TANK BATTALION EL TEMPISQUE TANK STORAGE AREA, NICARAGUA (SANITIZED)

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April 2, 1982

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200008-5 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200008-5 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200008-5 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) Qx. CONTROL NO. COPY O F J y Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200008-5 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200008-5 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and 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 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200008-5 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200008-5 SECRET NOFORN (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of L Copy Attachment to Z-15195/82 NPIC/IEG(4/82) 2 APRIL 1982 TANK BATTALION EL TEMPISQUE TANK STORAGE AREA, NICARAGUA 1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: CONFIRMATION OF TANK BATTALION IN NICARAGUA. 2. (S/D) REMARKS: FIFTEEN T-54/55 MEDIUM TANKS AND FOUR POSSIBLE TANKS WERE IDENTIFIED AT EL TEMPISQUE TANK STORAGE AREA THIS IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF TANKS OBSERVED ON IMAGERY OF' NICARAGUA AND REPRESENTS THE MAJORITY OF THE 22 TANKS EXPECTED TO BE IN A NICARAGUAN TANK BATTALION. (S/D) FIVE OF THE 15 TANKS WERE CANVAS COVERED. IN ALL CASES HAZE PREVENTED POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF THE FOUR POSSIBLE TANKS. SIXTEEN OF THE TANKS WERE PARKED IN STORAGE REVETMENTS AND THREE WERE IN THE DRIVER'S TRAINING AREA. THE STORAGE REVETMENTS HAVE USUALLY BEEN COVERED BY CANVAS ON PREVIOUS COVERAGE. TANKS WERE FIRST OBSERVED HERE IN AUGUST 1981. THE PREVIOUS HIGH COUNT OF TANKS WAS EIGHT 3. (S) COORDINATES 12-13-OON 086-20-30W .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 NORMALLY, ONLY THREE SECRET 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200008-5