CIA-RDP96-00789R003400890001-7

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PROJECT NUMBER:
8808
SESSION NUMBER:
40
DATE OF SESSION:
19 MAY 88
DATE OF REPORT:
19 MAY 88
START:
1000
END:
1115
METHODOLOGY:
WRV
VIEWER
IDENTIFIER:
079
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1.
(S/NF/SK)
MISSION: Phase I of this mission determined that
LTC William (Rich) Higgins is alive and described his mental and
emotional status.
The second part of the mission consists of
determining his current location.
2.
(S/NF/SK)
VIEWER TASKING:
Conduct a search and determine
the current location of LTC Higgins.
3.
(S/NF/SK)
COMMENTS:
No inclemencies noted.
High degree of
correlation exists with other viewers regarding the immediate
surroundings of LTC Higgins.
4.
(S/NF/SK) :
EVALUATION:
HANDLE VIA SKEET CHANNELS ONLY
SECRET/NOFORN
CLASSIFIED BY:
DIA
(DT)
DECLASSIFY:
OADR
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14 May 88
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SECRET/NOFORN
SUMMARY
At this time, Date Time Group 191030Z MAY-88, USMC LTC William
Higgins is being held in a very small rowboat located at Grid
Indicator "C-7", estimated as being located
about 9.5 statute
miles west of a point
slightly higher than the
geographical
location known as "Al Khidr". See Grid Reading "H-3", Higgins
will be moved from this position within the next twenty-eight
hours.
His captors have been unsuccessful in bringing
(delivering) LTC Higgins to Beirut.
They reached the southern
outskirts of Beirut in an area located in the vicinity of Ayat,
Aynnub and Alayn (Grid Indicator H-3); while at these locations,
the captors received assistance locally but were unable to
proceed further.
Their trek north towards Beirut was curtailed
as a result of the infighting in southern Beirut by the rival
Shiite factions,
the Hezbollah and the Amal groups.
LTC Higgins
will be released when he is driven to the outskirts of Beirut in
an area described as soft and grassy. Prior to his release,
he
will be allowed (forced) to see the other US hostages.
Notification of his release by the captors will be telephonic.
Subsequent to his release from captivity, LTC Higgins will be
transported home by ship.
LTC Higgins is acutely aware of the
fact that he is being held in a very small craft (boat) .
HANDLE VIA SKEET CHANNELS ONLY
SECRET/NOFORN
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day after higgens release date soon on or about june 2nd
20 hours from now --
lets show you where higgens is
we must show you exact way of travel in and around areas of city
holes
THE TRUTH WILL BE HERE
GO TO BERUIT AND LET US SHOW YOU
MOVE HIM FREQUENTLY
CAN'T GET HIM SITUATED LIKE THEY WANTED, BECAUSE OF INTERNAL
FACTIONS
GO UPWARD TO CITY
WAIT SEVERAL HOURS 20 TO 28 HOURS
SITUATION IS EXTREME
HE WAS TAKEN IN AND AROUND - OUT
SEE THE HILL COMING IN CLOSE TO CITY - LOW HILL GOING UP INTO THE
CITY OF BERUIT.
THEY CAN'T GET INTO THE CITY BECAUSE OF FIGHTING ACTIVITIES
CURTAILED
NOT GOOD - NOT GOOD FOR THEM TO BE HERE TO MUCH LINE OF SIGH
THIS WAS A HELP TO THE HOSTAGES
THEY NEVER MADE IT INTO THE CITY - THEY TRIED TO MOVE HIM TO THE
OTHER HOSTAGES
HIDING HIM IN WATER HOLES - TINY BOATS
HE IS OK
THEY ARE PLACING HIM
NOT STRICT CONTROL BUT HE HAS NO PLACE TO GO
THE CAPTORS ARE WITH HIM SOMETHIMES BUT THEY HAVE MORE MOBILITY
EMERGENCE
HE WILL SURFACE SOON
WATER IS DIFFICULT TO KEEP HIM FOR LONG - HBE WILL EMERGE SOON
HE REALIZES HE IS ON WATER - NOT LONG HAS HE BEEN IN WATER 2 DAYS
MAYBE TWO MORE
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WAS A DUMB MOVE BUT GIVES CAPTORS BREATHING ROOM
- COMING FROM
WATER TO LAND
HE COMES HOME IN BIG SHIP - CRESSED IN WHITE,
SHORT SLEEVE UNIFORM
HE LOVES US VERY MUCH
THE TERRORIST WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE HIM UP READILY- EASILY
HIGGENS WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO OTHER HOSTAGES AND SEE THEM
HIGGENS' TERRORIST GO TO TERRAIN OF SOFT GRASS, RADIO IN - PICKED
UP ALONE, STANDING,
GIVE HIM UP READILY, AVAILABLE
THEY DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK TO ANYONE - NEAR THE OUTSKIRTS OF
BERUIT
HE WILL DRIVE NEAR OUTSKIRTS NORTH
HE WILL
BE ASSOCIATED WITH MILITARY
TERRORISTS ARE TIRED
THEY ARE READY
BECAUSE THEY CONNOT GET HIM SITUATED WITH OTHERS
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