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WARNING NOTICE:
INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED
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PROJECT NUMBER:
8808
SESSION NUMBER:
25
DATE OF SESSION:
9 AUG 88
DATE OF REPORT:
9 AUG 88
START:
1000
END:
1130
METHODOLOGY:
WRV
VIEWER IDENTIFIER:
079
(S/NF/SK)
MISSION:
Access and describe current status of
the hostages, specifically, USMC LTC William (Rich) Higgins, the
other US hostages, Rudolf Cordes, Terry Waite, and the Israeli
hostages.
Attempt to determine dates of release from captivity.
2.
(S/NF/SK)
VIEWER TASKING:
Viewer tasked with essential
elements of information reflected in mission tasking, Para 1,
above.
3.
(S/NF / SK)
COMMENTS:
No inclemencies noted.
In a passing
reference to the desirability of continuing the topical search of
interest related to plans and intentions related to the possible
highjack of an aircraft in Athens, Greece, it was and must be
noted that initial sessions need to be refined by subsequent
sessions in order to arrive at reasonable conclusions.
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EVALUATION:
às per
DB-5C .
FIR enfort collaborates substantially contents of
Summary , particularly , Para 1 .
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Project 8808
9 aug 88
Session 2.5
DRAFT WORKING PAPER
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
The impending release of LTC Higgins appears imminent and the
result of continuing negotiations undertaken and pursued by the
UN Secretary General, Perez de Cuellar,
It is anticipated that
LTC Higgins will be released on or before the projected date of
implementation of the Cease Fire scheduled for 20 August 1988.
LTC Higgins is very much aware of his projected and impending
release from captivity perceived as a good will gesture by Iran.
LTC Higgins is in good physical condition; his contentment is
tinged with impatience at the thought of freedom.
The Syrians
play an indirect but important and controlled roll in the release
of Higgins; they implement the results of the negotiations.
Higgins is currently located at Sukar Al
Gharb located directly
His ultimate and near-
east of Bsaba, his last known location.
term destination is Khaloah (phonetic) located immediately south
of the Beirut International
Khaloah was indicated as an
Airport.
Dayr Oubil located east of
intermittent stopover.
See
ENCLOSURE 1.
Decisions have been made to assemble and evacuate
hostages from Lebanon to Tehran; however, Higgins will
not be
going to Tehran.
His release is a separate (UN)
issue negotiated
under the auspices of UN. He will be transported initially by a
non-US/UN ocean vessel to Egypt.
He will subsequently be
transported by a US/UN vessel to Tunisia.
Ultimately, he will
then sail via a US/UN military vessel from Tunisia to the US.
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In the order of release from captivity, Higgins will be
released first, Cordes and Reed second, followed by Tracy,
Polhill, Cicippio.
Waite, Sutherland and Anderson will be last.
Other, isolated, pieces of information revealed that Kurt
Waldheim, President of Austria and former Secretary General
of
the UN, is reportedly playing an active role in the negotiations.
Final peace between Iraq and Iran will not be achieved until
about February 1989; isolated skirmishes will continue to plague
both sides in view of the deep hatred spawned by this war.
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