COMMANDERS SITREP 80

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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP 80                                            

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX000249

Folder Title: VII CORPS CMDRS SITREP  22 MAR THRU 6 MAY 91                                                    

Document Number:         31

Folder SEQ  #:         79










         RETURN OF CIVILIANS FROM EPW CAMPS AND HOSPITALS THROUGH VII

         CORPS SECTOR POSES SPECIAL CHALLENGE. BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS

         TO RETURN THESE CIVILIANS THROUGH INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES. THIS

         WILL BEST ASSURE THEIR SAFETY AGAINST REPRISALS. RELIEF OF 2ACR

         BY IID HAS OCCURED. PREPARED TO WITHDRAW IAD FROM IRAQ TO RAA

         AND COVER REMAINDER OF SECTOR AS ECON014Y OF FORCE. AS WE

         APPROACH THE REDEPLOYMENT PHASE NEED TO BEGIN GRADUAL

         DISENGAGEMENT, FIRST BY REMOVING CHECKPOINTS ALONG HIGHWAY 8 AS

         UNITS BEGIN TO WITHDRAW FROM IRAQ. CAN BE IN POSITION TO

         INTERDICT MILITARY TRAFFIC AND TO OFFER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

         AS REQUIRED. CAN IMPLEMENT THIS MISSION IN 24 HOURS. CAN BEGIN

         1AD MOVEMENT IN 48 HOURS.

             C. +" INTENT IS TO POSTURE VII CORPS TO MOVE OUT OF IRAQ

         WITHIN A PERIOD OF 5 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF EXECUTION ORDERS.

         INCREASED TIME DUE TO LONGER DISTANCES, REDUCED CL ix

         AVAILABILITY AND HEAT. PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT ACCOUNTABILITY IS

         PARAMOUNT AS UNITS WITHDRAW FROM IRAQ. CORPS REDEPLOYMENT

         OBJECTIVES ARE: FIRST IN FIRST OUT; SAFETY, CARE, AND DISCIPLINE

         OF SOLDIERS; DISCIPLINED ACCOUNTABILITY OF RESOURCES; AND

         REDEPLOYMENT IN A MANNER THAT BEFITS VICTORIOUS VETERANS OF

         MOBILE ARMORED DESERT WARFARE. CORPS REDEPLOYMENT PLAN HAS BEEN

         PUBLISHED.


             D. +" MY URGENT REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE: LINKAGE WITH

         INTERNATIONAL RELIEF AGENCIES TO REPLACE US ARMY IN CIVIL RELIEF

         OPERATIONS; ASSISTANCE FOR DC'S SEEKING RELOCATION OUTSIDE OF

         IRAQ AND ASSISTANCE IN RELOCATING IRAQI CIVILIANS FROM EPW CAMPS


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File Room = jun96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000249
Unit = VII CORPS
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Folder Title = VII CORPS CMDRS SITREP 22 MAR THRU 6 MAY 91
Folder Seq # = 79
Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 80
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Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 18-OCT-1996