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PROJECT NUMBER:
8808
SESSION NUMBER:
son
DATE OF SESSION:
28 FEB 88
DATE OF REPORT:
29 FEB 88
START:
1130 (about)
END:
1330 (about)
METHODOLOGY:
WRV
VIEWER IDENTIFIER:
079
1.
(S/NF/SK)
MISSION:
Attempt to determine the current
location of USMC LTC William Richard (Rich) Higgins believed to
be currently held hostage in the area known as "Arab Salim".
2.
(S/NF/SK)
VIEWER TASKING:
Same as in para 1.
Time
permitting, determine the movements and locations in the
immediate and near future.
3.
(S/NF/SK)
COMMENTS:
Session was conducted at the DIAC on
the 7th floor.
No inclemencies noted.
Session of 26 Feb 88
indicated that Higgins would be moving in two to two and half
days.
All three viewers found him in a different location.
It
is conceivable he may have been moved at the time the session was
conducted.
Summary of the session is at Enclosure 1.
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CLASSIFIED BY:
DIA
(DT)
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OADR
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079
29 Fer88
Les 4
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SUMMARY
PROJECT:
8088
VIEWER:
079
SESSION:
28 FEB 88
USMC LTC Higgins will be moved in a northeastern and north
direction from Arab
Salim.
He is currently located in Sector
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Imagery map provided.
This location is labelled Y.
(Y
appears to be an open field) .
"X" marks the location of a series
of buildings
that has
some
functional
significance in the
movement of Higgins; to facilitate his transportation.
Arab
Salim is considered a "friendly" (to the captors)
area;
they are
about to head north and reenter what is considered an unfriendly
area.
They have been logistically replenished and new personnel
have been assigned to the project.
The target automobile remains
the
same as previously described;
two additional non-descript
The
automobiles that blend well with the environs will be used.
first and more important automobile will precede the target
vehicle; the second vehicle will
follow the target vehicle.
Higgins will be on floor in the back seat of the target vehicle
wrapped n a brown/blue/green blanket.
Walkie talkies with a
maximum range of an estimated 53 miles will be
used to insure
communications among the vehicles.
Higgins will not be
transported by air or by sea.
New orders have been issued by two
three elders with the commando group to treat Higgins "better
than the newspaper reporters" because Higgins is considered a
political plum that can be used to advantage in gaining
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publicity, fostering a sense
Of
showmanship in anticipated
negotiations
(indirect) with the US.
The Iranians want him
(Higgins) dead.
The Soviet want no part of the Higgins caper for
fear of being implicated in the abduction plot.
THE FACT REMAINS
THAT HIGGINS WILL BE RETURNED UNHARMED.
In reply to a direct
query, Viewer 079
indicated that a rescue operation could be
feasible provided such an operation were undertaken by the
"Israelis" who are more familiar with the terrain and whose
intelligence network and troop movements are less like to attract
attention (than the US) .
Higgins will be moved within the next
twenty five to thirty hours; he will remain
at
the first point
indicated for about five hours, in the next
station for about two
days.
The captors want to arrive at Beirut the soonest; in
unfriendly territory, he is considered a hot potato, dangerous to
be with even in the capacity of captor.
aided from Session Transcript
LTC Higgins will be al;
(worth of arab Salini)
K hirkyara (for 2 days)
JEB ATMAR JIRUIS (for 5 hrs).
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