PROBABLE LIBYAN ARMS DELIVERY TO POLISARIO FORCES IN ALGERIA MERS EL KEBIR NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD AND OUED TATRAT POLISARIO CAMP NO. 1 (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: September 14, 1982
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16 SEPTEMBER 1982
PROBABLE LIBYAN ARMS DELIVERY TO POLISARIO FORCES IN ALGERIA
MERS EL KEBIR NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD AND
OUED TATRAT POLISARIO CAMP NO.1
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THE RECENT ARRIVAL OF ARMOR AT A
POLISARIO CAMP IN ALGERIA, PROVIDES ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE OF
CONTINUED LIBYAN SUPPORT TO THE POLISARIO.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: SIXTEEN MEDIUM TANKS AND THREE MAZ-537
HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTER TRAILERS (NOT ON GRAPHIC) WERE NEWLY
IDENTIFIED AT OUED TATRAT POLISARIO CAMP NO.1 ON 25X1
THIS EQUIPMENT, WHICH ARRIVED SINCE 25X1
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COORDINATES 35-43-30N 000-41-15W
COORDINATES 27-30-20N 008-03-30W
COLLATERAL REFERENCE: MINIBOARD NPIC/PEG, 25X1
ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT ACTIVITY, Z-11178/82, 16 AUG 82
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WAS PROBABLY PRESENT ON IMAGERY OF HOWEVER, LbA]I
HEAVY HAZE AND OBLIQUITY PRECLUDED THEIR IDENTIFICATION.
THIS EQUIPMENT PROBABLY ARRIVED FROM LIBYA, VIA MERS EL KEBIR
NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD, WHERE 16. T-54/55 MEDIUM TANKS AND
FOUR MAZ-537 HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTER. TRAILERS, EACH CARRYING A
MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER (MRL), HAD BEEN OFFLOADED FROM A
LIBYAN ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF CARGO SHIP (AKR) BY 25X1
EXCEPT FOR ONE MAZ-537, ALL OF THIS EQUIPMENT HAD DEPARTED
THE DOCK BY F -1 THE ADDITION OF THESE 16 TANKS TO 25X1
THIS MAJOR POLISARIO BASE CAMP BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
TANKS AT THE BASE TO 43. OUED TATRAT IS 11 NM SOUTHEAST OF
TINDOUF, ALGERIA, 33 NM EAST OF THE ALGERIAN-WESTERN SAHARAN
BORDER AND 620 NM SOUTHWEST OF THE ALGERIAN PORT AT MERS EL
KEBIR. F_ -1 25X1
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