MILITARY ACTIVITY ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100060008-1
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 14, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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MILITARY ACTIVITY
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: ETHIOPIAN AND/OR SOMALI DEMOCRATIC
SALVATION FRONT FORCES CONTINUE TO REPOSITION ALONG THE
ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA BORDER.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: MAJOR ELEMENTS OF A PROBABLE TANK BATTALION AND
ONE PROBABLE 122MM HOWITZER D-30 BATTALION (BOTH IN REVETMENTS)
ARE AT DUDUB MILITARY DEPLOYMENT AREA AT 06-56N 25X1
046-40E IN THE OGADEN REGION OF ETHIOPIA. THIS DEPLOYMENT WAS
NOT PRESENT 25X1
(SWN) FORCES OCCUPYING THE TOWN OF GALDOGOB IN SOMALIA REMAIN
DEPLOYED IN NUMEROUS DEFENSIVE POSITIONS. SOME OF THE
REVETMENTS HAVE BEEN OCCUPIED WITH ARMORED VEHICLES (POSSIBLY
ELEMENTS OF A TANK BATTALION) THESE 25X1
VEHICLE REVETMENTS ARE IN AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 2 NM NORTHWEST
OF GALDOGOB. THE TWO FOUR-GUN BATTERIES OF 130MM FIELD GUNS
M-46 ARE STILL DEPLOYED NORTHWEST OF GALDOGOB. RECENT SHELLING
IS EVIDENT EAST OF GALDOGOB ALONG THE PERIMETER LINE OF
DEFENSIVE TRENCHES AND WEAPONS POSITIONS.
(SWN) DUDUB IS 15 NM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GALADI AND 14 NM
WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA BORDER. GALDOGOB IS
APPROXIMATELY 2 NM EAST OF THE SOMALIA-ETHIOPIA BORDER.
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
COMMENTS G BOARD MAY BE
DIRECTED
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and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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