Katanga Military Forces
Originator: CIA
Document date: 08/11/1962
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KATANGA MILITARY FORCES STRENGTH AND

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DATE DISTR. 11 AUGUST: 1962- KILDUFF

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FIELD REPORT NO. ACE-706 KOMER

THIS: 15 UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL.OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE KIN

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AN AFRICAN BUSINESSMAN (C) WITH GOOD ACCESS TO KATANGA MILITARY AND CI KRISAUNDERS

AUTHORITIES AND.TO TSHOMBE'S .PERSONAL: ENTOURAGE.

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1 UNIFORMED AFRICAN SOLDIERS ACTUALLY TRAINED AND EQUIPPED

FOR COMBAT AND ORGANIZED INTO REGULAR KATANGA ARMY UNITS NUMBER LESS

THAN 12,000 9,000 OF THESE HAVE ARMS BUT AT PRESENT ARE NOT ISSUED

WITH AMMUNITION (FIELO COMMENT: ACE 673/FROM OTHER SOURCES REPORTED

A TOTAL OF 25,000 AFRICANS ON THE ARMY PAYROLL. THIS NUMBER

PRESUMABLY INCLUDES SEMI-TRAINED IRREGULARS, THE SO-CALLED RURAL

i MILITIA AND MEMBERS OF TRIBAL MILITARY FORCES SUCH AS THE WARLIKE

BAYEKES IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST KATANGA; THE DISSIDENT BALUBAKAT

~ FACTION-UNDER CHIEF KASONGO NIEMBO IN THE KAMINA AREA AND THE

'BAHEMBAS IÑ NORTH KATANGA ALL OF WHOM ARE LOYAL TO THE KATANGA

GOVERNMENT (GOK) AND ÑOMINALLY INTEGRATED IN THE ARMY OR ARE

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AVAILABLE FOR MILITARY-TYPE DUTY):

2. OF THE 12,000 A MAXIMUM OF 9OO ARE PARACOMMANDOS INCLUDINGES

RECRUITS NOW IN TRAINING. PARACOMMANDO UNITS OF 18-40 MEN EACH ARE

PRESENTLY STATIONED IN KAMBOVE, KAPANGA AND KABONGO. LARGER PARA-

COMMANDO UNITS ARE LOCATED NEAR ELISABETHVILLE AT KEYBERG CAMP

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SOUTHEAST OF KENYA AND KATUBA NATIVE COMMUNES, KIPUSHI, LUENA AND

*KONGOLO. JADOTVILLE AND KOLWEZI ALSO HAVE LARGE PARACOMMANDO FORCES

IN AND OUTSIDE THE CITIES. OPPOSITE THE OUTER UN PERIMETER OF

ELISABETHVILLE AND ALONG THE ROAD TO JADOTVILLE, SMALL WELL-ARMED

PARACOMMANDO UNITS EQUIPPED WITH LAND ROVER JEEPS ARE IN THE BUSH

CONSTANTLY ON ALERT. ... THEIR POSITIONS ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD

AND DURING TROOP AND TRANSPORT MOVEMENTS THEY AVOID ALL MAIN ROADS.

THE MAIN PARACONMANDO TRAINING CENTER IS NOW AT RUWE, 5-6 KILOMETERS

NORTH OF KOLWEZI. HERE WHAT IS CALLED "PRELIMINARY TRAINING" IS

GIVEN. PART OF. THE TRAINEES ARE EVENTUALLY SELECTED TO BE MEMBERS

OF THE "PARACOMMANDO ELITE" WHICH IS. IMMEDIATELY READY FOR COMBAT :

DUTY. THE ELITE NOW INCLUDES ONLY 150 AFRICANS ALL OF WHOM HAVE

BEEN INTENSIVELY TRAINED, ALSO IN THE KOLWEZI AREA, IN UNCONVENTIONAL

WARFARE TACTICS BY EUROPEAN MERCENARY INSTRUCTOR-SPECIALISTS.

