PROBABLE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION CAMP SHENDI, SUDAN (SANITIZED)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 22, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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PROBABLE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION CAMP
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A PROBABLE PALESTINE LIBERATION)
ORGANIZAT ON O~CAMP HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN CENTRAL
SUDAN .
2. (S~VN) REMARKS: SHENDI PROBABLE PLO REFUGEE CAMP HAS BEEN
NEWLY IDENT~~ED 7 NA9 SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF SHENDI AND 85
NM NORTHWEST OF KHARTOUM. THE CAMP CONSISTS OF ONE LARGE
J3IJILDING, ONE SA9ALL BUILDING, FOUR SI~EDS, 23 LARGE TENTS,
THP,EE Sh;ALL TENTS, AND ONE POSSIBLE ATHLETIC FIELD. IT IS
PARTIALLY FENCE SECURED. THE CAMP DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE
ACTIVE; NG PERSONNEL OR VEHICLES WERE OBSERVED.
(C) THIS CAMP IS PROBABLY THE SUDANESE ARMY TRAINING CAMP
AT MAAGHEEL (16-35-OON 033-27-OOE) WHICIi REPORTEDLY WAS TO
BE USED TO HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 500 PLO MEMBERS.
(SWN/NOFORN) REPORTEDLY, THE PLO CONTINGENT RELOCATED TO
SUDAN COMPLAINED ABOUT THE CAMP INTENDED FOR THEIR USE AND
WERF. MOVED TO AN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FACILITY CLOSER TO
S1-IENDI. THIS MAY ACCOUNT FOR THE LACK OF ACTIVITY SEEN AT
THIS FACILITY.
(SWN) THE GREEK PASSENGER SHIP, NEREUS, WHICH TRANSPORTED
A PLO CONTINGENT FROM BEIRUT, LEBANON, WAS SEEN IN PORT
3. (S)
COORDINATES 16-34-14N 033-27-44E
COLLATERAL REFERENCES --
IR 6-890-0055-82 FROM USDAO KHARTOUM, SUDAN, LOCATION OF
PLO CAMP VICINITY SHENDI, SUDAN (C)
DIADIN 260-10A (AS OF 0036 EDT 18 SEP 82) SUDAN: PLO
TROUBLES.
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(sl'they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
WARNING NOTICE
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22 SEPTEMBER 1982
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