Published on CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov) (https://www.cia.gov/readingroom)


PROBABLE IRAQI ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT QADIMH (TUWWAL) PORT FACILITY, SAUDIA ARABIA (SANITIZED)

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP83T00574R000100900001-6
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
4
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
July 2, 2010
Sequence Number: 
1
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
September 25, 1982
Content Type: 
REPORT
File: 
AttachmentSize
PDF icon CIA-RDP83T00574R000100900001-6.pdf [3]87.53 KB
Body: 
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/02 : CIA-RDP83T00574R000100900001-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/02 : CIA-RDP83T00574R000100900001-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/02 : CIA-RDP83T00574R000100900001-6 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or 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 2010/07/02 : CIA-RDP83T00574R000100900001-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/02 : CIA-RDP83T00574R000100900001-6 Iq Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/02 : CIA-RDP83T00574R000100900001-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/02 : CIA-RDP83T00574R000100900001-6 SCR FT (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER NPIC/PEGT (9/82) 1 1 A-_L-- +.. Z-11398/82 PROBABLE IRAQI ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT QADIMA!N ('TUWa.,~L.) PORT FACILITY, SAUDIA ARABIA rIERSHIP IiAS ARRIVED 1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: AN ARKS DELIVERY FOR PROBABLE TRANSSHIPMENT O IRAQ TO REPLACE WAR LOSSES IS IN PROGRESS. 2. (SWJ) REMARKS: AT LEAST 22 MEDIUM TANKS, TWO PROBABLE MEDIUM TANKS, 51 AI TITANK (AT) GUNS, AND ANTTATR6A ' ` ARTILLERY (AAA) GUNS HAVE ARRIVED (GRAPHIC 1). THREE T-54/55 TANKS ARE ON HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS Iii THE SOUTH TRANSSHIPMENT AREA. SEVEN ADDITIONAL T-54/55 TANKS AND THREE CANVAS-COVERED PROBABLE T-54/55 TANKS ARE ON HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS AT THE QUAY. TWO PROBABLE MEDIUM TANKS ARE IN THE HOLD OF A KRAKOW-CLASS (IERSHIP (NATIONALITY UN.KNOW~N) AND AT LEAST EIGHT EMPTY HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS ARE ON THE QUAY. THIRTY-ONE 100MA AT GUMS HAVE BEEN OFFLOADED FROM A PROBABLE CHINESE-TYPE 36-L, (?10D 0,1,2, OR 4-CLASS MERSHIP. FOURTEEN ADDITIONAL 100MM AT GUNS AND SIX PROBABLE 100MM AT GUNS REJAIN IN THE HOLD OF THE SHIP (GRAPHIC 2). SIX PROBABLE ZU-23 AA GUNS ARE ALSO ON THE QUAY. IN ADDITION, TO THE PROBABLE CHINESE-TYPE 36-L, MOD 0,1,2, OR 4-CLASS MERSHIP AND THE KRAKOW-CLASS MERSHIP, ONE CHINESE YULIN-CLASS t1ERSHIP AND ONE DOLJ-CLASS MERSHIP ARE AT THE QUAY. THE PROBABLE CHINESE-TYPE 36-L 4OD 0,1,2, OR 4-CLASS COORDINATES 22-21-13N 039-05-36E 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 SEGRET 25X1 25X1 25X1 ,_T_------ Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/02 : CIA-RDP83T00574R000100900001-6

Source URL: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp83t00574r000100900001-6

Links
[1] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document-type/crest
[2] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/collection/nga-records-formerly-nima
[3] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP83T00574R000100900001-6.pdf