AFTER THIS TRAINING THEY ARE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND

POSTED IN SMALL NUMBERS TO VARIOUS UNITS IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN

THEM. THEY ARE REGARDED AS UNUSUALLYDEFFICIENT AND EFFECT LVE.,

TROOPS. ACCORDING TO CHIFF OF PARACONMANDO ... TRAINING KASONGO, OTHER

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PRELIMINARY TRAINEES ARE SELECTED TO GO TO FRANCE FOR FURTHER

TRAINING; MANY ARE ALREADY IN FRANCE FOR THIS PURPOSE (FIELD. COMMENT:

APPR. 6.). KASONGO HIMSELF CONSTANTLY TRAVELS ABOUT KATANGA SEEING

THAT THE SPECIALIZED MILITARY EDUCATION OF ORDINARY PARACOMMANDOS

CONTINUES WHEREVER.. UNITS ARE POSTED.

3. THERE IS ALSO AN ALL-AFRICAN MOBILE BRIGADE OF 750 TROOPS

WHO ARE WELL-TRAINED AND REGARDED AS DEPENDABLE AND COURAGEOUS.

IT HAS SOME ARMORED CARS BUT THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN POOR

CONDITION

OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. FOR TRANSPORT THIS UNIT DEPENDS MAINLY.

ON LAND ROVERS, ITALIAN FIAT JEEPS, THAMSTRADER 6-WHEELED DIESEL

TRUCKS (INITIAL 50) AND A FEW RENAULT TRUCKS AS DO OTHER TYPES OF

ARMY UNITS.

4. REGULAR GENDARMERIE TROOPS ARE NOW STATIONED IN. ELISABTH-

VILLE, KIPUSHI, KOLWEZI, TO A LESSER EXTENT IN THE JADOTVILLE AREA

AND THROUGHOUT THE BUSH, THEY ARE MOSTLY ARMED WITH BELGIAN RIFLES,

SOME CZECH-MADE BREN GUNS CAPTURED FROM THE CONGO NATIONAL ARMY. (CNA).

BAZOOKAS AND MORTARS (FIELD COMMENT: SEE ACE 673 FOR OTHER. TYPES

OF ARMS AVAILABLE TO THE ARMY) GENDARMERIE TRAINING INSTALLATIONS

ARE LOCATED IN KARAVIA 7 KILOMETERS FROM ELISABETHVILLE AND ON THE

SHORE OF DELCOMAUNE LAKE NORTH OF KOLWEZI. THERE IS ALSO A NON-

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS TRAINING CENTER NEAR LE MARINEL HYDROELECTRIC

INSTALLATION NORTH OF DELCOMMUNE. THE KARAVIA SCHOOL HAS A STAFF

OF T AFRICAN OFFICERS WHO GIVE SOLDIERS INTENSIVE COMBAT INSTRUCTION.

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SEVERAL OF THE 27 AFRICAN OFFICERS WHO RECENTLY RETURNED FROM TWO

YEARS MILITARY TRAINING IN BELGIUM HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE SCHOOLS

NEAR KOLWEZI.

MOST ARMY OFFICERS IN GENERAL HAVE RECEIVED MILITARY TRAINING IN

BELGIUM®

5. AT PRESENT THERE ARE 135 FULL TIME PROFESSIONAL MERCENARIES

OF WHICH THE FRENCH CONTINGENT INCLUDING FORMER OAS TERRORISTS:

FROM ALGERIA. IS NUMERICALLY THE LARGEST FOLLOWED BY SOUTH AFRICANS

AND BELGIANS. IN ADDITION THERE ARE MANY BELGIAN COLONS AND :..

BUSINESSMEN WHO SERVE ON A PART TIME BASIS WITH BONAFIDE MERCENARIES

(FIELD COMMENT: ACE 673 REPORTED A MAXIMUM OF 350 MERCENARIES.

