EVIDENCE OF SOUTH AFRICAN WITHDRAWAL ANGOLA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: February 16, 1984
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EVIDENCE OF SOUTH AFRICAN WITHDRAWAL 1
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
ANGOLA SW
Z-17333/84
NPIC/IEG (2-84)
16 February 1984
1. SIGNIFICANCE: SOME SOUTH AFRICAN UNITS, PREVIOUSLY SEEN AT
SUPPORT B S S IN SOUTHERN ANGOLA, HAVE RETURNED TO NORTHERN
NAMIBIA ALTHOUGH A CONTINUING SOUTH
AFRICAN PRESENCE WAS NOTED AT CHANGONGO, NGIVA, EMBUNDO, MUPA,
AND CALUEQUE, PREPARATIONS FOR FURTHER WITHDRAWAL OF FORCES
WERE EVIDENT AT SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS. (SWN)
2. REMARKS:I I A REDUCED SOUTH 25X1
AFRICAN PRESENCE AND EVIDENCE SUGGESTING FURTHER WITHDRAWALS
OF UNITS WAS SEEN AT CHANGONGO MILITARY AREA AND NGIVA
AIRFIELD IN SOUTHERN ANGOLA. AT CHANGONGO, 40 25X1
NM NORTH OF THE ANGOLA-NAMIBIA BORDER, A FOUR-GUN AIR DEFENSE
ARTILLERY SECTION THAT HAD BEEN DEPLOYED HERE SINCE
MID-DECEMBER 1983 HAS DEPARTED 25X1
ADDITIONALLY, AT LEAST TWO OF THE THREE FUEL BLADDERS AT THE
HELICOPTER LANDING AREA HAVE BEEN REMOVED SINCE
THE AR In"I ' ERE A MOTOR TRANSPORT UNIT WAS 25X1
LAST SEEN HAD ALSO BEEN VACATED. AT LEAST 25X1
THREE VEHICLES WERE ON THE PONTON FERRY CROSSING TO CHANGONGO
FROM THE WEST BANK OF THE CUNENE RIVER (INSET). TWELVE OTHER
TRUCKS AND VEHICLES WERE ON THE WEST BANK OF THE CUNENE
RIVER. SEVEN OF THESE VEHICLES WERE LINED UP WAITING TO CROSS
THE RIVER (INSET). A CONVOY OF 14 VEHICLES AND AT LEAST 32
ADDITIONAL TRUCKS AND VEHICLES (INCLUDING EIGHT BUFFEL) WERE
PARKED IN THE MAIN SUPPORT AREA. (SWN)
AIR DEFENSES HAVE ALSO BEEN REDUCED AT NGIVA AIRFIELD,
APPROXIMATELY 20 NM NORTH OF THE ANGOLA-NAMIBIA BORDER. TWO
GUNS OF THE FOUR-GUN AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY SECTION THAT HAD
BEEN DEPLOYED HERE SINCE MID-DECEMBER 1983 WERE NO LONGER
OBSERVED. AT LEAST 28 TENTS/STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM
THE SUPPORT AREA F_ I IT ALSO APPEARED THAT
PREPARATIONS WERE BEING MADE TO LOAD ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT AND
SUPPLIES ONTO TRUCKS WITHIN THE SUPPORT AREA. (SWN)
IN NORTHERN NAMIBIA, ELEMENTS OF TWO FOUR-GUN AIR DEFENSE
ARTILLERY SECTIONS IN TRAVEL MODE HAD ARRIVED AT THE ONDANGWA
AIRFIELD SUPPORT AREA, APPROXIMATELY 30 NM SOUTH OF THE
ANGOLA-NAMIBIA BORDER (INSET). THESE ARE PROBABLY ELEMENTS OF
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Z-17333/84
NPIC/IEG (2-84)
16 February 1984
THE SAME AIR DEFENSE UNITS THAT HAD DEPARTED THE CHANGONGO AND
NGIVA AREAS IN SOUTHERN ANGOLA. ADDITIONAL PIECES OF CAPTURED
ANGOLAN EQUIPMENT HAD ALSO BEEN BROUGHT INTO THE SUPPORT
AREA. (SWN)
3.I (COORDINATES 16-45-OOS 014-59-30E
COORDINATES 17-52-42S 015-57-OOE (S)
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