2ACR INTSUM FOR MARCH 4 1991

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Subject = 2ACR INTSUM FOR MARCH 4 1991

Parent Organization = VII CORPS

Unit = 2D ACR

Folder Title = 2 ACR INTSUMS 18 NOV 90-2 APR 91

Document Number = 56

Box ID = BX001705

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2ACR INTSUM fur liarcti 4, 11?91

Si-immaryt Significant progress towards peace has been made with the meeting
be ween General Schwar--@@opf and Iraqi coinniinders. IID (11) remains in the
Basrah salient. Iraqi Li,-cjups reinkiti L;iE,(.3i-g@intzL-d and without effective commarid
and control.

U)@@@At a meeting yesterday morning wit[) Iraqi comniiriders, CENTCOIII CINC General
Schwarzkopf secured the agreement a4 Iraq to all conditions laid olit by the
U.N. +or a lasting Cease fire. [Iiis included the repatriation of coalition
P'OW's And the disclosure of it aqi -laid niinefields in Kuwait and southern Iraq.

IID (M) remains deployed it) a -=@aljQnt SDLI"'I'lWeSt of Al Basrah. The division
!II seperate
is e.@pected to pull back 'lo a specifi(-d demarcation line which w'
Iraqi troops by at least 21@,M.
U.S. forces -From

Iraqi troops in the vicinity of Al Basrah continue to simultaneously move
Troops. north and establish hasty defenses. it has been assessed that there is
kppro..im@Ately a mechanized fjivi-,iun Lfi this area. Poor unit formations and
other evidence a+ disarray indicate'tiiat effective command and control 0+
remaining Iraqi troops in LiiE, i,IU -:full lias fiot been reestablished.

#AJL4%)..Presicient Hussein tias, not been seen of, heard in public since the U.S. Air
";IWr--@yce reportedly destroyed an Linder-graLttid command and control bltnt@er in the
,@@s,,,.I,,rs f combat operations. [his has led 'lo speculation tilal either
H sin i
s dead or has f I (Rd the cc)unti, y. Ttiese i-E:?ports tiive not been
confirmed.

-.AD -@at i ono hi upper
On ZS Mar, a soldier fron complained of burning sen,. s n s t
lr was found to have beL@?,i affpcted b-y C@@ and Lewisite, two forms of blister
@gent. A Fuchs vehicle was dispatched to the vicinity of PU995047 to verify
-aCC?a -what stronger traces of
the report and +ound fninLtt.L ti Cif CX and soml

Declassified per SECARMY by CMH: 16-Jun-1997

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