MILITARY UNIT DEPARTURE JIJIGA, ETHIOPIA

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CREST [1]

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NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]

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CIA-RDP82T00709R000102670001-1

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December 28, 2016

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June 30, 2010

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Publication Date:

July 25, 1982

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REPORT

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000102670001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000102670001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000102670001-1 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution- Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to .. . Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000102670001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000102670001-1 Iq Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000102670001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82T00709R000102670001-1 SECRET Page I of (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Attachment to Z-1.5788/82 NPIC/IEG (7/82) 27 JULY 1982 MILITARY UNIT DEPARTURE JJB IIGA. ETHIOPIA 1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: ELEMENTS OF THE ETHIOPIAN 10TH DIVISION IIAVE.E DEPARTED 1TROI GARRISONS IN THE TOWN OF JIJIGA ON THE NORTHERN EDGE, OF THE OGADEN REGION. 2. (S/D) REMARKS: A BATTALION OF 122MM HOWITZERS D-30 AND ELEMENTS OF A TANK BATTALION WERI; ABSENT FROM JIJIGA. VEIIICL.E MAIN'T'ENANCE AND STORAGE FACILITY BOTH UNITS WIRE PRESENT UNITS STILL - S INSTALLATION INCLUDED A BATTALION OF :ISSMII SELF-PROPELLED HOWITZERS H-109 AND A BATTERY OF 130NI~1 FTI LB GUN;> 1\1-46. OTHER UNITS TI-HAT DEPARTED TILE JIJIGA AREA 0 INCLUDED A SECOND BATTALION OF 122MM HOWITZERS D-30 THAT HAD BEEN DI,FI,OYII) 10IST OF TOWN AND AN INFANTRY BATTALION THAT IIAD BEEN HOUSED IN A ]IIVOUAC AhUA IVITIIIN JIJIGA ARMY BARRACKS NORTI-IWEST (PARTIALLY ON GRAPHIC 2). THIS B:[VOUAC AREA CONSISTED OF APPROXIMATELY 175 TI'lO-I-IAN Ai,II) 30 iMl?D1_IJi TENTS. BY LATE JULY THE MAJORITY OF THE TENTS IN THIS BIVOUAC I (A:I) BEEN STRUCK. (S/D) TIT" PRESENT DISPOSITION OF THESE RECENTLY DEPARTED UNITS IS UNKNOWN. I`I IESE UNITS MAY I-IAVE DEPLOYED TO THE SOMA1, I BORDER IN RESPONSE TO P13CFIN'T (;LASHES BETWEEN MILITARY FORCES OF SOMALIA AND THE I?'IIIIOP AN BACKED INSURGENT FORCES OF THE SOMALI DhMIOCRATIC SALVATION FRONNT. (S/D) NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY WAS IDENTIFIED AT INSTALLATIONS IN TIIE JIJIGA APEA U 111. (;I 1 MUSE TWO CUBAN BRIGADES. TRE-Si 'III BRIGADES, ONE ARMOR AND ONE ARTILLERY, HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED NEAR JIJIGA SINCE MID-1978. 3. (Si COORDINATES 09--21-11N 042-47-2712 COORDINATES 09-21-15N 042-40-101, i h;3; nou ; tutee been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- yrtcal work. I heir use ;lot] Id be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for Pntl must he considered valid only for the rr porting period as indicated by the date of issue. 1 0/AfANINC N6ItCE~ init ingenr r ur c.w nl l 1 thud Irmo Ivr d SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82T00709R000102670001-1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1