ACTIVATION OF NEW MILITARY UNITS LAKE MANAGUA TRAINING AREA, NICARAGUA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: February 8, 1984
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8 FEBRUARY 1984
ACTIVATION OF NEW MILITARY UNITS
LAKE MANAGUA S N/NOFORN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE CEREMONY MARKING THE ACTIVATION OF TWO
NEW UNITS WAS OBSERVED IN THE MANAGUA AREA ON
IMAGERY (SWN/NOFORN)
2. REMARKS: A MILITARY CEREMONY INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY
2,_W__'ROOPS IN NINE FORMATIONS, 40 PROBABLE BTR-152
ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS, THREE MEDIUM TANKS, AND
SEVERAL PIECES OF UNIDENTIFIED EQUIPMENT WAS OBSERVED AT
LAKE MANAGUA TRAINING AREA. COLLATERAL SOURCES HAVE
REPORTED THAT THE EVENT, SCHEDULED FOR THE NINTH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE TAKEOVER OF THE CASTILLO RESIDENCE,
MARKED THE ACTIVATION OF THE SANDINISTA POPULAR ARMY (EPS)
31ST MOTORIZED INFANTRY BRIGADE AND THE THIRD REGION OF
POPULAR MILITIA (DESIGNATOR 58-89). (SWN/NOFORN)
AT LEAST 200 SPECTATORS WERE ON NEWLY CONSTRUCTED
REVIEWING STANDS IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE TROOP
FORMATIONS. NUMEROUS BUSES, AUTOMOBILES, AND MILITARY
CARGO TRUCKS ALSO WERE OBSERVED. THE COLLATERAL REPORTS
HAVE INDICATED THAT THE TROOP FORMATIONS WERE SUBORDINATE
TO THE NEW MILITIA UNIT AND THAT EACH OF THE BTR-152 WAS
OCCUPIED BY NINE TROOPS OF THE 31ST BRIGADE. THE
GARRISONS THAT HOUSED OR WILL I1n11SF T14FCF 11NTTC uevc MnT
BEEN DETERMINED. (SWN/NOFORN)
3. I (COORDINATES 12-10-OSN 086-10-OOW (S)
4. COLLATERAL REFERENCE: USDAO MANAGUA, 292158Z DEC 83,
DISPLAY OF INFANTRY BRIGADE EQUIPMENT (S/NOFORN)
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