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                 ITEM/017/PERSIAN GULF CRISIS/            /CTY:IZ/Y//

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RMK/PERSIAN GULF: SITUATION UPDATE





                 IN KUWAIT, SA-6 UNITS HAVE DEPLOYED IN THE NORTHWEST, A NEW CHEMICAL DECON-
TAMINATION SITE                 AND A FROG-7 BATTALION HAS DEPARTED AN AREA NEAR ALI AL SALEM. 
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE WITHIN THE MAJOR DIVISIONAL AREAS AROUND ALI AL SALEM, 
AL JAHRAH, KUWAIT BAY AND IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTRY. IN IRAQ, DEFENSIVE 
IMPROVEMENTS WERE CONTINUING AT THE OLD ROYAL PALACE.



KUWAIT



GROUND ACTIVITY



TWO NEW SA-6 BATTERIES HAVE DEPLOYED AT SITES IN NORTHWESTERN KUWAIT. ONE SITE HAS 
BEEN ESTABLISHED NORTHWEST OF UMM AL AISH AT 29-47N 047-31E SINCE          DECEMBER. THE 
SECOND SITE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED 18 KM EAST OF THE KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER NEAR 29-52-01N 
047-16-48E SINCE          JANUARY. THESE SA-6 SITES ARE PROBABLY NOT NEW TO THE KTO BUT 
RELOCATED FROM WITHIN THE AREA. NORTHWEST OF ALI AL SALEM AIRFIELD, A NEW CHEMICAL 
WASHDOWN DECONTAMINATION SITE, CONSISTING OF FOUR WASHDOWN STATIONS, HAS BEEN 
CONSTRUCTED AT 29-37N 047-24E SINCE          DECEMBER. EACH OF THE FOUR WASDOWN STA-
TIONS APPEARED OCCUPIED.



IN SOUTHERN KUWAIT, A FROG-7 BATTALION THAT WAS POSITIONED NORTH OF ALI AL SALEM AIR-
FIELD IN THE VICINITY OF 29-24N 047-32E HAS DEPARTED FROM ITS REVETTED DEPLOYMENT AREA 
SINCE          JANUARY. ONE OTHER NEARBY FROG-7 BATTALION REMAINED DEPLOYED WITHIN ITS 
REVETTED DEPLOYMENT AREA. ALTHOUGH THE DEPARTED FROG-7 BATTALION MAY HAVE BEEN 
LOCALLY REPOSITIONED; IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THE UNIT MAY HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED AWAY 
FROM THE ALI AL SALEM AREA.



NO MAJOR CHANGES, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, WERE          IN THE REGULAR ARMY ARMORED 
DIVISION DEPLOYED NORTH OF ALI AL SALEM AIRFIELD, THE REGULAR ARMY MECHANIZED INFAN-
TRY DIVISION DEPLOYED IN THE AL JAHRAH AREA, THE REGULAR ARMY MECHANIZED INFANTRY 
DIVISION DEPLOYED NORTH OF KUWAIT BAY, AND THE REGULAR ARMY ARMORED DIVISION 
DEPLOYED IN THE NORTHWESTERN KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER AREA.



IRAQ



GROUND ACTIVITY-



CONTINUED DEFENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS WERE UNDERWAY AT THE OLD ROYAL PALACE IN BAH-
GDAD SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS, TO INCLUDE THE FORTIFICATION OF BOTH THE GROUND 
BASED AND CUPOLA PREDETONATION SCREENS          WITH CROSS MEMBERS AND CLOTH-LIKE 
MATERIAL, HAVE BEEN COMPLETED SINCE          JANUARY. THE CLOTH MATERIAL, WHICH HAS BEEN 
HUNG FROM THE TOP OF BOTH THE CUPOLA AND MAIN SCREEN, IS SPACED AT INTERMITTANT 
INTERVALS AROUND THE OUTER EDGE OF THE SCREEN. IN ADDITION, A SINGLE SH-3 SEA KING 
MEDIUM HELICOPTER (POSSIBLY ON ALERT TO TRANSPORT VIPS, AND HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS) 
HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM A HANGAR ON THE PALACE GROUNDS.



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