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SECRET/NOFORN
PROJECT SUN STREAK
WARNING NOTICE: SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS
INVOLVED
PROJECT NUMBER:
8808
SESSION NUMBER:
19
DATE OF SESSION:
12 Jul 88
DATE OF REPORT:
12 Jul 88
START:
1315
END:
1445
METHODOLOGY: WRV
VIEWER IDENTIFIER: 079
1.
(S/NF/SK)
MISSION:
Update effort regarding current location
and condition of USMC LTC Higgins; determine location of US
hostages, the two Israeli hostages and Terry Waite.
2.
(S/NF/SK)
VIEWER TASKING:
Viewer tasked with mission
requirements reflected in Para 1.
3.
(S/NF /SK)
COMMENTS:
No inclemencies noted. Session was
long; the equivalent of about six searches were conducted.
Viewer was somewhat drained/fatigued by the end of the session.
See attached Summary.
4.
(S/NF/SK) :
EVALUATION:
1
1
HANDLE VIA SKEET CHANNELS ONLY
SPECIAL ACCESS REQUIRED
SECRET/NOFORN
CLASSIFIED BY:
DIA (DT)
DECLASSIFY BY:
OADR
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SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
USMC LTC William Rich Higgins is currently located in
"Bsaba" indicated as Area "1" in ENCLOSURE 1. Logistical
support
is being provided the captors from Area "2" in ENCLOSURE 2.
[These areas of
interest were previously identified in a report
previously submitted on 7 July 1988].
Check points manned
respectively by the Druze and the Shiites respectively are areas
of specific and current interest in view of anticipated transfer
of hostages from one location to another. The transfer of Higgins
from his current location to the Beirut International Airport is
a matter of continuing concern to the captors.
At this point in
time, Higgins' anticipated release from captivity is projected
for mid to late August.
[Projected date of release is being
monitored on a weekly basis].
Terry Waite remains incarcerated in the Begaa Valley.
See
Area 1 at ENCLOSURE 2.
Terry Anderson
is currently located about
five miles east Terry Waite at Area 2, ENCLOSURE 2.
Area 2 is
located
in
desolate area that resembles a camp or "ruins".
Thomas Sutherland was recently moved and is currently located at
Area 3, Enclosure 2.
Area 3 is about one half mile west
northwest of a site known as "Al Manj".
There is an
apparent
at Area
3.
misunderstanding as to what hostage is located
Rudolf Cordes, the West German national
as
well
as Frank H.
Reed are located at the military barracks (surrounded by Syrian
troops) in southern Beirut
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Joseph
Cicippio and Alann Steen are located in a area
immediately south of Cordes and Reed.
They are kept
"underground", tied more often than not and lying face down to
the ground.
Edward Tracy is located from about two to five miles north of
the military barracks.
Tracy has been intermittently collocated
with Reed.
Tracy appeared to have the ability to receive (rather
than
send)
communications from "the outside" via a penetrant.
Jesse
Turner is being held at or in the immediate vicinity of
a refugee area in western Beirut and described as "Indian
Territory".
See ENCLOSURE 3.
Robert Polhill
is very ill
and continues to require
continuing attention.
He is currently located in the immediate
Vicinity of a site known as "AR RAWSHAH", also located in the
western portion of Beirut.
There is another non-US hostage at
the same location as Polhill.
See ENCLOSURE 4.
The two Israeli hostages are physically being held at
the
"Daytime Hotel".
The "Daytime Hotel" is located in the immediate
vicinity of the "Mesrobian School" in Beirut.
See ENCLOSURE :
Meetings are periodically being held in the "north section
[wing?]" of the Mesrobian School.
A surveillance of personnel
attending these meetings can lead to the disclosure of the exact
location of the Israeli hostages.
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