TALKING POINTS FOR THE ADDI ANGOLA RECENT MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS CURRENT FIGHTING

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91B00874R000100270004-9
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• Document Release Date: July 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 22, 1986
• Content Type: MISC

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the garrison-and reinforcements with armor support are
moving towards the area. This fighting suggests that UNITA
may have struck for the second time in five weeks to " isrupt
Current Fighting
- A Cuito Cuanavale, everal new artillery impact craters
were en a a government garrison and a ve i
fire. Additions government forces have recently arrived at
forward government bases at Cuito Cuanavale an Lucusse.
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a jumping-off
point for any push into UNITA-held territory. 25X1
- Twenty miles south o Lucusse, vernment forces were
shelling the UNITA-contro--e south bank of the Lungue-Bungo b^C-`^SS
TALKING POINTS FOR THE ADDI
ANGOLA
RECENT MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS
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fighting in progress near
i-rrta- postions along the north bank of the river.
before making a determined push.
- UNITA claimed that it had rebuffed a government effort to
cross the Lungue-Bungo river earlier this month. The
current shelling may be an attempt to soften up UNITA
positions before another attempt. No river crossing
equipment has been seen on the nor, an owever, and
Luanda is probably waiting for additional reinforcements
Government Logistics and Air Defense Developments.
The fighting at Lucusse and Cuito Cuanavale follows Angolan
itary preparations and buildup or unpreceden
probably challenge UNITA
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movement by the
government's
November, which would restrict
heavily mechanized forces.
- There are now two government brigades at Lucusse and four
at Cuito C more
indicate that more units may be moved forward later.
continuing build-up a staging taging bases in Luena and Menongue
- Two 200-vehicle government convoys including air defense,
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ases.
aye increased supply
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new air-warning (radarites i Caiundo`art~ LLCLCse~in S
eastern Ang 1 .. These sites willp`rovide additional
coverage south of major government staging bases, affording
more protection for troops advancing into UNITA territory
against South African air attacks and will complicate South
African attempts to resupply UNITA forces in nothern Angola
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According to- US Embassy reporting, Cubana Airlines this month is .L (~J
augmenting its two ol#f.ee-flis,a week to Angola via Cape Verde 21 - , SC 7 L J
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CUBA-ANGOLA: Increased Flight Activity r L1'
The Cubans have Initiated unusual flights Into Angola; although
Havana's Intent ons are no u y c ear, the Flights ma s nal an
Increased Cuban military commitment to Luanda. g
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cargo, but ese ig is -&-re- occarnng at night and rep ortedl carry- s
many as 250 male
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an erofiot frights carrying out the semiannual
Cuban troop rotation have been seen between Angola and Cuba. Still,
unless the capacity of the IL-76s has been increased to handle more
than 140 -combat troops, Havana,probably would not use the aircraft
simply for troo rotations because of the high cost 25X1
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to use its two IL-76 heavy-lift transports may be an effort to im rove _
support for its 36,000-man mi itarv contingent n Angola. 625X1
Problems with troop rotation could account for some of the unusual VA
flight activity. None of the Soviet passenger liners normally used to
supplement Cubana A A
Comment:
Top Secret
20 September 1988
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