eE NFIDEN'i'IAL PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-03 LIMA 03474 -01 OF 06 182230Z RELEASED IN PART M B 1 l 4 B l 4 D AID-01 AMAD-01 ARA-01 ACDA-05 ADS-00 CIAE-00 SJK-01 COME-00 CC0-00 CG-00 DOEE-00 DS-00 EB-01 FAAE-00 FBIE-00 INR-01 INSE-00 JUSE-00 L-02 M-01 P-02 NSCE-00 OIS-01 PA-01 PM-01 TRSE-00 USIE-00 USSS-00 027W ------------------4EB822 182230Z 38 P 182228Z MAR 91 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6178 INFO RHLBAAA USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM DIA WASHDC INFO E6 UNCLASSIFIED LOG-00 CA-02 ZOVD-00 INRE-00 NSAE-00 SS-01 A-01 CTME-00 IMMC-01 NRCE-00 SS0-00 GO NF IDEN 'f I A 'XI SECTION 01 OF 06 LIMA 03474 USCINCSO ALSO FOR POLAD TERREP E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PTER ASEC PHUM PE SUBJECT SENDERO VICTORIES AND VULNERABILITIES REVISITING THE MANTARO VALLEY REF A LIMA 717 B 90 LIMA 17789 C LIMA 3319 1 - ENTIRE TEXT PAGE 02 LIMA 03474 01 OF 06 182230Z 2 SUMMARY POLOFFS REVIS_ITED THE MANTARO RIVER VALLEY AND HUANCAYO CITY EN ROUTE TO HUANCAVELICA DEPARTMENT REF A THE VISIT INCLUDED A HALF-DAY TOUR OF SITES RECENTLY ATTACKED BY SENDERO LUMINOSO MOST WERE DAYTIME ATTACKS ·MANY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN HUANCAYO POLICE AND ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE WITHDRAWN FROM DOZENS OF LOCATIONS NEAR HUANCAYO BUT SL OPERATIVES HAVE NOT EFFECTIVELY ORGANIZED THE AREAS FROM WHICH NOMINAL GOP AUTHORITY HAS WITHDRAWN THE TERRORISTS ARE UNDERGROUND NOT IN UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY APPEALS REVIEW PANEL _ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE APPEAL ACTION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELEASED REVIEW AUTHORITY ALAN H FLANIGAN REASON S B6 Bl 1 4 B 1 4 D CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL REASON 1 4 B l 4 D DATE CASE ID 14 APR 2010 200605004 DECLASSIFY AFTER 17MAR2016 DATE CASE ID 19MAY2008 200605004 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED OPEN CONTROL BUT THE GOP'S PRESENCE rs INTERMITTENT AND LARGELY INEFFECTIVE IN THE NORTH END OF THE VALLEY THE POLICE AND MILITARY TOLD POLOFFS THAT TERRORISM WAS DOWN IN 1990 IN PART DUE TO RONDAS CAMPESINAS SUPPORTED BY THE ARMY 3 A PROFESSOR AND STUDENTS FROM THE NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY UNCP TOLD POLOFFS THAT THE NUMBER OF TERRORISTS ON CAMPUS rs EXAGGERATED BUT THE TERRORISTS' CONTROL OF THE UNIVERSITY rs NOT THEY PLACE SENDERO AND MRTA STRENGTH AT 20 PERCENT OF THE PROFESSORS I E 150 AND TEN PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS 1 250 POLOFFS ALSO VISITED THE REGIONAL PRISON THE HOSPITAL AND THE MORGUE THE MORGUE DIRECTOR TOLD POLOFFS THAT SECURITY FORCES ARE KILLING AN AVERAGE OF TEN SUSPECTED TERRORISTS A NIGHT ONE POLICE OFFICIAL TOLD POLOFFS OF ANTI-TERRORISM TRAINING FROM VISITING ARGENTINE MILITARY THIS VISIT CONFIRMED OUR IMPRESSION THAT SL IS BEARABLE SL IS CREATING SECURITY VACUUMS BUT NOT LIBERATED ZONES DESPITE SL'S LACK OF POPULAR e©-'N¥ fl' EWH-AL CON E EDENTIA' t LIMA 03474 01 OF 06 1822302 PAGE 03 SUPPORT THE GOP DOES NOT YET HAVE A COHERENT OR EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR WINNING THIS WAR END SUMMARY 4 POLCOUNS AND POLOFF RETURNED FOR A SECOND VISIT TO HUANCAYO AND THE MANTARO RIVER VALLEY ON JANUARY 5-6 EN ROUTE TO THE MORE DISTANT HU ANCAVELICA CITY AND DEPARTMENT REF A REVISITING THE VALLEY AND ITS LEADERS PROVIDED AN INVALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN FRIENDSHIPS IN THIS STRATEGICALLY CRITICAL AREA OF PERU THE VISIT ALSO OFFERED AN IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE TO POLOFFS' FIRST VISIT IN NOVEMBER 1990 REF B AND PREVIOUS VISITING THE SITES OF SL VIOLENCE ACCOMPANIED THE GREATER HAVE SUFFERED SL ATTACKS IN THE PAST YEAR