COMMANDERS SITREP 84

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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP 84                                            

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX000249

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

Document Number:         27

Folder SEQ  #:         79







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          COMBINED ARMS LIVE FIRE TRAINING.      UN PEACE KEEPING FORCE IS

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

          ALSO PREPARED TO PROVIDE UN TF RECON OF BUFFER ZONE.

              B.        WANT TO ENSURE SAFE AND EXPEDITIOUS 'EVACUATION AND

          CARE OF EPW'S BEYOND VII CORPS.      THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF

          IRAQIS WHO HAVE WORKED WITH U.S. FORCES IN THE U.S. SECTOR ONCE VII

          CORPS LEAVES IS OF MAJOR CONCERN.     FEAR OF REPRISALS RUNS HIGH


          AMONG 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.


              C.        INTENT IS TO POSTURE REMAINDER OF VII CORPS TO MOVE

          OUT OF IRAQ WITHIN A PERIOD OF 5 DAYS. 3AD WILL BE LAST FORCE OUT.

          WANT TO KEEP UNITS REDEPLOYING FROM IRAQ SO WE CAN              MEET

          REDEPLOYMENT SCHEDULE HOME. SHOULD MOVE IID AND 11CAB ON 15 APR,

          FOLLOWED BY ALL OF 3AD LESS FORCE REQUIRED TO OCCUPY BUFFER     ZONE

          AND PASS CONTROL TO UN. CORPS REDEPLOYMENT OBJECTIVES ARE: FIRST

          IN FIRST OUT; SAFETY, CARE, AND DISCIPLINE OF SOLDIERS; DISCIPLINED

          ACCOUNTABILITY OF RESOURCES; AND REDEPLOYMENT IN A MANNER THAT

S OF MOBILE ARMORED DESERT WARFARE.


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Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 84
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