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TROOP MOVEMENT, ERITREA PROVINCE CUBCUB AIRFIELD, ETHOPIA

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP89-00121R000200360003-9
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
5
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
February 24, 2011
Sequence Number: 
3
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
February 27, 1982
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24 :CIA-RDP89-001218000200360003-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24 :CIA-RDP89-001218000200360003-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24 :CIA-RDP89-001218000200360003-9 Rou~ING TO: NAM AN SS DATE I NITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMAR6tS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions copy 28 SECRET (Security Classification) 25X1 ~ox1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24 :CIA-RDP89-001218000200360003-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24 :CIA-RDP89-001218000200360003-9 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 USIBONLY- USIB Departments Only ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to .. . Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24 :CIA-RDP89-001218000200360003-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24 :CIA-RDP89-001218000200360003-9 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Attachment to Z-10281/82 Copy -NPIC/PEG (02/82) TROOP MOVEMENT, ERITREA PROVINCE CUBCUB AIRFIELD. ETHIOPIA 25X1 1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: MOVEMENT OF ETHIOPIAN TROOPS IS TAKING PLACE IN ERITREA PROVINCE. 2. (S/D) REMARKS: MOVEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 40 ETHIOPIAN TROOPS IS IN PR~ 0 KESS AT CUBCUB AIRFIELD IN NOP,THERN ERITREA PROVINCE. THE TROOPS ARE LOADIPIG/OFF LOADING LOADING ONE C-47 TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT AND ONE HIP C HELICOPTER [JHICH ARE PARKED NEAR THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. ONE TWIN OTTER AIRCRAFT IS ALSO PRESENT. AIRCRAFT HAVE idOT BEEN SEEN AT THIS AIRFIELD WHEN ONE C-47 WAS OBSERVED. NUMEROUS TENTS/SHELTERS, VEHICLES, DEFENSIVE TRENCHING, AND WEAPON POSITIONS (ALL NOT ON GRAPHIC) IN THIS ETHIOPIAN GARRISON HAVE BEEN PRESENT SINCE AT LEAST CUBCUB AIRFIELD IS 55 NAiT10RTH OF ASMARA AND 90 NM SOUTH OF THE .ETHIOPIA/SUDAN BORDER: - - - - - - - - 3.I (COORDINATES 16-11-45N 038-41-40E COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS BRIEFING BOARD MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE NPIC/PEG OPERATIONS OFFICER.. 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 anti must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. . WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and M othodslnvolved SECRET 25X1 -25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/24 :CIA-RDP89-001218000200360003-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011!02!24 :CIA-RDP89-001218000200360003-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011!02!24 : CIA-RDP89-001218000200360003-9

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