ARMY ASSUMES COMMAND AND CONTROL OF CUTUFI SEARCH OPERATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP08C01297R000700030067-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2012
• Sequence Number: 67
• Publication Date: September 25, 1983
• Content Type: CABLE

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COUNTRY: (U) VENEZUELA (VE), COLOMBIA (CO)
SUBJ:?-------REtr-M----t)ARMYASSUr21MANAND
IONTROr-DF CUTUFI SEARCH OPERATIONS! U)
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WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY
EVALUATED INTEL
DOI: (U) 830923
REQS: (U) K-OSI-00046, M-4BX-21845, U-UCR-42673,
Z-D13-7001
SOURCE:
SUMMARY: (C/NOFORN) DURING A 23 SEP 83 MEETING WITH
DIRECTOR OF VE ARMY OPERATIONS, BG EDGAR EUSTOQUIO
((HERNANDEZ)) ORTEGA, THE GENERAL INDICATED THAT
THE ARMY HAS ASSUMED COMMAND AND CONTROL OF ALL SEARCH
AND DESTROY IN THE CUTUFI (0709N/07158W) AREA NEAR THE
VE-CO BORDER. THE AREA WAS THE SCENE OF AN ALLEGED
COMBINED COLOMBIAN ELN/VENEZUELAN BANDERA ROJA ATTACK
ON A VE NATIONAL GUARD BORDER OUTPOST ON 17 SEP 83.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFO. MENTION OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY COORDINATING JUNTA
(JCR) SURFACED DURING THE MEETING.
TEXT: 1. (C/NOFORN) ACCORDING THE GEN HERNANDEZ,
THE COMMANDER OF THE FIRST BRIGADE OF THE FIRST
INFANTRY DIVISION HAS OPERATIONAL CONTROL OVER CAZADORES,
DISIP COUNTER-TERRORIST STRIKE FORCES AND GUARDIA
NACIONAL UNITS WHICH WERE ORGANIZED INTO A TASK FORCE
SUPPORTED BY ARMY HELICOPTERS. FROM THE TACHIRA
AREA (0750N/07205W FROM GAZETTEER) ARMY GENERAL ITALO
((DEL VALLE)) ALLIEGRO IS OVERALL COMMANDER OF THE
OPERATION WHICH .t-'g----COMMITIATED-WITH---