SUMMARY OF INFORMATION, PROJECT NUMBER: 8808, SESSION: 52, VIEWER: 079

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00789R000400900001-8
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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 18, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 17, 1989
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
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USMC LTC William (F,;ich) Higgins is currently located in the
immediate vicinity of a school located in the area of Daflivah.
Se2 ENE! OSHRE 1. He is being moved intermittently from one place
LTC Higgins now realizes that it is hidhly
unlikely that he will be executed. This belief coupled with his
military training has helped Higgins gained a salient,
psychological advantage over his captors. He has gained such an
advantage with one of his c.a.ntorc.i3. This "captor" plays a
signific.ant role in eventually facilitating the release of LTC
An "arab leader", believed to be an Iranian national
and described as the "Arab with American brown glasses," will
active role in the release of LTC Higs. An
indi.vi.duA. whose name phonetically surfaced as "Werner/Wanier/Ra-
nier" is involved as a negotiator. (OPS CMTS Th.:: name "Werner"
previously surfaced as a phonetic rendition of a person described
a .c Li. this is the first time that the an "Ranier"
surfaced as a possible variant of Werner.) The "Arab with the
American brown glassed" is a political moderate among a group of
This personality is projected to eventually issue the
order +or the release of LTC Higgins. LTC Higgins will sail to
Port Said, Egypt, via the Red Sea. The vessel carrying LTC
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Higgins will sail amid a group/convoy of ships. (OPS CMTS
Previous reporting indicated LTC Higgins sailing to Tunisia and
Egypt upon his release).
Decause of his somewhat large, conspjcuous physical stature,
Jesse Turner is placed in a crate when he is transferred from one
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..ocation to the next. T..irwrr continues to be disliked by the
capI: ors who have made a special effort to keep him from sight.
Turner is in chains in a cell. However, h- does r-fi:CPiVf.Y. medical
attention on an intermittent basis. His release remains
pi'ojt.,!cti,!O to follow that of Tracy and Reed.
The notion resurfaced that ierry Waite will eventually obtain
his release based on a clever lie that he perpetrates among his
captors. Waite will be among the laGt to be released. He will
be released beforo T-rry Anderson.
obert Polhill is on the move but remains in a separate
location from the other hostages. (OPS DECU').:;E of his
perceived poor physical status, Mr. Polhill repuirLI,Aly remained
g the same location for Quite some time. This is a .firSt
indication of movement on his part.)
The release of the hostages will occur over a period of
several months. it would appear that LTC Higgins will have Sr
opportunity to be released before Easter. (HPS cMTS
perceptions of a predictive nature have been highly inaccurate in
anticipating dates of releasP.)
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