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DISSIDENT TRAINING ACTIVITY IN LIBYA

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP84T00171R000100460001-1
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
4
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
February 9, 2012
Sequence Number: 
1
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
June 1, 1983
Content Type: 
MISC
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Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/09: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000100460001-1 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 ARCHIVES 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE w (Security Classification) NOFORN (See inside cover) CONTROL NO. Z-13062/83 3y Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions (Security Classification) Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/09: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000100460001-1 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/09: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000100460001-1 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 .. . Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/09: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000100460001-1 25X1 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/09: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000100460001-1 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/09: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000100460001-1 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/09: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000100460001-1 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Attachment to Z-13062/83 Copy NPIC/IEG (6/83) 1 JUNE 1983 DISSIDENT TRAINING ACTIVITY IN LIBYA SEBHA TRAINING FACILITY EAST (SWN) 1 . SIGNIFICANCE: THIS IS THE FIRST OBSERVATION O F TRAINING ACTIVITY, UTILIZING BTR-60PB ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC), BY A PROBABLE DISSIDENT FORCE IN LIBYA. (SWN) 2.1 REMARKS: IMAGERY OF REVEALED TWO BTR-60PB APC BEING 25X1 USED FOR DRIVER TRAINING BY PROBABLE DISSIDENTS. A GROUP OF PERSONNEL WAS ALSO PRESENT AT THE DRIVER TRAINING AREA, PROBABLY TO VIEW THE ACTIVITY. FOUR BTR-60PB APC WERE NEWLY IDENTIFIED HERE ON AND HAD REMAINED PARKED 25X1 WITHIN THE TRAINING FACILITY. THE BTR-60PB APC ARE THE FIRST ARMORED VEHICLES OBSERVED AT THIS DISSIDENT TRAINING FACILITY. THE TRAINING AND ORIENTATION PROGRAM OBSERVED AT THE FACILITY, SUGGESTS A LIBYAN INTENTION TO PROVIDE MORE SOPHISTICATED MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO CHADIAN OR OTHER DISSIDENT FORCES. IN THE PAST, LANDROVERS AND JEEPS HAVE BEEN THE MAIN VEHICLES SEEN AT THIS FACILITY AND WITH DISSIDENT FORCES IN LIBYA. (SWN) 25X1 , 3.~ COORDINATES 27-01-30N 014-30-OOE (S) 25X1 These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical 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 OR METHODS INVOLVED SECRET 25X1 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/09: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000100460001-1

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