A EUROPEAN BUSINESSMAN (B) ON 31 JULY QUOTED A SENIOR BELGIAN

INTELLIGENCE OFFICER IN ELISABETHVILLE WHO HAS EXTENSIVE CONTACTS

AMONG SENIOR AFRICAN OFFICIALS AND MILITARY LEADERS, EUROPEAN

ADVISORS. AND MERCENARIES AS ASSERTING THERE ARE 150 TRUE MERCENARIES

IN KATANGA. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE OTHER 200 ODD ARE VOLUNTEERS,

FOR THE MOST PART COLONS AND OTHER RESIDENTS OF KATANGA, WHO HAVE

ACTUAL OR OSTENSIBLE CIVILIAN. OCCUPATIONS BUT SERVE PART TIME OR

SPORADICALLY ON A FULL TIME BASIS AS PAID MERCENARIES). MERCENARIES

ARE ORGANIZED AND OPERATE SEPARATELY FROM THE ARMY EXCEPT. FOR A FEW

IN NORTH KATANGA WHO ACT AS CADRES IN STRATEGIC AFRICAN. TROOP

GARRISONS. IN ADDITION TO THEIR REGULAR PAY ALL MERCENARIES NOW

RECEIVE 2000 KATANGA FRANCS A DAY WHEN THEY ARE "ON MILITARY

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MISSIONS" (FIELD COMMENT: ACE 673 REPORTED THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY

SALARIES TO BE 50.000 TO 100.000 FRANCS PAID BOTH IN LOCAL AND

FOREIGN CURRENCY) POINTS OF MAJOR MERCENARY CONCENTRATIONS. ARE

THE KIPUSHI. ELISABETHVILLE, KAMBOVE, KOLWEZI. KABONGO AND KONGOLO

-AREAS. SEVERAL ARE ALSO HIDDEN IN THE BUSH AROUND THE UN-HELD

TOWN OF NYUNZU IN NORTH KATANGA (FIELD COMMENT: APPR. 6). THIS

DISTRIBUTION IS GENERAL AS THEY ARE CONSTANTLY MOVING ABOUT IN

SMALL MOBILE UNITS AND SHIFTING THEIR BASE LOCATIONS. A FRENCH

•OFFICER, FNU BARON, WHO FORMERLY SERVED IN INDOCHINA BUT NEVER

IN ALGERIA. HAS BEEN GIVEN OVERALL COMMAND OF MERCENARIES. ALTHOUGH

HIS HEADQUARTERS IS IN KIPUSHI, HE IS NOW SPENDING MOST OF HIS TIME

TRAVELLING ABOUT KATANGA INSPECTING HIS COLLEAGUES AND TRYING TO

CONSOLIDATE HIS COMMAND STATUS (FIELD COMMENT: ACE 673 REPORTED

A FRENCH COLONEL GARDY, WHO MAY ACTUALLY BE THE SAME MAN AS

"BARON", HAD BEEN PROPOSED FOR THIS FUNCTION. QUE TO THE BITTER

• JEALOUSIES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS NATIONAL GROUPS, IT IS NOT SURPRISING

THAT THE "COMMANDER" MUST GIVE HIS ATTENTION TO PERSUADING HIS

COLLEAGUES TO ACCEPT HIM AS THEIR LEADER). JOSEPH SMAL, BELGIAN

PROPRIETOR OF THE "BONNE AUBERGE" IN KOLWEZI USES HIS HOTEL AS A

COORDINATION CENTER FOR MERCENARIES. HE STORES A LARGE QUANTITY

OF ARMS THERE FOR THEIR USE. FOR RECOGNITION PURPOSES WHEN

GREETING MERCENARIES SENT TO CONTACT HIM, HE KEEPS IN A CLOSED

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FRAME INSIDE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOTEL BAR A PICTURE OF HIMSELF.

