CONTINUING EVIDENCE OF SOUTH AFRICAN WITHDRAWAL ANGOLA/NAMIBIA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: February 21, 1984
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.CONTINUING EVIDENCE OF SOUTH AFRICAN WITHDRAWAL
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CONTINUING EVIDENCE OF SOUTH AFRICAN WITHDRAWAL
ANGOLA NAMIBIA SWN
Z- 17335/84
NPIC/IEG (2/84)
21 FEBRUARY 1984
1. SIGNIFICANCE: IMAGERY( (REVEALED TIiAT SOUTH 25X1
AFRICAN UNITS WERE CONTINUING TO WITHDRAW FROM SUPPORT BASES
IN SOUTHERN ANGOLA AND WERE RETURNING TO NORTHERN NAMIBIA.
(SWN
2. REMARKS: SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HAVE ABANDONED THEIR FORMER
SUPPORT BASES AT NGIVA AND CHANGONGO BUT HAVE RE"I'AINEll SUPPORT
AND SECURITY ELEMENTS IN SOUT-{ERN ANGOLA AT EMBUNDO AIRFIELD,
AND A SMALL SECURITY ELEMENT AT THE CALUEQUE DAM SITE.
DESPITE A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN ACTIVITY AT MUPA, THE
PRESENCE OF SEVERAL TEMPORARY STRUCTURES SUGGEST A POSSIBLE
CONTINUING SOUTF{ AFRICAN PRESENCE (GRAPHIC 1 OF 4). (SWN)
THE SOUTFI AFRICAN SUPPORT BASES AT NGIVA AND CHANGONGO HAVE
BEEN DISMANTLED AND ABANDONED SINCE EACH AREA WAS LAST SEEN ON
ALL TENTS/TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND FUEL BLADDERS 25X1
HAVE BEEN REMOVED, AND NO MILITARY VEHICLES WERE OBSERVED IN
THE SUPPORT AREA AT NGIVA AIRFIELD, APPROXIMATELY 20 NM NORTH
OF THE ANGOLA-NAMIBIA BORDER (GRAPHIC 2 OF 4). A GRADUAL
WITHDRAWAL OF FORCES FROM NGIVA WAS OBSERVED DURING EARLY
FEBRUARY, AND IMAGERY SHOWED TF{E SUPPORT AREA 25X1
TO BE COMPLE"('ELY ABANDONED. THE APPROXIMATELY 2,500-METER
BLACKTOP RUNWAY REMAINS SERVICEABLE. DURING A PRIOR
WITHDRAWAL OF SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES FROM SOUTHERN ANGOLA IN
MARCH 1976, THE RUNWAY HAD BEEN RENDERED UNSERVICEABLE BY SET
CI{ARLES PLA(:ED ALONG ITS LENGTH. (SWN)
THE W ITHDRAWAL OF SOUT-{ AFRICAN FORCES FROM CF{ANGONGO , F IRS"T
SEEN UNDERWAY APPEARS COti1PLETE. TI{E PUNTON
FERRY AND TEMPORARY BRIDGE SPAN WHIC-{ I{AD PROV1DEll ACCESS
ACROSS THE CUNENE RIVER AT CHANGONGO SINCE EARLY llECEMBER 1983
NAVE BEEN REMOVED (GRAPH((: 3 OF 4).
(SWN)
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ANGOLAN ARMOR AND EQUIPMENT SEEN HERE HAD BEEN 25X1
REMOVED. THREE MORTAR POSITIONS THAT HAD BEEN 0(;COPIED 0 25X1
SOUTH AFRICAN SUPPORT BASE {IAD BEEN ESTABLISHED DURING THE
CURRENT OPERATION (OPERATION ASKARI) NO GRAPHIC CAPTURED
A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN ACTIVITY WAS SEEN AT MUPA, WHERE A
WERE UNOCCUPIED. HOWEVER, SMALL STRUCTURES T{IAT WERE 25X1
PRESUMABLY USED FOR BILLETING PERSONNEL IN MUPA WERE STILL
PRESENT. THE FRAMEWORK/FOUNDATIONS FOR TVJO FUEL BLADDERS ALSO
REMAIN IN THE NEARBY HELICOPTER LANDING AREA. IT COULD NO"C BE
DETERMINED WHETHER THE FUEL BLADDERS WERE STILL IN PLACE. AT
CHANGONGO AND NGIVA, BOTH THE FRAMEWORK AND FUEL BLADDERS HAVE
BEEN REMOVED. (SWN)
IN NORTHERN NAMIBIA, AN INCREASED LEVEL OF GROUND FORCES
ACTIVITY OBSERVED IN THE ONDANGUA AND OPERET AREAS WAS
PROBABLY RELATED TO THE ONGOING WITHDRAWAL OF THE SOU"CH
AFRICAN UNITS FROM SOUTHERN ANGOLA. A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
VE{11CLES WAS NOTED IN THE SUPPORT AREA OF ONDANGWA AIRFIELD
ADDITIONAL VEEIICLES AND EQUIPMENT
FOUR-GUN AA SECTIONS THAT WERE REPORTED HERE
REti9AINED IN THE SUPPORT AREA. (SWN)
INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 40 BUFFEL, 35 TRUCKS AND FIVE CAP"CURED
ANGOLAN MEDIUM TANKS WERE 1N THE SUPPORT AREA (GRAPIIIC 4 OF
4). IN ADDITION, A CONVOY INCLUDING FIVE BUFFEL (ONE OFF "CHE
ROAD) AND TWO TOWED ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE
AIRFIELD ALONG THE ROAD LEADING SOUTH FROM TF1E
ANGOLAN-NAMIBIAN BORDER (NOT ON GRAPHIC). E~ Fti+~N'r~ nF TFa~ T~a0
(NO GRAPHIC). THIS EQUIPMENT IS PROBABLY IN TRANSIT ANll WILL
PROBABLY BE MOVED FURTHER SOUTH TO THE GROOTFONTEIN AREA.
ARTILLERY SECTIONS HAVE ARRIVED AT THE CAti1P
NINE BUFFEL, 15 TRUCKS AND ELEMENTS OF TWO AIR DEFENSE
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21 1~}:BRUARY 1984
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COORDINATES 17-02-40S 015-41-2
COORDINATES 16-45-OOS 014-59-3
COORDINATES 17-52-42S 015-57-0
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