DAMAGED BARRACKS AREA EL PARAISO MILITARY ZONE BRIGADE AND BATTALION HEADQUARTERS AND BARRACKS, EL SALVADOR

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CIA-RDP84T00171R000300890001-2
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January 1, 1984
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000300890001-2 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 2 3 4 J _ ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: - FROM: NAME. ADDRESS, AND F HO E NO. DATE 72 (Security Classification) NOFORN (See inside cover) CONTROL NO. Z-10000/84 NPIC/PEG (01/84) Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions (Security Classification) Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000300890001-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000300890001-2 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to .. . Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000300890001-2 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000300890001-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000300890001-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000300890001-2 SECRET NOFORN (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Attachment to Z-10000/84 Copy NPIC/PEG (1/84) DAMAGED BARRACKS AREA EL PARAISO MILITARY ZONE BRIGADE AND BATTALION HEADQUARTERS AND BARRACKS, EL SALVADOR 1. SIGNIFICANCE: EVIDENCE OF HOSTILITIES IS OBSERVED AT THE BARRACKS. (SWN) 2. REMARKS: ALL 16 BUILDINGS IN THE MAIN PART OF THE INSTALLATION AND AT LEAST THREE STORAGE BUILDINGS IN THE STORAGE AREA (NOT ON GRAPHIC) HAVE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. GOVERNMENT FORCES ARE REPORTEDLY IN CONTROL OF THE INSTALLATION AND CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS APPEAR TO BE IN PROGRESS. (SWN) PRESS REPORTS INDICATE GUERRILLA FORCES CAPTURED THE GARRISON ON IT WAS LATER RETAKEN BY GOVERNMENT FORCES 25X1 FOLLOWING HEAVY AIR STRIKES. THE GARRISON, LOCATED IN THE HEART OF A REBEL STRONGHOLD APPROXIMATELY 29 NM NORTH OF SAN SALVADOR, WAS ONE OF THE SALVADORAN ARMY'S MOST MODERN FACILITIES. (SWN) 3.I (COORDINATES 14-06-OON 089-04-1'5W 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 board(s) they were prepared fo 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 NOFORN Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000300890001-2