LIBERIA: DOE'S DEPARTURE IMMINENT

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06861714
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2020
• Case Number: F-2017-02018
• Publication Date: July 5, 1990

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Contents
USSR: Conflict Begins To Emerge at Party Congress
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Liberia: Doe's Departure Imminent
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Germanys: Off to Good Start
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Albania: Odds of More Trouble High
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Koreas: Prime Ministers May Talk
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Note Hungary: Emergency Economic Program
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In Brief 9
Special Analyses
USSR: Seeking Western Economic Aid
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LIBERIA: Doe's Departure Imminent
Peace talks scheduled for today in Sierra Leone have been overtaken
by military events that almost certainly will speed President Doe's
departure.
Doe is not prepared to
resign at this time and believes his troops can defeat the rebels in
Monrovia.
Fighting on the perimeters of Monrovia continued yesterday. As of
late afternoon, the army still held the St Paul River Bridge and Camp
Schieffelin Although the rebels
controlled Brewerville in the north and most of Paynesville in the
south, nearby Camp Ramrod was still being contested. There was
heavy fighting at the Elwa junction, and army troops may have
withdrawn from that area
Large numbers of Liberian civilians have sought refuge at US
facilities. Some 5,000 have streamed into the VOA compound near
Careysburg, and 3,000 more are outside the US diplomatic receiving
site near Brewerville; another 5,000 are seeking refuge at the
US-managed OMEGA navigational station
Monrovia still has no water or electricity, and stores remain
closed. Nervous soldiers are stopping most traffic at numerous army
checkpoints throughout the capital. They are beginning to harass US
citizens at checkpoints There is
growing anti-US sentiment among military elements,
Comment: If Taylor launches an assault on downtown Monrovia
today and Julue has indeed left the capital, the army is unlikely to
mount an organized defense. Most soldiers instead probably will seek
ways to protect themselves and their families. Doe could ouickly
change his mind about the timing of his departure.
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