LIBERIA: BEGINNING OF THE END

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• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06861717
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• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2020
• Case Number: F-2017-02018
• Publication Date: July 3, 1990

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Contents
USSR: Party Congress Quiet on First Day
Liberia: Beginning of the End
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Notes Yugoslavia: Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia
USSR:
Armenians Fighting Each Other
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In Brief
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China: Anticrime Drive in Full Swing
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LIBERIA:
Beginning of the End
The rebels apparently have abandoned attempts to gain President Doe's
departure through peace talks and are advancing on Monrovia to help
speed hint on his way.
The rebels have attacked a number of towns on the outskirts of
Monrovia. including Camp Schieffelin, Paynesville, and Caldwell,
Rebel troops reportedly were
executing Krahn and Mandmgo civilians in the Paynesville area.
The rebels now occupy the Brewerville military checkpoint on the
road leading to Sierra Leone. They also have blockaded the port of
Monrovia with armed trawlers, convincing the Lrerian Coast Guard
it would not be in its interests to offer resistance
Army Chief of Staff Dubar already has left Liberia,
and Executive Mansion Guard Commander Julue and most
other high-ranking Krahn officers also have made plans to leave as
soon as possible. The capital remains without water or electricity, and
army soldiers continue their nocturnal
activities of looting, stealing, and random shooting.
Doe would
be willing to resign if he is satisfied with the composition of the
interim government and is given sufficient guarantees for his safey
and that of his followers.
Comment Rebel leader Charles Taylor probably hopes that by
surrounding the capital he can convince Doe it is time to go. The dire
situation in Monrovia caused by the lack of electricity and water and
the imminent departure of Doe's most loyal officers almost certainly
have persuaded him to consider leaving.
Even if Doe resigns, bloodshed is likely in the capital. Taylor is likely
to have little control over his troops, which probably will continue to
engage in atrocities against ICrahns and Mandingos as well as random
killing and looting. If the rebels do not leave the road to Sierra Leone
open to allow remaining ICrahns to leave as the rebels enter
Monrovia, the magnitude of the massacre is likely to increase
substantially.
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