SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1100 HOURS LOCAL TIME

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
06769335
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RIPPUB
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U
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3
Document Creation Date: 
March 9, 2023
Document Release Date: 
September 3, 2020
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Case Number: 
F-2017-02018
Publication Date: 
July 25, 1990
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Approved for Release: 2020/09/03 C06769335 �SEeFTE-THNOFORN Classified By: UNSPECIFIED Classification Reason: UNSPECIFIED Declassify On: April 26, 2042 AI/NF) SUBJ: SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1100 HOURS LOCAL TIME Identifiers: Messaging System: 90 0544239 Document Number: Ingestion ID: 35117800 GUIDE: guide://1012/107683 Dates: Date Acquired: approximated undefined 25-Jul-1990 Date Published: 25-Jul-1990 09:22:00 Date Received: 25-Jul-1990 10:21:52 Coverage: CIA Country Code: LBR Region: AFRICA, LIBERIA Publisher: Agency Acronym: CIA Office Name: NCS Warnings: //NF) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE (U) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (U) INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASS S /N I NTEL DIST: 25 JULY 1990 (U) REPORT CLASS�S-t-C-R-E-L--WARNING DECL: OADR 3Y RECORDED REPORTING OFFICER. ALL PORTIONS CARRY CLASSIFICATION AND CONTROL F OVERALL DOCUMENT.> ORIG/REL END OF MESSAGE SE�ET /NF) 1. FIGHTING PICKED UP AGAIN TODAY IN MONROVIA. AT MID- MORNING, INTENSE HEAVY WEAPONS AND MACHINE GUN FIRE WAS HEARD ON MAMBA POINT FROM THE DIRECTION OF PRESIDENT SAMUEL K. ((DOE))'S EXECUTIVE MANSION. BEFORE DAWN, MACHINE GUN TRACERS WERE SEEN COMING FROM THE DIRECTION OF THE JOHNSON STREET AND MESURADO BRIDGES, WHICH CONNECT MONROVIA TO BUSHROD ISLAND. THE TRACERS WERE FIRED TOWARDS THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. A SHORT TIME LATER, UNIDENTIFIED EXPLOSIONS WERE HEARD FROM THE DIRECTION OF BARCLAY TRAINING CENTER (BTC) (06-18N, 10-48W) AND THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS AREA. FOLLOWING THE EXPLOSIONS, HEAVY MACHINE GUN FIRE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. SMALL ARMS F E AND SOME FIGHTING ALSO WAS SE T//NOFORN 1 Approved for Release: 2020/09/03 C06769335 Approved for Release: 2020/09/03 C06769335 V2�C*17/NOFORN REPORTED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. 4/NF) 3. ACTING MINISTER OF STATE FOR PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS WESEH ((MCCLAIN)) INFORMED THE AMERICAN EMBASSY ON 25 JULY THAT THE AFL MAY START SHELLING REBEL POSITIONS IN THE VICINITY OF ELWA TODAY. THERE WERE REPORTS THAT AFL SOLDIERS COMING FROM THE DIRECTION OF CAMP SCHEIFFLIN (06-13N, 10-35W) WERE ATTACKING REBELS IN THE SOUTHERN CORNER OF ELWA AS OF 1130 HOURS. A FEW REFUGEES ON TFA_GOA4PLEX_IA/EREREPORTED TO HAVE BEEN INJURED DURING THE FIGHTING. /� //NF) 4. TWO HEAVY EXPLOSIONS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE OCCURRED NEAR BONJAL (06-14N, 10-40W) THIS MORNING; HOWEVER, THE AFL CHECKPOINT LOCATED (b)(1) IDP) (b)(3) (b)(1) (b)(3) 500 YARDS SOUTH OF ITS PREVIOUS LOCATION AT BONJAL WAS STILL IN PLACE. th1/11 (b)(1) (b)(3) --(ettNF) 5. MEDICINES SANS FRONTIERES (MSF) DELIVERED 329 BAGS OF RICE TO THE VOICE OF AMERICA (VOA) SITE (06-26N, 10-40W) YESTERDAY. MSF VOLUNTEERS ARE PLANNING TO RETURN TO VOA WITH MEDICAL SUPPLIES TODAY. (b)(1) (b)(3) (b)(3) AF) 6. MONROVIA IS TENSE. REFUGEES ON THE AMERICAN EMBASSY GREYSTONE COMPOUND PANICKED WHEN AFL SOLDIERS FIRED INTO THE AIR YESTERDAY. SEVERAL REFUGEES JUMPED OVER THE EMBASSY WALL BUT ORDER WAS RESTORED. THE CITY REMAINS WITHOUT WATER OR ELECTRICITY ON 25 JULY. STORES AR CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE FIGHTING AND PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR FOOD. (b)(1) (b)(3) (b)(3) Collection: CC Creator: Agency Acronym: CIA Office Name: NCS Description: (U) None (b)(1) (b)(3) Sp.E17/NOFORN 2 Approved for Release: 2020/09/03 C06769335 Approved for Release: 2020/09/03 C06769335 SECRET//NOFORN Language: en Precedence: 0 Subject: None SECRET//NOFORN Approved for Release: 2020/09/03 C06769335