CUBAN ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT MARIEL POINT MARANTE WHARVES, CUBA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: August 24, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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NPIC/IEG (8/83)
24 AUGUST 1983
A (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE IDENTIFICATION OF A CUBAN ARMS SHIPMENT
FROM MARIEL POINT MARANTE WHARVES NO. 1, 2 $ 3. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: MILITARY EQUIPMENT WAS BEING LOADED ONTO A
PROBABLE CUBAN SD-14-CLASS MERSHIP AT MARIEL POINT MARANTE
WHARVES NO. 1, 2, AND 3 THE SD-14 HAD
ARRIVED AT THE WHARF AREA AND WAS OBSERVED
WITH TWO UNIDENTIFIED SMALL SHIPPING CRATES ON DECK AND
FOUR CARGO HOLDS OPEN. THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS
ALONGSIDE THE SHIP HAD INCREASED AND FOUR PROBABLE ARMORED
VEHICLES WERE OBSERVED IN HOLD NO. 3 OF THE SD-14. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS: THIS IS PROBABLY THE SECOND INSTANCE
OF RECENT ARMS TRANSFER ACTIVITY AT THIS WHARF AREA. THE
POINT MARANTE WHARVES WERE USED FOR ON ARMS SHIPMENT IN
LATE JULY/EARLY AUGUST WHEN THE CUBAN EL JIGUE-CLASS SHIP,
EL BAIRE, WAS PRESENT. THE EL BAIRE WAS OBSERVED LOADING
UNIDENTIFIED CRATES AS PART OF THE CUBAN SUPPORT FOR
ANGOLAN OPERATIONS. THESE SHIPMENTS SUGGEST THAT THIS
WHARF AREA MAY BE USED AS AN ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT POINT FOR
CUBAN MILITARY SUPPORT TO THIRD WORLD NATIONS. (SWN)
COORDINATES 23-01-02N 082-45-09W (S)
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