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PROJECT NUMBER:
8808
SESSION NUMBER:
03
DATE OF SESSION:
25 FEB 88
DATE OF REPORT:
25 FEB 88
START:
1010
END:
1215
METHODOLOGY:
WRV
VIEWER IDENTIFIER:
079
1.
(S/NF/SK)
MISSION:
Determine current location and
identifiable structure (s) where USMC LTC William Richard (Rich)
Higgins is being held hostage.
Access LTC Higgins and describe
his state of mind and results of his experiences to date.
Include any attempt by Higgins to communicate as a result of his
being video-taped by his captors.
Viewer tasked in accordance with EEI
reflected in Para 1.
2.
(S/NF/SK)
VIEWER TASKING:
:
3.
(S/NF/SK)
COMMENTS:
No physical inclemencies noted
Results
of session
are attached in Summary attached as Enclosure
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HANDLE
SECRET/NOFORN
CLASSIFIED BY:
DIA (DT)
DECLASSIFY:
OADR
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PROJECT:
8088
VIEWER:
079
DATE:
25 FEB 88
8808
079
25 Feb 88
Less 3
SUMMARY
.....
LTC Higgins is angry, scared, and surprised at how such an
abduction could have taken place.
He felt quite protected and
secure from any type of kidnapping by virtue of his military
position.
He was initially shocked but he is now coping better
with the overall situation than he did at the outset.
During
the
early phases of the abduction he was moved often and rapidly.
He
is still being shuffled about but his movements are now more
deliberate,
slower and
the result of superficial planning.
Normally, there are three or four captors present with LTC
Higgins.
They verbally abuse and humiliate him, and occasionally
shove and push him about.
However, he is not being tortured.
He
will be interrogated when he reaches his ultimate destination,
Beirut.
While in Beirut, he will be held captive in a structure
located in proximity of the other hostages.
LTC Higgins is
concerned about being taken to remote location in the country
where he feels he could be killed and where people (negotiators)
may not be able to get in touch with him.
He (LTC Higgins) feels
somewhat (mentally and emotionally) reassured if he knows he is
near power lines.
He is normally held in a room the size of a
bathroom; he is sometimes blindfolded and sometimes tied up.
LTC
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Higgins attempted to provide a code during the course
of
his
video taping by the customers.
Analysts should pay close
attention to his "eye movements to the left" along with his
hands.
LTC Higgins is currently being held in a tall, slender,
multi-storied, brown structure located in the immediate vicinity
of a "man-made" lake.
The
lake is located immediately south of
Point 2018, Map A, and further identified as Arab Salim.
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The
target structure is described as "half opened, half closed, with
no
courtyard and
(located)
near a dump."
The lake is situated on
the outskirts of a somewhat large town.
The immediate area
surrounding the target structure was described as a "dump"
(rubbish dump). His captors continue to monitor radio and
television broadcasts from a town located about 15 to 17 miles
"West and South" from the target structure where LTC Higgins is
being held captive.
The broadcasts are monitored from a
"government-type" hotel.
The spelling of the name of this hotel
name of this hotel has 7 or 8 letters and phonetically sounds
like "Allamah. "
The hotel is located in a town whose name starts
with the letter "L".
The name of the town sounds like "L-
Shaba".
The literal
meaning of the name "L-Shaba" has a
connotation of "weeds" and/or seeds.
"Look for a town
(15 to 17
miles west and south of the target structure) that is losing its
population
(popularity?) , "that has a diminished population. "
LTC Higgins will be moved from this place in "two and a half
or
three days. "
The captors will use a somewhat
small black or
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(dark) brown car with a "round back" bearing a rounded
registration tags on a white background with black lettering;
the
first letter starts with the letter "L". "It has Beirut tags. "
The automobile
looks
like a sports car; in fact,
"it looks out of
place in the current country setting" it is in.
Leaks from
within the Lebanese government and occurring within sixty days
(about 21 April 1988) .
They will be highly credible and should
be pursued.
A "US or English national
identifiable as an
"ambassador or diplomat", and named "Rutledge" (phonetic)
will
play a "key role" in the negotiations for the release of LTC
Higgins.
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