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• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05302128
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2020
• Case Number: F-2017-02018
• Publication Date: June 26, 1990

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WARNING: INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE.
REPORT CLASS S E C R E T WNINTEL-
DIST: 26 JUNE 1990
COUNTRY: LIBERIA
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SUMMARY: AS OF 1200 HOURS ON 26 JUNE 1990, AFL AND NPFL FORCES WERE
REPORTED TO BE PRESENT IN THE CAREYSBURG AREA. ACCORDING TO THE AFL,
COLONEL JACK WAS SUCCESSFUL IN RETAKING THE CAREYSBURG AREA ON 25
JUNE. THE AFL CLAIMED THE REBELS TOOK A BEATING BUT PROVIDED NO
INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF NPFL KILLED. 50 AK-47 RIFLES AND OTHER
SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPONS TAKEN FROM REBEL BODIES WERE TRANSPORTED FROM
THE CAREYSBURG AREA TO MONROVIA ON 25 JUNE. 1HE AFL ALSO REPORTED
THAT IT CAPTURED THE CHIEF MEDICINE MAN OF NPFL SPOKESMAN WOEWIYU
NEAR BENSONVILLE ON 25 JUNE. HOWEVER, VOA OFFICIALS REPORTED ON THE
MORNING OF 26 JUNE THAT THEY DID NOT HE ANY SHOOTING NIGHT OF 25/26
JUNE. THE VOA OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED THAT BETWEEN 100-200 REBELS
WERE PRESENT AT THE MAIN GATE OF THE INSTALLATION NIGHT OF 25/26
JUNE. THE LARGE REBEL PRESENCE APPARENTLY PERSUADED MANY OF THE
REFUGEES TO LEAVE THE VOA COMPOUND AND RETURN TO THEIR CAMP OUTSIDE
THE MAIN GATE AT VOA. AS OF 1200 HOURS ON 26 JUNE, THE LIBERIAN
COUNCIL OF CHURCHES PEACE MARCH WAS PROCEEDING CALMLY. THERE WERE NO
REPORTS OF SHOOTING BY AFL SOLDIERS ANYWHERE IN MONROVIA NIGHT OF
25/26 JUNE.
TEXT: 1. ACCORDING TO LIBERIAN MILITARY REPORTING, THE ARMED FORCES
F LIBERIA (AFL) SOLDIERS GAINED CONTROL OF THE CAREYSBURG (06-24N,
0-33W) AREA AT 1500 HOURS ON 25 JUNE 1990. THE AFL ALSO CLAIMED IT
DISPERSED NATIONAL PATRIOTIC FRONT OF LIBERIA (NPFL) FORCES FROM THE
BENSONVILLE (06-26N 10-36W) AREA AND FROM THE FENDELL CAMPUS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA LOCATED ABOUT THREE MILES FROM THE CAREYSBURG
91pCKPOiN6.EDCONAng OF 24mBrATAEIONTLIUTAIANINC2LOUILHENRY
(06-15N 10-22W) 18-22W) AND THE EXECUTIVE MANN TO RETAKE ICARETEBURG
AREA. THE AFL REPORTED BETWEEN 11 AND 15 SOLDIERS KILLED AND A MAJOR
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A ALSO REPORTED THAT IT INFLICTED
DID NOT REPORT HOW MANY NPFL R KILLED. DRAg 3y ETIIEBfiE
MONROVIA
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REBELS KILLED IN THE CAREYSBURG AREA. (b)(1),
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FOR INTERROGATION NIGHT OF 2 JUNE. (b)(1)
� THE AFL ALSO REPORTED THAT THE REBELS WERE USING NIGHT (b)(3)
PATROLS IN THE BENSONVILLE - CAREYSBURG AREA, ACCORDING TO THE AFL,
THE REBELS USED THIS TACTIC AGAINST THREE SOLDIERS ON THE NIGHT OF 24
JUNE THE SOLDIERS WERE GUARDING THE CHECKPOINT.AT CROLIERVILLE
( 6- N, 10-38W)� LOCATED NEAR BENSONVILLEI, AND WERE ATTACKED BY A
GROUP OF ABOUT 15 REBELS. THE REBELS CAPTURED THE AFL SOLDIERS AND
CUT THEIR THROATS. ONE SOLDIER SURVIVED AND LATER REPORTED THE
INCIDENT TO OFFICIALS AT BTC. (b)(1)
4. IN CONTRAST TO AFL REPORTING, LOCAL VOICE OF AMERICA (0A) THE'
VOA REPORTED ON THE MORNING OF 26 JUNE THAT VOA WAS QUIET. THE
VOA EMPLOYEES ADDED THAT NO SHOTS WERE HEARD FROM ANY DIRECTION NIGHT
OF 2/26 JUNE. THEY REPORTED THAT BETWEEN 100-e00 NPFL SOLDIERS WERE
PRESENT AT THE FRONT GATE OF THE COMPOUND DURING THE NIGHT OF 25/26.
THE LARGE REBEL PRESENCE APPARENTLY IMPROVED THE CONFIDENCE OF THE
REFUGEES BECAUSE MANY WERE REPORTED TO BE MOVING OUT AND SETTING UP
CAMP OUTSIDE THE FRONT GATE OF VOA. OTHER REFUGEES MAY BE PREPARING
TO MOVE BACK TO THE CAREYSBURG AND BENSONVILLE AREAS, BUT WERE
SHOWING SIGNS OF APPREHENSION BECAUSE OF RUMORS THAT AFL SOLDIERS
WERE STILL IN THE VICINITY. T1 ADDITION, THE HEAVY RAINS WERE
REPORTED TO BE RETARDING THF MOVFMFNT OF RFFGEES OUT OF VOA. (b)(1)
5. AS OF THE MORNING OF 26 JUNE, THE SITUATION AT THE FIRESTONE (D (b3(3)AJ)
.PLANTATION (06-16N,10-22W) WAS QUIET AND THERE WAS STILL NO
ION LINK WITH BONG MINE (06-49N, 10-20W). (b)(1)
AT 1200 HOURS ON 26 JUNE, THE PEACE MARCH SPONSORED BY THE
COUNCIL OF CHURCHES WAS UNDERWAY. THE CROWD WAS REPORTED TO BE
MOVING PEACEFULLY TOWARDS THE EXECUTIVE PAVILION. THE CROWD WAS
ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 1.000 TO 2.000 INITIDUALS.
(. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF ANY SHOOTING INCIDENTS
NIGHT OF 25/26 JUNE, TENSION IN MONROVIA REMAINED HIGH. SHOPS AND
BUSINESSES CLOSED EARLY ON 25 JUNE AS A RESULT OF AN NPFL
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT WOULD NOT ATTEND THE FREETOWN PEACE TALKS AND
WAS PREPARING TO TAKE MONROVIA. WHILE A HEAVY RAIN STORM MAY HAVE
ffiU9,nU2nEmSTYED INDOORS LAST EVENING AND THE STREETS WERE
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