PROBABLE SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY OPERATIONS ANGOLA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100010007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 17, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. (Stied) SIGNIFICANCE: SOUTH AFRICA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT MILITARY
OPERATIONS IN SOUTHERN ANGOLA.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: PROBABLE SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY OPERATIONS ARE
EVIDENT IN ANGOLA ALONG THE COAST NEAR MOCAMEDES AND IN THE
SOUTHERN AREA NEAR THE NAMIBIA BORDER (GRAPHIC 1). TWO KEY
BRIDGES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED NEAR MOCAMEDES, AND SOME AIR AND
GROUND ACTIVITY IS IN PROGRESS IN THE SOUTHERN AREAS NEAR
CHANGONGO AND NGIVA.
(SWN) BOTH THE MOCAMEDES-MENONGUE RAILROAD BRIDGE AND THE
MOCAMEDES-MENONGUE HIGHWAY BRIDGE GIRAUL RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY
BRIDGES OVER RIO GIRAUL , LOCATED APPROXIMATELY25X1
8 NM NORTH OF MOCAMEDES, _-FLY DAMAGED AND
RENDERED UNSERVICEABLE (GRAPHIC 2). A BYPASS HAS BEEN
CONSTRUCTED NEXT TO THE HIGHWAY BRIDGE ACROSS THE DRY STREAM
BED. THREE BULLDOZERS AND THREE CARGO TRUCKS ARE AT THE
RAILROAD BRIDGE, WHICH HAS HAD AT LEAST SEVEN OF THE 14
CONCRETE AND STEEL SUPPORTS WEAKENED OR DESTROYED. AN OPEN
ANGOLAN PRESS REPORT OF 11 NOVEMBER 1982 STATED THAT TWO
BRIDGES HAD BEEN DESTROYED JUST NORTH OF t1OCAHEDES BY SOUTH
AFRICAN COMMANDOS ON 8 NOVEMBER 1982.
(SWN) THE MOCAMEDES-MENONGUE RAILROAD IS THE ONLY RAIL LINE
WHICH LINKS KEY MILITARY BASES IN THE PORT CITY OF MOCAMEDES
WITH CUBAN AND ANGOLAN MILITARY BASES IN THE LUBANGO, MATALA,
AND MENONGUE AREAS. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RAILROAD BRIDGE
WILL SEVERELY IMPEDE THE MOVEMENT OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
INLAND AND WILL REQUIRE THAT THE LOGISTICS EFFORT BE HANDLED BY
ROAD AND AIR UNTIL THE RAILROAD CAN BE REPAIRED.
(SWN) SOUTH AFRICAN AIR AND GROUND ACTIVITY IS EVIDENT IN
SOUTHERN ANGOLA. TWO ALOUETTE III AND TWO PUMA HELICOPTERS, AS
WELL AS ELEMENTS OF A RATEL-EQUIPPED ARMORED FIGHTING VEHICLE
COMPANY, HAVE ARRIVED AT NGIVA AIRFIELD NEAR 25X1
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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.
WARNING NOTICE
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THE NAMIBIA BORDER SINCE AT CHANGONGO 25X1
AIRFIELD A PUMA HELICOPTER HAS LANDED ON THE 25X1
ROAD APPROXIMATELY 0.5 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE RUNWAY. A
PROBABLE FUEL TANKER TRUCK IS NEARBY. BOTH AIRFIELDS SUPPORT
SOUTH AFRICAN GROUND FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTHERN ANGOLA.
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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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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