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PROJECT NUMBER:
8808
SESSION NUMBER:
24
DATE OF SESSION:
4 Aug 88
DATE OF REPORT:
4 Aug 88
START:
1230
END:
1315
METHODOLOGY :
WRV
VIEWER IDENTIFIER:
079
1.
(S/NF / SK)
MISSION: Update the current
status and location of
USMC LTC William (Rich) Higgins.
Conduct
search at map
Agcations of four
embassies in Beirut to determine suspected
presence.
Address any other significant changes related to the
other hostages to include Waite and Cordes.
2.
(S/NF/SK)
VIEWER TASKING: Tasking as in Para 1 above;
exception use numerical designations to conduct search of
embassies.
3.
(S/NF/SK)
COMMENTS:
Session was prompted by viewer request
to provide an update on Higgins.
Request was made during course
of update session related to 8813 and conducted this date.
A
Summary of Information is attached.
4.
(S/NF/SK): EVALUATION:
G
HANDLE VIA SKEET CHANNELS ONLY
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8808
079
4 aug88
Session 2 4
DRAFT WORKING PAPER
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
USMC LTC William (Rich) Higgins will be released from
captivity on 4 August 1988 at 1900 hours mainly as a result of
the efforts negotiated by the US State Department representative
(Undersecretary of State?) and Lebanese representative.
In
accordance with terms of the negotiations, and because LTC
Higgins is first and foremost a member assigned to a United
Nations Unit (UN) he will be transported by ship to Tunisia and
Egypt.
This is a negotiated and accepted condition governing the
release of LTC Higgins.
As an added item to this summary, the CI team should be
advised that the old regime (in Lebanon) will
not/repeat/not
remain in power as a result of the elections in Lebanon.
A
Conservative element that
Will
favor closer and more sympathetic
relations with Syria will come into power.
As a last item to this summary it should be noted that mutual
Visits between
the
US and the USSR notwithstanding,
the
implementation of the INF treaty is a "sham".
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