LATEST SIZE-UP FROM U.S. INTELLIGENCE ON SOVIET PENETRATION OF AFGHANISTAN

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CREST [1]

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General CIA Records [2]

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CIA-RDP90-00552R000505250124-9

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RIPPUB

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December 22, 2016

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September 2, 2010

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124

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Publication Date:

April 7, 1980

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/09/02 : CIA-RDP90-00552R000505250124-9 STAT V U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT 7 April 1980 [do Latest size-up from U.S. intelligence on Soviet penetration of Afghanistan: Russians control Kabul, other chief cities and main roads-but not the na- tion's hills and mountains. The Af- ghan Army-once 90,000 strong-is now down to 25,000 as deserters ei- ther return home or join the rebels. * * * From intelligence sources comes word that Libya's strong man Muam- mar Qadhafi, long a financier of worldwide terrorism, is suddenly cooling off on the idea. Reason: Qa- dhafi has learned that he himself is the No. I target of terrorists who have been offered huge sums to kill him by some of Qadhafi's intended targets in the Arab world. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/09/02 : CIA-RDP90-00552R000505250124-9