MILITARY ACTIVITY HARAD, YEMEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A001800010008-3
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 2007
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 26, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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PRESIDENT NASIR OF EGYPT AND KING FAYSAL
OF SAUDI ARABIA MET AT JUDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA
IN AUG 65 IN AN ATTEMPT TO END THE THREE
YEAR OLD YEMEN WAR. THE MEETING RESULTED IN
THE SIGNING OF THE JUDDAH AGREEMENT ON 24 AUG 65
WHICH CALLED FOR A CEASE FIRE BY 23 NOV 65, THE
EGYPTIAN WITHDRAWAL OF HER FORCES FROM YEMEN
BY 23 SEP 66, AND THE CESSATION OF MILITARY
ASSISTANCE TO THE ROYALISTS BY SAUDI ARABIA.
THE AGREEMENT ALSO PROVIDED FOR A CONFERENCE
TO ESTABLISH A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT WHICH
WOULD RULE UNTIL A PLEBISCITE COULD BE HELD.
THE CONFERENCE CONVENED AT HARAD, YEMEN ON
23 NOV 65, AND RECESSED IN DECEMBER AFTER
FAILING TO COME TO ANY AGREEMENT.
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MILITARY ACTIVITY
HARAD, YEMEN
1. SIGNIFICANCE: NEWLY IDENTIFIED MILITARY INSTALLATION NEAR
THE YEMEN/SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER.
2. REMARKS:
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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PRESIDENT NASIR OF EGYPT IN HIS MAY DAY SPEECH
ACCUSED SAUDI ARABIA OF USING THE SAUDI BORDER
TOWNS OF QIZAN AND NAJRAN AS "BASES OF AGGRES-
SION" AND STATED THAT SHOULD FURTHER AGGRESSION
OCCUR, HE WOULD NOT ONLY STRIIE THE TOWNS BUT
ALSO OCCUPY THEM.
IN NORTHWESTERN YEMEN APPROXIMATELY 5 NM SOUTH
OF THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER AND APPROXIMATELY
50 NM SE OF QIZAN, SAUDI ARABIA.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION: THIS MISSION.
NEGATION DATE:
TWO TENT AREAS CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 75
SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: NONE.
DIP't ]NSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS: HARAD AIRFIELD: -800 X 150 FT NE/SW SERVICEABLE
9. MISSION READOUT: THIS MISSION REVEALS 361 TENTS IN AND AROUND
THE TOWN OF HARAD.
JB - 25 TANKS (15 T-34/85 TANKS, 5 UNDER CAMOUFLAGE NETS, AND 5 CANVAS-
COVERED), 174 CARGO TRUCKS, 8 UTILITY VEHICLES, AND AN OCCUPIED 6-GUN
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For informat
Division, NPIC.
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These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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EQUIPMENT
25 TANKS 115 T-34/85)
1 CRATE
174 CARGO TRUCKS
8 UTILITY VEHICLES
361 TENTS
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