PROBABLE MILITARY EQUIPMENT EL BLUFF PORT FACILITY, NICARAGUA

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• Document Release Date: January 30, 2012
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• Publication Date: December 7, 1983
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PROBABLE MILITARY EQUIPMENT
EL BLUFF PORT FACILITY, NICARAGUA
1. SIGNIFICANCE: AT LEAST 26 PROBABLE MILITARY-ASSOCIATED
VEHICLES HAVE ARRIVED AT EL BLUFF PORT FACILITY SINCE
(SWN)
2. REMARKS: FOUR VAN-BODIED TRUCKS, 18 CARGO TRUCKS (SOME CANVAS
COVERED), TWO BULLDOZERS, AND THREE UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES ARE
IN AN AREA NEAR THE QUAY. THREE OF THE CARGO TRUCKS ARE ON A
LIGHTER. THESE VEHICLES HAVE PROBABLY BEEN OFFLOADED FROM A
GEROI PANFILOVTSY-CLASS MERSHIP (PROBABLY BULGARIAN) WHICH
ARRIVED OFFSHORE THE
NICARAGUAN ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF (R.0/R.O) MERSHIP "NICARAO" REMAINS
ALONGSIDE THE MERSHIP, AND FOUR PROBABLE FISHING/SECURITY
VESSELS ARE NEARBY. UNIDENTIFIED CARGO IS DISCERNIBLE IN THE
AFT HOLD OF THE GEROI PANFILOVTSY-CLASS MERSHIP; HOWEVER, NO
ARMS TRANSFER ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED BETWEEN IT AND THE
"NICARAO". THE "NICARAO" IS NORMALLY USED TO TRANSFER HEAVY
MIT.TTARY CARGO--FROM EL BLUFF TO RAMA PORT FACILITIES
WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 50 NM NORTH ON THE RIO
ESCONDIDO. (SWN)
THE NICARAGUAN MERSHIP "ARACELY", WHICH HAD ALSO BEEN ALONGSIDE
THE GERO - ASS MERSHIP HAD DEPARTED
THE AREA "ARACELY" WAS AT RAMA
TRANSFERRING UNIDENTIFIED CARGO. A SMALLER MERSHIP WAS ALSO
TRANSFERRING UNIDENTIFIED CARGO AT THE NEW PORT FACILITIES AT
THE TOWN OF RAMA. (SWN)
THE NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT AT EL BLUFF AIRFIELD
REMAINS HIGH AND INCLUDES TWO SF.260 LIGHT STRIKE AIRCRAFT, ONE
PROBABLY AEPO COMMANDER LIGHT TRANSPORT, ONE COLT LIGHT
TRANSPORT, AND ONE HIP MEDIUM HELICOPTER. ONE COLT HAD
DEPARTED SIMILAR DEPLOYMENTS OF
AIRCRAFT, WHICH PROBABLY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SECURITY, HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED AT EL BLUFF DURING PREVIOUS ARMS TRANSSHIPMENTS. (SWN)
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