POSSIBLE ARMS DELIVERY CORINTO PORT FACILITIES, NICARAGUA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 29, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 15, 1983
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1. SIGNIFICANCE: TWO PATROL BOATS (PB) MAY HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO
CORINTO (SWN) 25X1
2. REMARKS: THE TWO SMALL PB ARE 25X1
MOORED AT CORINTO NAVAL FAC/MARINE RAILWAY. THEY WERE NOT
PRESENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN AT THESE 25X1
FACILITIES WITHIN THE PAST 10 MONTHS. PATROL BOATS OF THIS
SIZE ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE IN THE NICARAGUAN NAVAL INVENTORY.
THEIR ORIGIN CANNOT BE DETERMINED, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THEY
WERE DELIVERED BY THE NICARAGUAN MERSHIP "MONIMBO". THE
"MONIMBO" WAS ENTERING CORINTO PORT ARRIVING 25X1
FROM NORTH KOREA WHERE IT HAD MADE PORT VISITS AT SONGNIM PORT
FACILITIES , AND AT NAMPO PORT FACILITIES 25X1
NO ARMS LOADING ACTIVITY WAS DETECTED WHILE THE LORI
SHIP WAS IN NORTH KOREA, BUT COVERAGE WAS VERY SPORADIC. NO
DECK CARGO WAS EVIDENT AS THE SHIP ENTERED CORINTO. THE
LARGEST HATCH ON THE "MONIMBO" IS 20.2 BY 8.0 METERS WHICH
WOULD ALLOW THE TWO PB TO BE CARRIED SIDE-BY-SIDE IN THE HOLD
IF TWO DECK LEVELS WERE UTILIZED. ALTHOUGH THESE TWO PB CANNOT
BE IDENTIFIED AS NORTH KOREAN, A LARGE NUMBER OF UNIDENTIFIED
PB OF THIS SIZE ARE PRODUCED IN THAT COUNTRY. THE "MONIMBO" IS
MOORED AT THE NORTH END OF THE QUAY AT CORINTO PORT
FACILITIES. NO MILITARY EQUIPMENT OR SECURITY FORCES ARE
OBSERVED. (SWN)
CORINTO NAVAL FAC/MARINE RAILWAY IS APPROXIMATELY 2 NM
NORTHWEST OF THE PORT. NORMALLY, TWO VEDETTE (FRENCH
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POSSIBLE ARMS DELIVERY
CORINTO PORT FACILITIES, NICARAGUA
DE L'ESTREL) PB, ONE ZHUK PB, AND TWO DABUR PB 25X1
OPERATE FROM THIS FACILITY. ONLY THE ZHUK PB IS ABSENT TODAY.
(SWN)
COORDINATES 12-28-50N 087-10-07W
25X1
25X1
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