DRESSED IN MERCENARY UNIFORM HOLDING A BOMB NEXT TO A KATANGA

MILITARY AIRCRAFT. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BAR HE KEEPS A PICTURE

OF BARON. MORALE AMONG TRUE MERCENARIES AND EUROPEAN VOLUNTEERS IS

CURRENTLY HIGH: THEY SUPPORT TSHOMBE WITH NO RESERVATIONS AND ARE

CONFIDENT THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND KATANGA AGAINST UN OR CNA

ATTACK.

6. THE PRESENT ACCENT WITHIN THE KATANGA AIR FORCE (KAF) IS ON

TACTICAL USE OF PREDOMINANTLY SMALL AIRCRAFT. KAF STRATEGISTS

VIEW JET AIRCRAFT AS TOO FAST FOR A SMALL COUNTRY LIKE KATANGA;

ALSO KATANGA CAN NEVER HOPE TO MATCH JETS AVAILABLE TO THE UN WHICH

CAN APPEAL TO THE WHOLE WORLO FOR REINFORCEMENTS IN EVENT ITS

SUPERIORITY IN NUMBERS WAS CHALLENGED. THE KAF VIEWS ITS EXPERIENCE

WITH SMALL AIRCRAFT DURING THE DECEMBER FIGHTING AS USEFUL; IT

WAS ABLE TO DROP SMALL BOMBS EFFECTIVELY FROM LOW ALTITUDES AND

OUTMANEUVER UN JETS. THE KAF PRESENTLY HAS THREE DOVES AND IS

TRYING TO GET MORE (FIELD COMMENT:. ACE 673 ALSO REPORTED TWO OR

MORE DE. HAVILLAND DOVE TWIN-ENGINE UTILITY TRANSPORTS AVAILABLE TO

THE KAF). IT IS ALSO TRYING TO ACQUIRE MORE SMALL PLANES. PAUL

GIRON, AN EX-BELGIAN AIR FORCE OFFICER AGED 55 AND MARRIED TO A

BRITISHER, IS NOW IN KOLWEZI AND PLANS TO REMAIN THERE UNTIL

OCTOBER ACTING AS AGENT/EXPEDITOR FOR AIRCRAFT PURCHASES AND

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DELIVERIES. AIRCRAFT ARE STAGED AND OPERATED FROM THE KIPUSHI AND

KOLWEZI AIRPORTS; THE KAF ALSO DEPENDS HEAVILY ON USE OF NUMEROUS

SMALL GRAVEL AND SAND-SURFACED AIRSTRIPS LOCATED IN THE BUSH

THROUGHOUT KATANGA. IT DEPENDS PRIMARILY ON THE UNION MINTERE DU.

HAUT KATANGA (UMHK) WORKSHOPS AT JADOTVILLE TO FABRICATE, REPAIR

OR INSTALL AIRCRAFT SPARE PARTS. THE KAF NOW EMPLOYS 11 MERCENARIES

AS PILOT PERSONNEL. MOST ARE BRITISH OR SOUTH AFRICANS.PLUS..

TWO CANADIANS AND ARE BASED AT KOLWEZI. MOST PREVIOUSLY SERVED WITH

THE RAF MANY IN SUDAN, UGANDA OR KENYA. TWO SUCH ARE JAMES. Wo.

HEDGES, A BRITISHER NOW IN KOLWEZI. AND PETER WICKSTEED, BORN IN

BRITAIN OF SOUTH AFRICAN PARENTS, WHO GIVES HIS ADDRESSES AS B. P. O.,

KOLWEZ I AND POSTE RESTANTE (GENERAL DELIVERY), KIPUSHI.

ON OR ABOUT 10 JULY ALL MERCENARY PILOTS NOTIFIED THE GOK OF THEIR

REFUSAL TO RECOGNIZE BARON AS THEIR COMMANDER OR OBEY HIS ORDERS.

