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R 211205Z MAY 76
FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1684
INFO AMCONSUL CAPE TOWN
AMEMBASSY GABORONE
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY LUSAKA
AMEMBASSY MAPUTO
AMEMBASSY PRETORIA
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 1908
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: PINS, WA
SUBJ: SWAPO CLAIMS VICTORIES
1. IN PRESS CONFERENCE ON MAY 20, SWAPO'S DAR ES SALAAM
REPRESENTATIVE LUCAS POHAMBA, CLAIMED SWAPO HAD KILLED
MORE THAN 100 SOUTH AFRICAN TROOPS IN NAMIBIA BETWEEN JANUARY
AND APRIL 1976. HE CLAIMED FOLLOWING SPECIFIC ACTIONS HAD
TAKEN PLACE:
2. DECEMBER 31, 1975. ATTACH ON "ENEMY RECONNAISSANCE BASE"
AT OSHANDI IN NORTHEN NAMIBIA, "INFLICTING HEAVY LOSSES"
INCLUDING KILLING A "BRITISH MERCENARY". AUTOMATIC RIFLES,
AMMUNITION AND OTHER EQUIPMENT WAS CAPTURED.
3. JANUARY 15. "MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER" IN THE NORTH-
EAST OPERATIONAL ZONE ATTACKED AND PARTIALLY DESTROYED. TWENTY
SOUTH AFRICAN SOLDERS KILLED AND OTHERS WOUNDED. FOUR TROOPS
CARRIERS AND ONE JEEP DESTROYED.
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4. FEBRUARY 17. FARM ESTATE NEAR OKAHANDJA, 480 KILOMETERS
FROM ANGOLA BOADER, "USED AS MILITARY FORTIFICATION", ATTACKED.
THE OWNER AND WIFE KILLED, TWO DAUGHTERS CAPTURED AND LATER
RELEASED.
5. FEBRUARY 20. "LARGE FARMING ESTATE" IN MINING AREA OF TSUMED,
288 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF ANGOLAN BORDER, ATTACKED. FARM LABORERS
JOINED IN ATTACK, AND "ENTIRE MANAGEMENT WAS WIPED OUT" EXCEPT
FOR AN ABSENT ESTATE MANAGER.
6. MARCH 4. A "GERMAN BORN RACIST" WOUNDED IN TSUMED AREA.
7. MARCH 7-18. SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES ALONG ANGOLAN BORDER
ATTACKED. THEREE HELICOPTERS AND ONE MILITARY PLACE SHOT DOWN
BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE, SEVEN XTROOP CARRIERS DESTROYED, 45 SOUTH
AFRICAN TROOPS KILLED AND OTHERS WOUNDED.
8. APRIL 19. HOUSE IN WINDHOEK OCCUPIED BY BUREAU OF STAFF
SECURITY (BOSS) ATTACKED BY AN URBAN SABOTAGE UNIT. FOUR BOSS
AGENTS KILLED AND 20 WOUNDED.
9. APRIL 22. MOTORIZEB MILITARY COLUMN ATTACKED AT ENANA, 30
KILOMETERS SOUTH OF ANGOLA BORDER IN AREA BETWEEN OVAMBOLAND
AND OKAVANGO. IN 25 MINUTE BATTLE, SOUTH AFRICAN TROOPS
KILLED AND 60 WOUNDED. FOUR ARMORED CARS AND FOUR JEEPS
DAYED BY BAZOOKA AND MACHINE GUN FIRE. ROAD CONSTRUCTION
IN AREA HAS COME TO A HALT SINCE ATTACK.
10. IN ADDITION TO RECITING SWAPO'S MILITARY CLAIMS, POHAMBA
DENOUNCED DEATH SENTENCES GIVEN TO AARON MUSHIMBA AND HENDRIK
SHIKONGO AT SWAKOPMUND. DAR ES SALAAM'S SWAHILI LANGUAGE
DAILY, UHURU, ALSO DENOUCED SENTENCES EDITORIALLY MAY 21, SAYING
THE TWO MEN HAD COMMITTED "NO CRIME WHATEVER EXCEPTED THAT OF
WANTING JUSTICE."
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