MUCUSSO MILITARY CAMP NEWLY IDENTIFIED IN SOUTHERN ANGOLA

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• Publication Date: May 19, 1982
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MUCUSSO MILITARY CAMP
NEWLY IDENTIFIED IN SOUTHERN ANGOLA
Z-15769/82
NP:IC/IEG (7/82)
15 JULY 1982
I. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW MILITARY CAMP, PROBABLY SERVING AS A SUPPORT
BASE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN ASSISTANCE TO UNITA, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED NEAR THE
NAMIBIAN BORDER.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: MUCUSSO MILITARY CAMP, A LARGE LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT
FACILITY, WAS NEWLY IDENTIFIED
APPROXIMATELY 2 NM 25X1
NORTH OF TIIE NAMIBIA BORDER IN CUANDO CUBANGO PROVINCE IN SOUTHERN
ANGOLA. WHILE A SMALL PROBABLE MILITARY CAMP HAS BEEN PRESENT JUST
NORTHWEST OF THE NEAIZ13Y MUCUSSO AIRFIELD SINCE AT LEAST 25X1
JUNE 1979, THIS NEW, LARGER CAMP HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SINCE APRIL 1981.
TIIE CAMP, DISPERSED IN A FORESTED AREA, CONSISTS OF AN UNDETERMINED NUMBER
OF HUTS, TENTS, AND STORAGE BUILDINGS, A LARGE CLEARED AREA, AND A VEHICLE
PARKING AREA THAT CONTAINS AT LEAST 25 CARGO TRUCKS. THERE WERE NO
DISCERNIBLE DEFENSIVE MEASURES SUCH AS PERSONNEL TRENCHES OR ANTIAIRCRAFT
SITES. EXTENSIVE VEHICLE TRACKAGE WAS PRESENT IN THE IMV1EDIATE AREA OF
THE CAMP AND LEADING TO THE NAMIBIA BORDER. IN ADDITION, A
NATURAL-SURFACED ROAD THAT EXTENDS FROM THE BORDER TO THE MAIN EAST/WEST
HIGHWAY IN NORTHERN NAMIBIA, A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 10 NM, HAS BEEN
WIDENED AND GRADED SINCE AUGUST 1981.
(S/D) CUANDO CUBANGO PROVINCE HAS BEEN THE TRADITIONAL STRONGHOLD OF
UNITA, AN INSURGENT GROUP THAT OPPOSES THE ANGOLAN (M.PLA) GOVERNMENT. THE
ONLY KNOWN ANGOLAN/CUBAN PRESENCE IN THIS PROVINCE IS LIMITED TO A FEW
GARRISON TOWNS SUCH AS MENONGUE AND CUITO CUANAVALE. THE PROXIMITY OF TIIE
NTEW CAMP TO THE NAMIBIA BORDER AND THE CORRESPONDING NEARBY ROAD
IMPROVEMENTS SUGGEST A PROBABLE SOUTH AFRICAN-UNITA CONNECTION. THE CAMP
MAY SERVE AS A TRANSFER POINT/STORAGE AREA FOR EQUIPMENT BEING FURNISHED
TO UNITA BY TILE SOUTH AFRICANS. THE REMOTENESS OF THE CAMP FROM ANGOLAN
AND CUBAN FORCES ALSO PROVIDES AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR. THE TRAINING OF
RECRUITS FOR THE UNITA. MOVE,-'IT-,NT.
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(S/D) THERE, ARE TWO SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN TILE ADJACENT
WESTERN CAPRIVI REGION IN NORTHERN NAMIBIA. ONE INFANTRY COMPANY IS
HOUSED AT BAGANI MILITARY CAMP ON THE EASTERN BANK OF THE 25X1
OKAVANGO RIVER, APPROXIMATELY 10 NM SOUTHEAST OF THE NEW CAMP. A SECOND
INSTALLATION, T IPAPO MILITARY CAMP A/BN IIQS WHICH IS 25X1
ALSO KNOWN AS BUFFALO BASE OR CAMP BUFFALO, IS APPROXIMATELY 17 NM
SOUTHEAST OF MUCUSSO. THIPAPO IS THE HOME BASE FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN
DEFENSE FORCE'S 32ND BATTALION, A COUNTER-INSURGENCY UNIT THAT IS
EXTENSIVE TY USED IN CROSS PERATIONS AGAINST SWAPO IN SOUTI-IERN
ANGOLA. 25X1
3. (S) COORDINATES 17-59-50S 021-25-1OE. 25X1
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