ARMS DELIVERY LOBITO PORT FACILITIES, ANGOLA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000200510004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 10, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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ARMS DELIVERY
LOBITO PORT FACILITIES. ANGOLA
NPIC/PEG (01/83)
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A SHIPMENT OF ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS
(APC) HAS ARRIVED IN ANGOLA.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A DELIVERY OF APPROXIMATELY 40 BTR-60PB APC,
ENOUGH TO EQUIP ONE MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION, IS OBSERVED
AT LOBITO PORT FACILITIES. THE BTR-60PB APC, WHICH ARE ON THE
QUAY NEXT TO A RAIL TRANSFER POINT, MAY HAVE BEEN OFFLOADED
FROM A MUROM-CLASS MERSHIP WHICH WAS IN THE ROADSTEAD 25X1
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THE LAST ARMS DELIVERY DETECTED AT LOBITO WAS IN 25X1
COORDINATES 12-20-40S 013-33-O1E
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