SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL TIME

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• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05302130
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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2020
• Case Number: F-2017-02018
• Publication Date: June 24, 1990

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DIST: 24 JUNE 1990
COUNTRY: LIBERIA
SUBJ: SITUATION REPORT AS ')F 1200 HOURS LOCAL TIME
DOI: 24 JUNE 1990
SUMMARY: FIGHTING BROKE OUT BETWEEN AFL AND NPFL FORCES ON THE
MORNING OF 24 JUNE 1990 IN THE CAREYSBURG AREA NEAR VOA. THE AFL
UNIT DISPATCHED TO CAREYSBURG ON 23 JUNE ABANDONED ITS POSITIONS AT
THE CAREYSBURG CHECKPOINT AND AT FIRESTONE PLANTATION GATE 15 ON THE
SAME EVENING. ACCORDING TO UNTESTED FIRESTONE SOURCES THE REBELS
CLAIMED CONTROL OF COTTONTREE AND ARE PLANNINU TO RETAKE RIA ON 24
JUNE. SOUNDS OF HEAVY WEAPONS FIRE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE
DIRECTION OF BENSONVILLE ON THE MORNING OF 24 JUNE. CITIZENS OF
TINE4 A TOWN NEAR THE LIBERIA�SIERRA LEONE BORDER, WERE REPORTED
LEAVING ON THE MORNING OF 24 JUNE BECAUSE OF RUMORS THAT NPFL FORCES
WERE APPROACHING THE TOWN.
TEXT: 1. FIRING ERUPTED AT BO CAMP ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE
VOICE OF AMERICA (VOA) INSTALLATION IN THE AREA OF CAREYSBURG
(06-24N, 10-33W) THE MORNING OF 24 JUNE. IT HAD ENDED BY 1100 HOURS.
REPORTS FROM VOA INDICATE FORCES BELONGING TO THE NATIONAL PATRIOTIC
FRONT OF LIBERIA (NPFL) AND THE ARMED FORCES OF LIBERIA (AFL)
SOLDIERS WERE INVOLVED BUT NO DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE. FIGHTING MAY
HAVE SPILLED ONTO THE VOA CAMPUS. RFRFIR WFRF RTTII IN THF VOA ARFI�
AFTER THE FIGHTING CEASED. 1
WEAPONS FIRE COMING FROM THE DIRECTION Of BENSONVILLE (06-26N,
LOCAL EMPLOYEES AT VOA ALSO REPORTED HEARING SOUNDS OF HEAVY
10-36W) ON THE MORNING OF 24 JUNE. AT 1030 HOURS REBELS INFORMED VOA
SECURITY OFFICIALS AT THE COMPOUND GATE THAT THE NPFL WAS HEADING
TOWARD BENSONVILLE TO MEET THE AFL. MORE REFUGEES FLEEING THE
BENSONVILLE AREA ENTERED THE VOA INSTALLATION ON THE MORNING
JUNE. AN ESTIMATED 4,000 REFUGEES ARE ON THE INSTALLATI9N.
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3. ACCORDING TO AFL REPORTING COL NEL DAVID ((NIML Yil
COMMANDER OF THE AFL UNIT SENT TO THE AR Y$BuRG AREA 0 23 JUNE
RETURNED To MONROVIA ON THE NIT 0 2 NE. AS A RESULT, SOLDIERS
ABANDONED THEIR POSITIONS AT THE 4 EY Bu QHECOINT AND AT
FIRESTONE PLANTATION (u6-16N, 1 ) AT 1. WHEN THE SOLDIERS
LEARNED THAT NIMLEY HAD RETUNED MONROVIA, MAY DECIDED TO DO THE
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ON MNADOIERLEoNE oNLYAFEW MILES FROM THE ,
. THE MAJORITY OF THE INHABITANTS OF TINEE .(06-58N, 11-19W), ATN;
BoRDER, LEFT THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF RUMORS THAT NPFL FORCES lERE
APPROACHING THE TOWN. THIS ILLUSTRATES THE NERVOUSNESS OF TEE
villAGFRs. THERE Is No INDICATION THE NPFL IS ACTUALLY IN TEE AREA.
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THERE WERE NO RhPORTS OF ANY SHOOTING INCIDENTS AT THE
FIRESTONE PLANTATION ON THE NIGHT OF 23-24 JUNE. ACCORDING TO SECOND(bp)
AND INFORMATION FROM A SERVANT AT THE PLANTATION ON THE MORNING OF
4 JUNE, THE NPFL CONTROLS COTTO TRE NL 10-20W NEAR HARBEL
06-16N 10-21W)). THE REBELS ALSO TOLD THE SERVANT THAT THE NPFL
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6. LESS THAT A MILE FROM THE U.S. EMBASSY A GIO MAN WAS
REPORTEDLY KILLED BY AN AFL SOLDIER ON THE MORNING OF 23 JUNE. THERE(DAJ)
WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF OTHER SHOOTING INCIDENTS THE NIGHT OF 23-24
JUNE. MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THEM� INVOLVING AFL SOLDIERS EITHER
SHOOTING AT SHADOW OR MERELY FIRING INTO THE AIR FOR EFFECT.
WARNING: REPORT CLASS WARNING NOTICE-.
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