COMMANDERS SITREP 83

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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP 83                                            

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000249

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

Document Number:         28

Folder Seq  #:         79





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                ITION IN IRAQ; PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND

           CL     CE OF CBU'S IN POPULATED AREAS; CONTINUES DEVELOPMENT OF

           RAAIS; PREPARES FOR PEACEKEEPING FORCE HANDOVER; AND CONDUCTS

           COMBINED ARMS LIVE FIRE TRAINING. UN PEACE KEEPING FORCE IS

           ENROUTE TO KUWAIT WHERE THEY WILL BE BRIEFED BY CORPS PERSONNEL.

           ALSO PREPAMD TO PROVIDE UN TF RECON OF BUFFER ZONE.
               B(U)TV WANT TO ENSURE SAFE AND EXPEDITIOUS EVACUATION AND

           CARE OF EPWIS BEYOND VII CORPS. BELIEVE THIS IS AN AREA WE MUST

           CONTINUE TO MONITOR IN THEATER AS HEAT RISES. THE SAFETY AND

           WELL BEING OF IRAQIS WHO RAVE WORKED WITH U.S. FORCES IN THE U.S.

           SECTOR ONCE VII CORPS LEAVES IS OF MAJOR CONCERN. FEAR OF

           REPRISALS RUNS HIGH AV40NG IRAQIS. BELIEVE WE SHOULD USE EVERY

           CHANNEL AVAILABLE TO ENCOURAGE INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES AND ICRC OR

           EVEN POSSIBLY THE UN TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSITION FROM U.S.

           OCCUPATION TO IRAQI GOVERNMENT CONTROL. DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD

           STUFFS TO INCLUDE FOOD AND MEDICINE FOR INFANTS CONTINUES. NEED

           TO KNOW WHEN CIVILIAN RELIEF AGENCIES WILL BE PREPARED TO ASSUME

           OPERATIONS. DOWNHILL TREND IN POPULATION OF CIVIL REFUGEES

           CONTINUES THROUGHOUT SECTOR. 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. PREPARED TO WITFIDRAW@AD FROM R@AQ TO RAA ON

           12 "R AND COVER REMAINDER OF SECTOR AS ECONOMY OF FORCE. CAN BE

           IN POSITION TO INTERDICT MILITARY TRAFFIC AND TO OFFER

           HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AS REQUIRED.



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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
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Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 83
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Declassified = 06-DEC-1996