SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1100 HOURS LOCAL TIME

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06769337
• 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: September 10, 1990

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NF) SUBJ: SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1100 HOURS LOCAL
TIME
Identifiers:
Messaging System: 90 1150183
Document Number:
Ingestion ID: 34594496
GUIDE: guide://1012/1x06g6
Dates:
Date Acquired: approximated undefined 10-Sep-1990
Date Published: 10-Sep-1990 08:51:00
Date Received: 10-Sep-1990 09:51:21
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: LBR
Region: AFRICA, LIBERIA
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
Warnings: /NF) CENTRAL
INTELLI ENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
INTELLIGENCE
(U) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
(U) INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASS S
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NF) 1. LIBERIAN PRESIDENT SAMUEL K. ((DOE)) REMAINS IN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL
PATRIOTIC FRONT OF LIBERIA (INPFL) REBEL LEADER PRINCE ((JOHNSON))'S CUSTODY
IN THE CALDWELL AREA (06-23N, 10-46W) SINCE HIS 9 SEPTEMBER CAPTURE AT THE
MONROVIA FREEPORT (06-21N, 10-48W). DURING THE EVENING OF 9 SEPTEMBER,
COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE EXECUTIVE MANSION GUARD GENERAL DAVID Q.
((NIMELY)) ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD ASSUMED "CONTROL" UNTIL THE INTERIM
GOVERNMENT ARRIVES IN LIBERIA. LIBERIA NOW HAS FIVE PRESIDENTS: DOE,
JOHNSON, NIMELY, NATIONAL PATRIOTIC FRONT OF LIBERIA (NPFL) LEADER CHARLES
((TAYLOR)) AND INTERIM PRESIDENT AMOS ((SAWYER)).
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,S(NF) 2. DESPITE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION
OF WEST AFRICAN STATES CEASE FIRE MONITORING GROUP (ECOMOG) TO NOTIFY
THEM OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO MEDEVAC WOUNDED ECOMOG
SOLDIERS, THE COMMAND WAS NOT MONITORING THEIR RADIOS. EARLY THIS
MORNING ECOMOG CONTACTED THE EMBASSY TO INQUIRE ABOUT A U.S. WARSHIP
OFF THE LIBERIAN COAST. AFTER THE WORD OF THE MEDEVAC DECISION WAS
PASSED, ECOMOG RESPONDED BY ADMITTING WITH SOME EMBARRASSMENT THAT
THEY HAD SENT THEIR MOST SERIOUSLY WOUNDED TO FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE,
VIA ONE OF THEIR GUNBOATS. GENERAL QUIANO0 STATED THAT THERE WERE AN
ADDITIONAL 35 ECOMOG CASUALTIES RECEIVING TREATMENT AT THE FREEPORT.
THERE IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT MANY OF ECOMOG COMMANDING GENERAL
ARNOLD ((QUIANOO'S)) IMMEDIATE STAFF WERE AMONG THE WOUNDED DURING THE
INPFL-AFL SHOOTOUT WHICH OCCURRED IN THE GENERAL'S HEADQUARTERS. IT IS
TOO EARLY TO PREDICT WHAT EFFECT THIS WILL HAVE ON ECOMOG'S ABILITY TO
TS MILITARY AND HUMANITARIAN�MISSIONS IN LIBERIA.
//NF) 3. AFTER SOME REJOICING ON THE PART OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION, IT WAS
A RELATIVELY QUIET NIGHT IN MONROVIA WITH NO APPARENT FIGHTING BETWEEN THE
WARRING FACTIONS. SPORADIC SHOOTING RESUMED IN THE MORNING. NIMELY AND
HIS AFL ADHERENTS HAVE WITHDRAWN TO THE EXECUTIVE MANSION IN HOPE OF
MAINTAINING A LAST DITCH DEFENSE UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF THE INTERIM
GOVERNMENT OR AN EXPANDED DEPLOYMENT OF ECOMOG FORCES IN DOWNTOWN
MONROVIA. OMMENT: THE WILD CARD IN THIS FRAGILE EQUATION IS NPFL
LEADER TAYNCE THE 9 SEPTEMBER SHOOTOUT AT THE FREEPORT, HE HAS
BEEN SILENT. WHILE LOGIC RARELY PREVAILS IN LIBERIA, MANY OBSERVERS BELIEVE
TAYLOR'S BEST MOVE AT THIS POINT WOULD BE TO LAUNCH AN IMMEDIATE DRIVE VIA
SINKOR TO THE MANSION IN ORDER TO CAPITALIZE HE AFL'S WITHDRAWAL.)
5,0/NF) 4. THIS MORNING INPFL REPRESENTATIVES VISITED THE EMBASSY TO CORRECT
WHAT WAS IN THEIR OPINION INACCURATE REPORTING BY THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS
REGARDING INPFL LEADER JOHNSON'S INTENTIONS. THEY STATED THAT JOHNSON
WOULD RETAIN THE TITLE OF PRESIDENT UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF THE INTERIM
GOVERNMENT. THEY ALSO SAID THAT PRESIDENT DOE WAS WOUNDED IN EACH LEG.
HIS MILITARY TRIAL WOULD FOLLOW SHORTLY. AT THE TIME OF THEIR DEPARTURE
FROM INPFL HEADQUARTERS, DOE WAS STILL ALIVE.
,(.84IF) 5. GIVEN THE DISTINCT POSSIBILITY OF A RAPIDLY DETERIORATING SECURITY
SITUATION, THE U.S. EMBASSY IS PREPARING CONTINGENCY PLANS TO MOVE ALL U.S.
PERSONNEL ONTO THE EMBASSY COMPOUND IF NECESSARY UNTIL THE SITUATION
STABILIZES. FUEL, FOOD, AND WATER REMAIN TIGHT AND A RESUPPLY WILL BE
NECESSARY IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. ALL PERSONNEL ARE SAFE. THE AMERICAN
STAFF OF THE U.S. EMBASSY IS RESTRICTED TO THE COMPOUND.
Collection: CC
Creator:
Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
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