THEY EXPLAINED ENGLISHMEN CANNOT WORK UNDER FRENCH COMMAND. THE

KAF HAS ALLOWED THEM TO FORM THEIR OWN COMMAND OUTSIDE BARON'S

JURISDICTIONO

7º PRACTICAL OPERATION OF ARMY TACTICAL SIGNALS FAGILITIES

IS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF. MERCENARIES ALTHOUGH SENIOR. AFRICAN

OFFICERS ARE NOMINALLY...IN COMMAND... ALL ARMY UNITS ARE EQUIPPED

WITH "SAYT" WIRELESS RADIOS (FIELD COMMENT: APPR. 6). ONE SAYT

INSTALLATION WAS OBSERVED IN THE ARMY TRAINING CAMP NEAR KOLWEZI;

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ANOTHER IS INSTALLED IN AN: AMBULANCE EQUIPPED WITH A LARGE AERIAL

JUST OUTSIDE KIPUSHI: AFRICAN SOLDIERS WERE OPERATING BOTH. THE

DEFENSE MINISTRY HOPES TO BE ABLE IN CASE OF HOSTILITIES TO MAKE

USE OF KATANGA CIVIL AND UMHK TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES BUT

EXPECTS' THE UN WILL IMMEDIATELY CAPTURE OR RENDER THESE USELESS AS

A PRIME MILITARY OBJECTIVE. THE MINISTRY HOWEVER IS COUNTING

HEAVILY ON UMHK WIRELESS AND SIGNALS COOPERATION OUTSIDE ELISABETH-

VILLE IN AREAS NOT CONTROLLED BY THE UN. A STRONG INTERNATIONAL

WIRELESS FACILITY HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN KOLWEZI: IT IS IN DIRECT.

STRONG CONTACT WITH KATANGA REPRESENTATIVES IN BRAZZAVILLE AND WILL

BE USED AS THE GOK'S MAIN POINT. OF CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

8. ARMY STRATEGISTS BELIEVE THE RHODESIAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN

GOVERNMENTS WISH TO HELP KATANGA MILITARILY BUT ARE UNABLE TO DO

SO OPENLY AND DIRECTLY. THEREFORE THE ARM, WITH GOK COOPERATION.

IS SEEKING BUSINESSMEN FROM THOSE COUNTRIES WHO CAN SETTLE

TEMPORARILY IN KATANGA AND ACT AS INTERMEDIARIES IN BUYING AND

SELLING MILITARY ITEMS AS THEIR OWN PROPERTY. GIRON IS THIS TYPE

OF AGENT. THE ARMY HOPES TO OBTAIN ARMS, AMMUNITION AND AIRCRAFT

FROM RHODESIA AND SOUTH AFRICA THROUGH THESE BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES.

9. THE UMHK PROGRAM FOR. PROTECTING THE PHYSICAL SECURITY OF

ITS INSTALLATIONS HAS OVERT AND COVERT ASPECTS. UNIFORMED AFRICAN

SECURITY GUARDS EMPLOYED BY THE COMPANY AND SUPERVISED BY EUROPEAN

EMPLOYEES. PROVIDE DAY TO DAY PROTECTION UNDER "PEACE TIME" CIRCUM-

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STANCES. UMHK ALSO HAS A SECRET STOCK OF LIGHT POWERFUL DEFENSIVE

ARMS WITH AMMUNITION WHICH IT PLANS TO DISTRIBUTE TO ALL EUROPEAN

AND SELECTED AFRICAN EMPLOYEES WHO ARE WILLING TO FIGHT TO DEFEND

COMPANY MINES AND PLANTS IN CASE GENERAL HOSTILITIES ARE RENEWED.

UMAR HAS NO PLANS FOR SABOTAGING ITS OWN PROPERTY.

