INCREASED SECURITY MAFORGA PUMPING STATION, MOZAMBIQUE (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 28, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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INCREASED SECURITY
MAFORGA PUMPING STATION, MOZAMBIQUE (SWN)
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COORDINATES 19-06-59S 033-43-03E (S)
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 reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
WARNING NOTICE
INTELLIGENCE SOURCES
OR METHODS INVOLVED
THE THREE BUILDINGS THAT MAKE UP THE PUMPING FACILITY. A
STRONGPOINT WITH TWO PROBABLE MORTAR POSITIONS AND FOUR
POSSIBLE AUTOMATIC-WEAPONS POSITIONS WAS ON THE
PERIMETER, NORTH OF THE PUMPING STATION. THREE
MORTAR/AUTOMATIC-WEAPONS POSITIONS WERE ALSO ON THE
WESTERN PERIMETER. FIFTEEN TRUCKS/VEHICLES WERE AT THE
FACILITY. THE HOUSING/SUPPORT AREA ADJACENT TO THE
PUMPING FACILITY HAD ALSO BEEN FENCE SECURED WITH
TRENCHING ALONG PART OF THE NORTH SIDE OF THE COMPOUND.
TWO LARGE TENTS AND 15 TO 20 SMALLER TENTS WERE WITHIN
THE FENCED HOUSING AREA. (SWN)
THE PUMPING FACILITY. HAD BEEN DOUBLE-FENCE SECURED AND
FRAMEWORK SUPPORTING A NET COVERING HAD BEEN PLACED O\ER
AND A HOUSING/SUPPORT AREA. ON IMAGERY
SIGNIFICANCE: INCREASED CONCERNS FOR SECURITY OF THE
BEIRA-MUTARE PETROLEUM PIPELINE. (SWN)
REMARKS: SECURITY AND. PROTECTIVE
MEASURES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AT THE MAFORGA PUMPING
STATION ON THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE 150 NM PETROLEUM
PIPELINE WHICH TRANSITS CENTRAL MOZAMBIQUE, CONNECTING
BEIRA PORT IN MOZAMBIQUE TO MUTARE IN ZIMBABWE. THE
PUMPING STATION CONSISTS OF A SEPARATE PUMPING FACILITY
(SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS: IT IS PROBABLE THAT A COMPANY-SIZED
MILITARY NIT IS STATIONED AT THE MAFORGA PUMPING
STATION. THE PRESENCE OF THIS UNIT AND THE INCREASED
PHYSICAL SECURITY MEASURES AT THE PUMPING STATION REFLECT
THE SIGNIFICANCE PLACED ON THIS PIPELINE, A MAJOR MEANS
OF PETROLEUM IMPORTS TO ZIMBABWE. THE PIPELINE HAS BEEN
THE TARGET OF NATIONAL RESISTANCE MOVEMENT (NRM)
ANTIGOVERNMENT INSURGENTS. AN ASSESSMENT OF INCREASED
SECURITY ALONG OTHER PORTIONS OF THE PIPELINE AND AT
OTHER PUMPING STATIONS WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL COVERAGE.
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