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PROJECT NUMBER: 8808
SESSION NUMBER:
DATE OF SESSION: 8 JUN 88
DATE OF REPORT:
8 JUN 88
START:
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END:
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VIEWER IDENTIFIER: 079
1.
(S/NF/SK)
MISSION: Determine the current location and
personal
status of USMC LTC William (Rich) Higgins.
2.
(S/NF/SK)
VIEWER TASKING: Determine the current location and
personal
status of LTC Higgins.
Estimate time of release.
3.
(S/NF/SK)
COMMENTS:
No inclemencies noted.
Session
constitutes a weekly update of data related to Higgins and the
other hostages.
A Summary of Information is attached as
Enclosure 1; at Enclosure 2 is a copy
of a section of a map of
Lebanon with a red arrow indicating "Mazra at Nabi Qasim" as the
current location of Higgins. A composite of publicly available
material reflected at Enclosure 3 was used as a reference to
update the status of the other US hostages in Lebanon.
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SUMMARY
USMC LTC William
(Rich) Higgins and his captors continued to
travel in a southerly direction along the coast (of Lebanon) ;
they travelled mainly at night.
They were unable to complete
their trek to Arab Salim, their intended destination.
Higgins
and his six captors are currently located in the immediate
vicinity of "Mazra at Nabi Qasim".
SEE ENCLOSURE 2.
The captors
are confused, scared, and feel
the pressure of the Israeli
forces
directed against them.
They (the captors) travelled along
the
coast line preferring to maintain a land/water interface that
would again allow for Higgins to be set afloat as in the past
should the need arise.
There are no other hostages with Higgins.
Higgins is being better treated because the captors are
preoccupied and concerned with their own welfare.
The release of
LTC Higgins is dependent upon sever factors:
current national
negotiations; the influence of Israeli pressure against the
captors; direction from representatives of the new power base in
Iran; and, internal negotiations between the moderate and radical
Shiite groups represented in Beirut.
(Data out of apparent
context indicates that a "Colonel Lester" [phonetic] takes an
active role that
facilitates the release of Higgins) .
Cordez ,
the German national
being held hostage, will be
released on or about
16 June 1988; negotiations on his behalf
are
progression favorably.
Utilizing ENCLOSURE 3 as a guide, the following observations
ENCL.
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were made regarding the remaining US hostages.
Terry Anderson
remains the most hated of the hostages; he is physically very
weak and vulnerable.
Anderson will be released in August (about
28 August-as previously reported.
Although there are a number of
factors affecting the release of Higgins, his anticipated date of
release is mid June 1988.
Edward Tracy (the writer from Vermont
living in Beirut) will be released on or about 12 August 1988.
Thomas Sutherland (Agriculture Dean, University of Beirut) , will
be released on or about 30 June 1988.
Instructor, University of Beirut)
is active against the hostages
in a manner much like Terry Waite; Turner has
lost a lot of
weight.
His status is tenuous.
There was no
projected date for
the release for Turner.
Frank Herbert Reed (Director, Lebanese
International
School, a quiet man by nature, has remained quiet
and inconspicuous; this is working to his advantage.
His release
STAT
STAT
(NOTE:
Viewer 079 was unable to access information
related to Joseph Cicippio [Comptroller, University of Beirut]
and Allen Steen [Professor of Journalism, University of Beirut].
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is projected for 30 June
1988.
Jesse Turner (Math