ARMS DELIVERY MARIEL PORT FACILITIES, CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91T00712R000200540001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 29, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. SIGNIFICANCE: AN ARMS DELIVERY IS IN PROGRESS. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: AN LEAST 35 MEDIUM TANKS, FOUR ARMORED VEHICLES, 11
BM-21 MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS, ONE VAN-BODIED TRUCK, AND FOUR
PROBABLE VAN TRAILERS HAVE BEEN OFFLOADED FROM A SOVIET
SKULPTOR KONENKOV-CLASS ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF (RO/RO) MERSHIP,
MEDITERRANEAN-MOORED AT THE MAIN TRANSSHIPMENT MOLE. MOST OF
THE EQUIPMENT IS IN AN INCOMPLETE WAREHOUSE IMMEDIATELY EAST OF
THE MAIN TRANSSHIPMENT MOLE; HOWEVER, TWO TANKS ON TRANSPORTERS
ARE ABOUT TO DEPART THE PORT AREA. THIS IS THE SECOND SHIPMENT
OF TANKS TO MARIEL THIS MONTH. FORTY-SEVEN MEDIUM TANKS HAD
BEEN DELIVERED (SWN)
THE SHIP INVOLVED IN THE ARMS DELIVERY IS PROBABLY THE
"SKULPTOR GOLUBKINA" A SKULPTOR KONENKOV-CLASS RO/RO THAT
DEPARTED THE BLACK SEA WITH A DECK CARGO THAT
INCLUDED FOUR WORKSHOP VANS. THIS SHIP WAS LAST LOCATED ON A
WESTERLY TRANSIT OF THE ATLANTIC NOIC MED/LANT
SIGNIFICANT MERSHIP ACTIVITY, SMA-361-83, 1955Z 27 DEC 83).
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NPIC/PEG (12/83)
ARMS DELIVERY
MARIEL PORT FACILITIES, CUBA
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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