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MOTORIZED INFANTRY BRIGADE VILA MONTEPUEZ ARMY BARRACKS, MOZAMBIQUE

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP84T00171R000200360001-1
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RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
4
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
October 6, 2011
Sequence Number: 
1
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
August 13, 1983
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/10/06: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000200360001-1 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE I NITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACLION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE w SECRET (Security Classification) NOFORN (See inside cover) CONTROL NO. 2-11991 /F3 NPIC/PEG (8/83) COPY OF Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) c5 72 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/10/06: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000200360001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/10/06: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000200360001-1 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 ... Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/10/06: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000200360001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/10/06: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000200360001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/10/06: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000200360001-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/10/06: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000200360001-1 SECRET NOFORN (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Attachment to Z-11991/83 NPIC/PEG (8/83) Copy MOTORIZED INFANTRY BRIGADE VILA MONTEPUEZ ARMY BARRACKS, MOZAMBIQUE 1. SIGNIFICANCE: A MOTORIZED INFANTRY BRIGADE IS NEWLY IDENTIFIED. (SWN) 2. REMARKS: THE BRIGADE CONSISTS OF ONE TANK BATTALION, TWO MOTORIZED INFANTRY BATTALIONS, AND SUPPORT ELEMENTS. EQUIPMENT INCLUDES 21 T-34/85 AND SIX T-54/55 MEDIUM TANKS, FOUR BTR-60PB AND 20 BTR-152 ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC), TWO BRDM-2 ARMORED SCOUT CARS, AND SEVERAL TRUCKS. THE BTR-60 APC, WHICH ARE PROBABLY SUBORDINATE TO HEADQUARTERS ELEMENTS, WERE HERE AS EARLY (SWN) VILA MONTEPUEZ IS IN THE NORTHERN MILITARY REGION, APPROXIMATELY 120 NM SOUTH OF THE MOZAMBIQUE-TANZANIA BORDER. (SWN) 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 SECRET 25X1 25X1 nlr)r-nQNJ Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/10/06: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000200360001-1

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