MILITARY ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT FIGHTING AROUND MONROVIA

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06769334
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2020
• Case Number: F-2017-02018
• Publication Date: July 22, 1990

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(8/ NF) SUBJ: MILITARY ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT
FIGHTING AROUND MONROVIA
Identifiers:
Messaging System: 90 0508912
Document Number:
Ingestion ID: 34441782
GUIDE: guide://1012/ymg14
Dates:
Date Acquired: approximated undefined 22-Jul-1990
Date Published: 22-Jul-1990 15:29:00
Date Received: 22-Jul-1990 16:28:20
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: LBR
Region: AFRICA, LIBERIA
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
Warnings: /OC/NF) CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
INTELLIGENCE
(U) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
(U) INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASS S
DIST: 22 JULY 1990
(U) REPORT CLASS-S-7"-e-R-E-T--VVARNING
DISSEMINATION AND EXTRACTION OF INFORMATION
CONTROLLED BY ORIGINATOR. DECL._ BY RECORDED REPORTING
OFFICER. ALL PORTIONS CARRY CLAsii-ic.:A i ION AND CONTROLS OF OVERALL
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411�ThF) 1. THE FIGHTING BETWEEN REBEL AND THE ARMED FORCES OF LIBERIA
(AFL) INTENSIFIED OVER THE 21-22 JULY 1990 WEEKEND. NATIONAL PATRIOTIC FRONT
OF LIBERIA (NPFL) FORCES TWICE ATTACKED THE LIBERIAN BROADCASTING STATION
LOCATED IN PAYNESVILLE (06 17N 1041W) ON 21 JULY BUT WERE REPELLED BOTH
TIMES BY AFL SOLDIERS FROM THE SPECIAL ANTI-TERRORIST UNIT. FIGHTING
BETWEEN NPFL AND AFL FORCES ALSO OCCURRED ON DUPOR ROAD NEAR THE
RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA IN PAYNESVILLE. COMMENT: (b)(1)
THE VICE PRESIDENT IS NOT IN HIS RESIDENCE.). THIS AREA IS BEING HOTLY (b)(3)
CONTESTED AS THE NPFL FORCES A PEAR TO BE ATTEMPTING TO BYPASS THE ELWA
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REDLIGHT AREA (06 14N 10 42 ) TO ENTER THE OLD CONGOTOWN AREA (06 16N 10
44W) OF MONROVIA.
X/F�H1F) 2. AFTER LEARNING THAT SPECIAL SECURITY SERVICE (SSS) DEPUTY
DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS GEORGE ((THOMAS)) HAD BEEN CAPTURED AND
EXECUTED BY JOHNSON'S REBEL FACTION, THE COMMANDER OF THE EXECUTIVE
MANSION GUARD (EMG) BRIGApIER GENERAL DAVID ((NIMELY)) ORDERED THE USE OF
THE BM-21 STALIN ORGAN AGAINST THE REBELS IN THE FREEPORT AND NEW KRU
TOWN AREAS. SSS DEPUTY FOR ADMINISTRATION SAMUEL ((ADJAVON)) WAS ALSO
CAPTURED BUT HIS FATE IS UNKNOWN. DOE WAS UPSET OVER THE EXECUTION AND
ACTING MINISTER OF STATE WISSEH ((MCCLAIN)) WAS SO SHAKEN THAT HE WAS
REDUCED TO TEARS. COMMENT: THE POPULATION IN THE FREEPORT AND
NEW KRU TOWN AREMS FAIRLY DENSE AND THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE AFL
ARTILLERY FIRE IS EXPECTED TO BE HIGH.)
10/ NF) 3. AS OF 22 JULY APPROXIMATELY 500 OF 1,000 EMG SOLDIERS REMAIN
POSTED AT THE MANSION. THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN SENT TO REINFORCE UNITS AT
THE NEW BRIDGE AND IN PAYNESVILLE. SOME EMG SOLDIERS HAVE BEGUN TO
EXPRESS A FEAR OF DYING AND ARE THREATENING TO DESERT. THESE SOLDIERS
NOTE THAT THERE IS A LIMITED SUPPLY OF FOOD (THEY BELIEVE THE SUPPLY IS
DOWN TO JUST TEN BAGS OF RICE) AT THE MANSION AND THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THEY
COULD HOLD OUT FOR LONG. THEY ALSO BELIEVE DOE SHOULD RESIGN AND TURN
THE GOVERNMENT OVER TO AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER, THERE ARE OTHER
FACTIONS OF EMG SOLDIERS WHO INSIST ON FIGHTING TO THE DEATH AND HAVE
THREATENED TO KILL EVERYONE INCLUDING PRESIDENT DOE BEFORE THEY
SURRENDER TO THE REBELS. THE GENERAL BELIEF AMONG SENIOR MILITARY
OFFICERS AT THE MANSION IS THAT ONCE THE NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE MESURADO
RIVER LEADING INTO MONROVIA PROPER IS LOST, THE REBELS WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE
FREELY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE OFFICERS ALSO FEAR THAT SOLDIERS FROM
THE 3RD BATTALION LOCATED AT BARCLAY TRAINING CENTER (06 18N 1048W) WILL
DESERT OR JOIN THE REBELS; THUS, MAKING THEIR TASK OF DEFENDING THE
MANSION MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.
Collection: CC
Creator:
Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
Description: (U) None
Language: en
Precedence: 0
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