ON THE CONTRARY

COMPANY OFFICIALS PRIVATELY ASSERT THEY PLAN IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO

EXPAND. EXPLOITATION OF MINES AND PROCESSING FACILITIES: THE

COMPANY. HOPES TO, INSTALL A NEW COPPER REFINERY IN KOLWEZI. UMHK

HAS ITS OWN PRIVATE VOICE, RADIO IN JADOTVILLE WHICH HAS STRONG

DIRECT CONTACT WITH. BRUSSELS MANAGEMENT.

100 ON THE OTHER HAND ACCORDING TO MERCENARY SOURCES, THE

GOK PLANS TO DESTROY ELECTRICITY-PRODUCING DAMS INCLUDING DELCOMMUNE

AND LE MARINEL NORTH OF KOLWEZI IN CASE OF UN ATTACK OUTSIDE

ELISABETHVILLE. PREPARATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO BLOW UP BOTH

IN CASE OF THIS CONTINGENCY, MERCENARIES, INDIVIDUALLY SELECTED

BY INTERIOR MINISTER GODEFROID MUNONGO, ARE PREPARED AT HIS

PERSONAL ORDER ONLY TO IMMEDIATELY FIRST BLOW UP THE UPPER DAM

WHICH WILL RELEASE A FLOOD OF WATER STRONG ENOUGH TO ALSO DESTROY

THE OTHER DAM IN CASE IT IS NOT ALSO BLOWN.: THE GOK REASONS. THAT

DAMS WILL BE REBUILT. FAR FASTER (WITHIN AN ESTIMATED 4 YEARS) THAN

CAN UMHK MINES AND PLANTS: IF LATTER WERE SABOTAGED IT WOULD TAKE

MANY MORE YEARS TO REBUILD KATANGAIS ECONOMY BECAUSE IT SERIOUSLY

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INTENDS TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN IF IT FEELS FORCED TO DO SO, THE GOK

SEES NO NEED AND SO HAS NOT PLACED GUARDS ON THE DAMS. MERCENARIES

PRIVATELY ASSERT THEY COULD ALSO EASILY DESTROY ALL UMHK MINES

DESPITE UMHK OBJECTIONS. HOWEVER THEY AGREE WITH THE WISDOM OF THE

GOK PLAN BECAUSE THEY HOPE TO EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A PEACE

SETTLEMENT WITH THE UN AND REALIZE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE LITTLE

WITH WHICH TO BARGAIN WERE UMHK ASSETS GONE.

11: ACCORDING TO A DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIAL, ARMY TACTICS

IN TIME OF HOT WAR WITH THE UN WILL BE TO FORGET ABOUT ELISABETH-

VILLE WHICH IT DOES NOT WISH DESTROYED AND WHICH IS DIFFICULT... TO

DEFEND. INSTEAD ALL ROADS AND BRIDGES OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL WILL BE

DESTROYED.. THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN MINED AND CAN BE QUICKLY BLOWN

UP. THE ACCENT IN ALL ARMY TRAINING SCHOOLS IS ON MAQUIS WARFARE

AND GUERRILLA TACTICS. ARMY LEADERS ARE CONFIDENT THEIR TROOPS

FIGHTING FROM. THE BUSH, FROM AMBUSHES AND FROM EVERY TREE TOP, CAN

ACTUALLY DESTROY UN FORCES WITHIN A SHORT TIME SHOULD LATTER COME

OUTSIDE OF ELISABETHVILLE. THE ARMY IS ALSO PREPARING ITSELF FOR

A LONG WAR IN CASE THE UN CHOOSES TO REMAIN IN STRENGTH INSIDE

ELISABETHVILLE.. KATANGA TROOPS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED SO AS TO

COMPLETELY SURROUND THE UN CITY DEFENSE PERIMETER. THE ARMY ALSO

CONSIDERS LUENA AN IMPORTANT STRATEGIC POINT FROM WHICH TO LAUNCH

AN ATTACK IN FORCE ON THE UN-OCCUPIED AIR BASE AT KADIMA (FIELD

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