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    TAJI TACTICAL SSM STOR A SPT FAC/[ (b)(2) ] Filename:73878822 PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 78822 GENDATE: 950605 NNNN TEXT: ENVELOPE RATMCIEB YEKDQA 6100 2251933-MIDO--YEKDQX ZNY MMIDO ZNZ1 ZKZK RR AAZ DE HEADER R 131933Z AUG 90 ZYS FM SSO DIA/AIRES TO SSO CINCCENT FIC CATIS TAC IDHS//CATIS/INPOD// USAINTCTREUR SSO IRC CATIS SSO USAFE SSO SAC SAC PACER ETUTUSAREUR SSO FTD FICPAC CATIS AFIS//INOAD// SAFE CMO 18 ABC NAVSTKWARCEN CMO III CORPS CMO 513 MI BDE ESC IDHS ESC ZEM [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(2) ] SECTION 01 OF 01 SECTIONS BODY MSGID/IIR/[ (b)(2) ]// RPTID/PEPIR/[ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(2) ] SUBJECT: TAJI TACTICAL SSM STOR A SPT FAC/[ (b)(2) ] /CTY:IZ/Y// LOC/GEO:333223N0441638E// [ (b)(2) ] STATACT/OPR// RMK/TEN OF THE IRAQI SCUD SRBM ASSOCIATED FACILITIES WERE OBSERVED [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(2) ] NO ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED AT SEVEN OF THE /SRBM LAUNCH COMPLEXES. / /-- AT TAJI SSM STORAGE FACILITY, ADDITIONAL SCUD ACTIVITY WAS /OBSERVED INDICATING THE IRAQIS ARE CONTINUING TO SHIP SCUD-RELATED /EQUIPMENT FROM THIS FACILITY. FOUR STAKE-BED TRAILERS HAD BEEN /LOADED WITH WARHEAD CANISTERS AND ONE TRAILER WAS PROBABLY LOADED /WITH PROPELLANT TANKS. THREE STAKE-BED TRAILERS WERE LOADED WITH /MISSILE AIRFRAMES, HOWEVER, IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED IF THEY /WERE THE SAME TRAILERS WITH AIRFRAMES PRESENT ON 12 AUGUST OR WERE /REPOSITIONED IN THE FACILITY. THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN /THE NUMBER OF STAKE-BED TRAILERS OBSERVED. POSSIBLE /WARHEAD-RELATED ACTIVITY WAS ALSO OBSERVED AT BAGHDAD AMMUNITION /DEPOT TAJI [ (b)(2) ], ADJACENT TO TAJI SSM SUPPORT FACILITY. /A STAKE-BED TRAILER WAS IN FRONT OF A BUNKERED STORAGE BUILDING /AND POSSIBLE WARHEAD CANISTERS HAD BEEN LOADED ON TO THE TRAILER. /THIS FACILITY HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH SCUD-RELATED /EQUPIMENT. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3 (a)(4) ] HOWEVER, SUGGESTS THIS DEPOT MAY FUNCTION AS A /WARHEAD STORAGE FACILITY. / /-- AT QUBAYSAH STORAGE FACILITY, THE CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION /VEHICLE PROBABLY REAMINED, HOWEVER THE CRANE WITH MISSILE /STRONGBACK APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FACILITY. / /[ (b)(1) sec 1.3 (a)(4) ] / / ANALYSTS - PERSIAN GULF CRISIS TEAM / / / / / / // [ (b)(2) ] [ (b)(2) ] #6100 INFODATE:




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