MOROCCAN REINFORCEMENT CABO BOJADOR AIRFIELD, WESTERN SAHARA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 23, 2010
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• Publication Date: June 26, 1982
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MOROCCAN REINFORCEMENT
CABO BOJ OR AIRFIELD, WESTERN SAHARA
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: MOROCCAN ARMOR UNIT IN THE WESTERN SAHARA.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: AT LEAST ONE PROBABLE M-48 TANK COMPANY AND ONE
MECHANZ9D-INFANTRY BATTALION HAVE DEPLOYED NEAR THE SOUTHEAST
ZONE OF THE MOROCCAN DEFENSIVE AREA (ABOUT 3 NM NORTH OF THE
DEFENSIVE BERM) AT CABO BOJADOR AIRFIELD
THE TANK UNIT JOINS A MECHANIZED INFANTRY REGIMENT WHICH WAS
SEEN MOVING TOWARD THE AIRFIELD IN CONVOY YESTERDAY. THE
CONVOY IS NOT PRESENT TODAY. THE MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION
WHICH WAS DEPLOYED 6.5 NM SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRFIELD AT
26-02-51N 014-26-26W
THE ARMORED UNIT CONSISTS OF FIVE PROBABLE M-48 TANKS, THREE
M-113 ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC), ONE M-548 LIGHT
RECOVERY VEHICLE, AND FOUR PROBABLE UTILITY VEHICLES
DEFENSIVELY DEPLOYED AT 26-05-42N 014-28-48W. NEARBY, FIVE
PROBABLE M-48 TANKS AND ONE M-113 APC ON HEAVY LIFT
TRANSPORTERS APPEAR TO BE IN THE PROCESS OF UNLOADING. FOUR
ADDITIONAL M-113 APC AND AT LEAST 41 SIX-TON CARGO TRUCKS ARE
PRESENT. ONE MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION IS IN A DEFENSIVE
POSTURE IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE TANKS.
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CABO BOJADOR, ON THE ATLANTIC COAST, IS 125 NM SOUTH OF THE
MOROCCO-WESTERN SAHARA BORDER. THE MOROCCAN DEFENSIVE
AREA/BERM EXTENDS 225 NM TO THE NORTHEAST TO TAN TAN AIRFIELD
COORDINATES 26-06-25N 014-29-10W
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