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• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00068500
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2020
• Case Number: F-2017-02018
• Publication Date: August 7, 1990

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DIST: 07 AUGUST 1990
COUNTRY: LIBERIA
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DOI: 7 AUGUST 1990
TEXT: 1. LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OF 6 AUGUST 1990,
MODERATE AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE WAS REPORTED ON MAMBA POINT BETWEEN
UNITED NATIONS DRIVE AND SEKOU TOURE AVENUE NEAR NEWPORT STREET.
APPROXIMATELY 60 TO 70 ARMED FORCES OF LIBERIA (ALF) TROOPS CLASHED
WITH 20 TO 25 INDEPENDENT NATIONAL PATRIOTIC FRONT OF LIBERIA (INPFL)
REBELS; NO CAUSALITIES OR DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. IN THE EARLY
EVENING, SEVERAL MORTAR ROUNDS WERE FIRED FROM THE VICINITY OF THE
BARCLAY TRAINING CENTER (06-18N, 10-48W) TOWARDS BUSHROD ISLAND
(06-21N, 10-47W). IT APPEARS INPFL FORCES PROBABLY CONTROL THE WEST
END OF MONROVIA WITH THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THE TWO FORCES
FLOATING BETWEEN NEWPORT AND CENTER STREETS. AT 1815 HOURS TWO
EXPLOSIONS OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN OCCURRED AT THE BONJAL (06-14N, 10-40W)
AFL CHECKPOINT.
2. AFTER ONE 7.62 CALIBER ROUND PENETRATED THE U.S. EMBASSY
LOBBY, PERSONNEL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING WERE EVACUATED
UNTIL THE FIRING STOPPED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT THE EMBASSY
WILL NEED TO REPLACE A PLATE GLASS WINDOW AND REPAIR A CHAIR.
3. AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 HOURS A LIBERIAN NATIONAL U.S.
EMBASSY CONTRACT GUARD WAS KILLED BY AFL TROOPS WHILE WALKING ON
NEWPORT STREET. HE WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE BACK AND THE HEAD. THE
GUARD, WHO HAD FINISHED HIS MORNING SHIFT AT THE SAM AND E
APARTMENTS, WAS RETURNING TO HIS RESIDENCE. AFTER THE SHOOTING THE
AFL TROOPS PICKED THE VICTIM'S POCKETS.
4. AFL TROOPS BROKE INTO THE AMERICAN COOPERATIVE SCHOOL
BETWEEN 1930 AND 0200 HOURS. THEY OPENED A SAFE (CONTENTS UNKNOWN)
AND REMOVED SUPPLIES AND FURNITURE FROM THE SCHOOL OFFICE. THE
CONTRACT GUARDS IMMEDIATELY DEPARTED AND WERE NOT INJURED. AFTER THE
TROOPS LEFT, THE GUARDS RETURNED AND SECURED THE FACILITY.
5. BETWEEN 2135 AND 2400 HOURS AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF AFL TROOPS
STARTED LOOTING THE HOME OF A U.S. EMBASSY OFFICIAL IN THE SINKOR
AREA (06-18N, 10-46W). THEY INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD RETURN THE
FOLLOWING NIGHT TO FINISH THEIR ACTIVITIES. THE SAME GROUP ALSO
KILLED A DOG BELONGING TO A FORMER U.S. EMBASSY OFFICIAL.
6. AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT HOSTAGES, INCLUDING ONE U.S. CITIZEN
WERE CAPTURED BY INPFL LEADER PRINCE ((JOHNSON)), AND PROBABLY ARE
BEING HELD IN THE CALDWELL AREA (06-23N, 10-46W) AS OF 6 AUGUST 1990.
TWO ADDITIONAL FOREIGNERS (ONE U.S. CITIZEN AND ONE POSSIBLE BRITISH
CITIZEN) DEPARTED HOTEL AFRICA ON 6 AUGUST FOR A WALK AND FAILED TO
RETURN. IT IS UNCLEAR IF THEY WERE CAPTURED BY INPFL REBELS OR ARE
ATTEMPTING TO REACH A SAFEHAVEN. AN INTERNATIONAL POOL OF
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JOURNALISTS CROSSED INTO BUSHROD ISLAND AND PLAN TO INTERVIEW THE
INPFL LEADER THIS AFTERNOON.
7. LIVING CONDITIONS IN MONROVIA REMAIN THE SAME. THERE IS NO
WATER OR ELECTRICITY. FOOD SUPPLIES ARE RUNNING LOW FOR ALL SECTORS
OF THE SOCIETY WITH FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND EXPATRIATES IN THE SINKOR
AND CONGOTOWN (06-16N, 10-44W) AREAS ALSO REPORTING FOOD SHORTAGES.
THE EXTREMELY YOUNG AND OLD ARE SUFFERING FROM LOW NUTRITION. AS A
RESULT THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE OF PEDIATRIC MORTALITY. THE 186
BODIES AT THE LUTHERN CHURCH COMPOUND WERE REPORTEDLY MOVED TO THE
BEACH BY MEMBERS OF LEBANESE COMMUNITY AND BURIED USING HEAVY
EQUIPMENT. APPROXIMATELY 500 REFUGEES REMAIN AT THE U.S. EMBASSY
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GREYSTONE COMPOUND. MEDICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDE GUNSHOT
WOUNDS,
MALARIA, AND PNEUMONIA; DIARRHEA IS COMMON AMONG THE CHILDREN.
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8. RESIDENTS OF BUSHROD ISLAND APPEAR TO HAVE SUFFICIENT
FOODSTUFFS TO MEET THEIR IMMEDIATE NEEDS. RICE AND OTHER ITEMS WERE
LIBERATED FROM THE FREEPORT AND ARE CURRENTLY BEING SOLD/DISTRIBUTED
IN THE LOCAL MARKETS. NATIONAL PATRIOTIC FRONT OF LIBERIA (NPFL)
FORCES HAVE SHIPPED AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF RICE FROM BUCHANAN TO
ROBERTSPORT FOR ONWARD DISTRIBUTION TO THE WESTERN LIBERIA. IT IS
UNCLEAR THE TYPE
OF OVERLAND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THE NPFL HAS
ORGANIZED IN THIS
PART OF THE COUNTRY.
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EMBASSY AT MONROVIA.
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