SOVIET-TYPE OBSTACLE COURSE CALIVIGNY SUSPECT NAVAL FACILITY POINT EGMONT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, GRENADA (SANITIZED)

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CIA-RDP83T00574R000100550001-5
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June 10, 2010
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September 16, 1982
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/10 :CIA-RDP83T00574R000100550001-5 RouTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REPAARItS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET 2 3 8 (Securit Classification) (See inside cover) CONTROL NO. Z-11327/82 NPIC/PEG (9/82) COPY OF Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/10 :CIA-RDP83T00574R000100550001-5 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/10 :CIA-RDP83T00574R000100550001-5 Q Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/10 :CIA-RDP83T00574R000100550001-5 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/10: CIA-RDP83T00574R000100550001-5 SECFi ET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Attachment to Z-11327/82 Copy SOVIET-TYPE OBSTACLE COURSE CAL TY POINT EGI~IONT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, GRENADA NPIC/PEG (9/82) 1. (S~JN) SIGNIFICANCE: A SOVIET-TYPE OBSTACLE COURSE IS IDENTI ADA FOR THE FIRST TIME, SUGGESTING CUBAN MILITARY INFLUENCE. 2. (SWN) REMARKS: A SOVIET-TYPE OBSTACLE COURSE (PROBABLY MOTORI~~'LE) IN THE MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION IS ADJACENT TO THE BARRACKS AREA AT CALIVIGNY SUSPECT NAVAL FACILTY POINT EGMONT UNDER CONSTRUCTION. A PROBABLE PHYSICAL TRAINING AREA IS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN THE OBSTACLE COURSE AND THE BARRACKS AREA., TRENCHING, CONNECTING THE BARRACKS AREA TO THE OBSTACLE COURSE, HAS BEEN DUG SINCE (SWN) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SOVIET-TYPE OBSTACLE COURSE AND A PROBABLE PHYSICAL TRAINING AREA AT THIS GRENADIATd BARRACKS AREA SUGGESTS A PROBABLE CUBAN MILITARY INFLUENCE. SIMILAR SOVIET-TYPE PHYSICAL TRAINING AIDS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN NICARAGUA AND SEVERAL SUB-SAHARA COUNTRIES WHERE CUBAN P4IL~TARY INFLUENCE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED INCLUDING ANGOLA, ETHIOPIA, AND MOZAMBIQUE. (SWN) CALIVIGNY SUSPECT NAVAL FACILITY EGMOTdT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, A SMALL MILITARY BARRACKS AND GARRISON AREA ON TfiE SOUTHERN COAST OF GRENADA, CONSISTS OF FOUR "U" SHAPED BARRACKS, FIVE VEHICLE STORAGE SHEDS, SIX PROBABLE ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS, AND AT LEAST 12 OTHER PROBABLE SUPPORT BUILDINGS. COORDINATES 12-01-OOTZ 061-43-OOW COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS BRIEFING BOARD MAY BE DIRECTED TO These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing boardls) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/10: CIA-RDP83T00574R000100550001-5