THE CAPTURE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00999A000200010029-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2014
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: December 1, 1974
• Content Type: MISC

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1 The capture took place .at 9 P.M. on
on 2. July (real ti ll0 and
// ended at 10:20
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(Pat heard news on radio).
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1.70 to the Port of Beirut
put him in a Citroin car,
drove about one mile
then switched to a van similar to
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and boarded an old "beat up"
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DHAW style
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out into the Mediter
then north 8 or 9 miles
and back to the coast
to a stone jetty
in a small inlet
near Jounie
and finally tied up to another
DHAW style boat.
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Right after he was put Into the
. van, his captors gave Mo-cpri a sed-.
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injection.
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on the NE side of town
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and the last looks like two
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In a small inlet near Jounie

tied up to another MAW -style boat.

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alternated with barbitmtes.
The captors have put a harness
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with a sawed off shot gun taped
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after the sedative,
Morgan was in a fighting mood.
He was mad and trying to get out-
refused to tell them anything.
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belt is khaki also
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There appear to be 6 people
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1 on fan tail and 2 inside the
boat at all times.
T ey are a very ?iscip inc. group.
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who were later joined by a sixth.
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very short kinky hair .
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sing 'song language but sounds a --
little British.
He ;eems-fairiiTilowledgeaffe and
is the Chief.
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The big black man took Morgan's
Rolex watch.
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Both boats, boats have wood super struc'
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jo and have 10 feet beams.
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on the the bow and stern of the boat.
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There is a battery radio,
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a kerosene lantern,
some maps -
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Down forward in the engine room
there are 2 diesels
a most new -
lots of power.
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Miscellaneous
Pat feels the reason for the
capture was because Morgan is.
a commo specialist (radar and
com uters
and they wanted to pump him
for information.
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