRY ARE LINED UP IN TWO
COLUMNS NORTHEAST OF THE PARADE FIELD (NOT ON GRAPHIC). AN
ADDITIONAL MRL BTRY HAS ARRIVED SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE PARADE
FIELD (NOT ON GRAPHIC). THE PROBABLE 57MM S-60 AA BTRY AND THE
ZU-23 AAHMC BTRY HAVE MOVED TO AN AREA NORTHEAST OF THE PARADE
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 date of issue.
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Attachment to Z-15181/83
NPIC/PEG (09/83)
FIELD, AND THE TANKS APPEAR TO HAVE JOINED THE TANK BN DEPLOYED
IN REVETMENTS NORTHEAST OF THE PARADE FIELD. A TRUCK-MOUNTED
CRANE HAS BEEN MOVED INTO POSITION IN FRONT OF THE REVIEWING
STAND AND HAS RESUMED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, PLACING ROOFING
PANELS ON THE STAND. (SWN)
THIS ACTIVITY IS PROBABLY A REHEARSAL FOR AN UPCOMING PARADE.
THE MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE PARADE WILL CONSIST OF MARCHING UNITS
SUPPLEMENTED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF TANK, MECH INF, ARTY, AND
AIR DEFENSE UNITS. (SWN)
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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 date of issue.
WARNING NOTICE
Intelligence Sources
and Methods Involved
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