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PROJECT NUMBER:
8808
SESSION NUMBER:
01
DATE OF SESSION:
18 FEB 88
DATE OF REPORT:
18 FEB 88
START:
1600
END:
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METHODOLOGY:
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VIEWER IDENTIFIER:
079
1.
(S/NF/SK) MISSION:
Determine the location of US Marine
Corps LTC William Rich Higgins.
2.
(S/NF/SK)
VIEWER TASKING:
As above.
3. (S/NF/SK)
COMMENTS: No Inclemencies noted. Results of
session include future events and locations.
Summary is attached
as Enclosure 1.
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PROJECT:
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SUMMARY
US Marine Corps LTC Higgins was abducted about four to six
miles south of Tyre, Lebanon, by a Shiite group of minor
insignificance within the overall
apparatus of the Iranian
sponsored group known as the Hezbollah faction.
There are seven
captors, all male, responsible for guarding, feeding, and moving
the prisoner from one area to the next.
The general strategy
Generally
will consist of moving LTC Higgins by automobile.
speaking he will be driven about five miles south
of Tyre, and
then in an easterly direction for another five to ten miles; from
thence LTC Higgins will be driven in a zigzag route while heading
in a general northerly direction to arrive in Beirut on 17 March
1988.
At that time, LTC Higgins will be held hostage in an area
in close proximity to the other hostages.
LTC Higgins will not
be hurt or killed, but he will be on the move for some time.
At
this time, he is making a special
effort to keep track of time,
dates, distances, sounds and other cues to determine his
whereabouts.
He is still
sy
somewhat in a state of shock at
being captured; he will develop a further strategy on how to
react to his captors.
Dependent on the applicability of this
strategy, his reaction
to his captors, he could be released quite
In any case, he will be released soon
Soon
after the 17th of March 1988,
and before the other hostages
(Cordes in June and Waite in August 1988) .
The Shiite captors
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will
use a "big black Mercedes", a limousine type automobile to
move
LTC Higgins.
The registration tag consists of black
letters on a white background and seem to bear the letters
"PLNN".
A " red sign" (sticker)
is affixed to one side of the
rear of the car; the red sticker serves as a "laissez passer", a
type of official
pass.
In two or three days he will be held in
rea
that is used as a sort of political
assembly
captivity in an
type place,
site where political rallies, meetings take place.
(Other sources indicate Beaufort Castle as a location of specific
interest). The captors will stay at an old (Lebanese)
government
hotel to monitor TV and radio broadcasts to evaluate the reaction
to the kidnapping.
LTC Higgins will be held
at a nearby shelter.
that
time, the captors will meet with Lebanese Government
officials (one such Lebanese official has a French sounding
name); representatives of Finland will also take part in the
negotiations.
The US Government will negotiate via the Finnish
officials for the release of Higgins.
LTC Higgins is currently
being held and is physically located in a damp tunnel with moss
on
top; the tunnel appears to be some sort of bridge; he will be
uncomfortable (damp/cold) for the next two or three days.
The
hotel is located about 24 miles
north of his present location
indicated as immediately south of "Al
Bayyadah".
The black
Mercedes will also go through a checkpoint at "Rok" (not
indicated on the map) , in the immediate vicinity of "Al Majadil
described as a "friendly force" (Lebanese Amal Force) .
0 two
occasions, LTC Higgins will be placed "down and under"
well
hidden to escape detection.
At one point, (possibly at Beaufort
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Castle as
identified by other sources) he will be videotaped
against
white wall background in a tall
slender structure next
to a small
town.
This will take place near or at a structure
associated with the concept of historical museum.
(Possibly
identifiable with Beaufort Castle. )
This particular area of
interest (has been)
will
be sold to the Shiite group."
News of
Higgins will
"come out" during the period of 45 days to 48 days
(3 to 6 April 1988) , from now (this date) .
The Shiite captors,
for whatever reason, do not consider LTC Higgins a "prize"
hostage of high political
value.
This particular splinter group
of captors is also quite disenchanted with the major group and
directions from Iran.
As a group the captors feel this dirty
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works should be given to someone else.
There is internal strife,
a feeling that Khomeini's rule is affecting (unfavorably)
everyone, enemies and friends alike.
The fanatic dedication to
the cause,
so to speak, has greatly abated within this splinter
group .
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