MILITARY BUILDUP OPERET MILITARY CAMP, NAMIBIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82T00709R000103150001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 27, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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NAME AND ADDRESS
SECRET 239
(Security Classification)
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DATE' 1 I A
Z-11084/82
NPIC/PEG (7/82)
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1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: THE LEVEL OF MILITARY ACTIVITY CONTINUES
TO INCREASE AT OPERET MILITARY CAMP.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: A BATTALION -SI ED BIVOUAC HAS BEEN ERECTED ON
THE WEST SIDE OF THE FACILITY THREE 25X1
COMPANY AREAS, CONTAINING A TOTAL OF 31 MEDIUM AND 65 SQUAD
TENTS, ARE PRESENT. SIX BUFFEL LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLES AND AT
LEAST 30 TRUCKS HAVE ALSO ARRIVED 25X1
INCREASED ACTIVITY WAS FIRST OBSERVED WHET A 25X1
BIVOUAC WAS BEING ESTABLISHED ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE
FACILITY.
(S/D) OPERET SERVES AS A STAGING BASE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN UNITS
GOING TO AND RETURNING FROM DUTY ON THE ANGOLA BORDER. THIS
INCREASED LEVEL OF ACTIVITY CLOSELY PARALLELS THE BUILDUP OF
FORCES OBSERVED HERE DURING JULY AND AUGUST 1981, PRIOR TO THE
SOUTH AFRICAN INCURSION INTO ANGOLA IN LATE AUGUST 1981.
(S/D) OPERET IS IN NORTHERN NAMIBIA, APPROXIMATELY 65 NM SOUTH
OF THE ANGOLA BORDER.
3, COORDINATES 18?29-44S 017-03-O1E
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Attachment to Z? 11084/ 82
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MILITARY BUILDUP
OPERET MIL ' SAM , NAMIBIA
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