SOVIET SWEEP OPERATION AYBAK AREA, AFGHANISTAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000200590010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: February 14, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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SOVIET SWEEP OPERATION
AYBAK AREA, AFGHANISTAN
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A SOVIET SWEEP OPERATION IS IN PROGRESS
AROUND THE VILLAGE OF GADI.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: ELEMENTS OF THE SPECIAL-PURPOSE FORCES UNIT
FROM AYBAK SOVIET BIVOUAC HAVE ENCIRCLED THE 25X1
VILLAGE OF GADI, APPROXIMATELY TWO NM NORTH OF THE BIVOUAC
AREA. THREE PROBABLE TANKS AND 11 BHP ARMORED PERSONNEL
CARRIERS (APC) HAVE SURROUNDED THE VILLAGE. ELEVEN BMP, EIGHT
CARGO TRUCKS, AND FIVE OTHER VEHICLES ARE ON THE ROAD SOUTHWEST
OF THE VILLAGE (ALL NOT ON GRAPHIC). A BATTERY OF FOUR 122MM
D-30 HOWITZERS, DEPLOYED ADJACENT TO THE BIVOUAC AREA, ARE
PROVIDING ARTILLERY SUPPORT TO THE OPERATION.
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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