IN PUCARA 15 KILOMETERS FROM HUANCAYO SL MURDERED THE MAYOR THE DEPUTY MAYOR AND THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN THE TOWN PLAZA IN°THE EARLY 5 ¾i i -n UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED AFTERNOON IN THE SUBURB OF CHI_LCA 15 BLOCKS FROM THE CITY CENTER SL ATTACKED A POLICE STATION KILLING ONE THE STATION rs STILL CLOSED IN CHUCRUZ JUST NORTH OF HUANCAYO 50 SL LAID SIEGE TO THE FOUR-MAN POLICE UNIT AT NIGHT KILLING TWO INCLUDING A MAJOR IN THE RELIEF COLUMN BUT FAILING' TO OVERRUN THE STATION PAGE 04 LIMA 03474 01 OF 06 · F 182230Z r rk · l r E u YT Tu R N H o THE SCHOOL WAS COVERED WITH SL SLOGANS THE PREVIOUS AFTERNOON POLOFFS DROVE BY A GRADE SCHOOL IN CHUPACA SIMILARLY RUN BY THE TERRORISTS ttc' i z 1 i 1 ICLAIME D THAT V'i f i yf qHAD EXECUTED ONE OF THE TEACHERS ON THE TUPAC AMARU STAFF ' ALONG THE HUANCAYO TO 7 POLOFFS DROVE WITH '1 LA OROYA HIGHWAY ON THE SIDE OF THE MANTARO RIVER 1 51 m t j STATED THAT THERE IS NOW NO POLICE STATION ALONG THE 160 KILOMETERS BETWEEN THE TWO NNNN 03474 PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-03 LIMA INFO ACDA-05 LOG-00 CA-02 ZOVD-00 INRE-00 NSAE-00 cco-oo DOEE-00 INR-01 NSCE-00 02 OF 06 ADS-00 CG-00 DS-00 INSE-00 OIS-01 182231Z AID-01 AMAD-01 ARA-01 CIAE-00 ' SJK-01 COME-00 EB-01 FAAE-00 FBIE-00 JUSE-00 L-02 M-01 PA-01 PM-01 P-02 UNCLASSIFIED A-01 CTME-00 IMMC-01 NRCE-00 sso-oo UNCLASSIFIED SS-01 TRSE-00 USIE-00 USSS-00 ------------------4EB83E P 182228Z MAR 91 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6179 INFO RHLBAAA USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM DIA WASHDC CJ- 027W 182231Z 38 0 NF IDEN TI A SECTION 02 OF 06 LIMA 03474 USCINCSO ALSO FOR POLAD TERREP E 0 123·56 DECL OADR TAGS PTER ASEC PHUM PE SUBJECT SENDERO VICTORIES AND VULNERABILITIES CITIES THE GROUP STOPPED IN MITO TWO COPS DIED THERE IN OCTOBER WHEN FOUR YOUNG SL DISGUISED AS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ENTERED THE STATION AND SHOT THE POLICE AT POINT-BLANK RANGE HOPES TO REOPEN THE STATION BUT NEEDS MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO REPAIR THE DESTRUCTION DONE BY THE eeNFinENTIM GONFIDEN Ill PAGE 02 TERRORISTS LIMA 03474 02 OF 06 l82231Z SENDERO CREATES VACUUMS NOT ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENTS 8 DESPITE THE EVIDENT SIGNS OF SL PRESENCE AND THE LINGERING ODOR OF VIOLENCE POLOFFS AND cwITH ARMED GUARDS WALKED OPENLY AND WITH LITTLE APPARENT RISK IN THE AREAS OF THESE ATTACKS THERE IS NOW NO POLICE STATION IN MITO BUT A LOCAL RESIDENT APPROACHED POLCOUNS AND ASKED HOPEFULLY IF THE STATION WAS GOING TO BE REOPENED IN CHUCRUZ POLOFF WATCHED A MODERATELY WELL-ATTENDED SUNDAY MASS IN A CHURCH ON A PLAZA IN WHICH TWO MONTHS BEFORE AS MANY AS 80 TERRORISTS HAD MASSED TO-ATTACK THE POLICE STATION 50 METERS FROM THE CHURCH iJf 2RE-- en· 1mrr ·rmMs ·'lr·sr T R o s I s UNCLASSIFIED Bl UNCLASSIFIED PROVINCE SO LONG AS IT IS DURING THE DAY INCLUDING LOCATIONS MORE CLEARLY UNDER SL CONTROL THAN EVEN THOSE POLOFFS VISITED THOUGH 24 OF THE PROVINCE'S 35 DISTRICTS NOW HAVE NO GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES NEITHER HAS SL SET UP ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENTS IN THESE PLACES HE STATED B6 RETURN THE ONLY BARRIER IN PLACE IS THE FEAR OF NEW ASSASSINATIONS AND THE LACK OF POLICE MANPOWER AND · RESOURCES TO RESTORE THAT· WHICH THE TERRORISTS HAVE TAKEN AWAY SL AND SECURITY FORCES NUMBERS B6 AT 1 500 HE ADMITTED THIS WAS A SHAKY FIGURE BY CONTRAST HE HAD 3 000 MEN UNDER HIS COMMAND R TOLD ARMA TT THAT THERE ARE 4 000 SOLDIERS IN THE MILITARY FRONT JUNIN AND PASCO DEPARTMENTS ONLY - REF C FURTHER ESTIMATED THAT SL GUNMEN IN THE MANTARO VALLEY HAD NO MORE THAN 100 GeNFIDENTlAL UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED CONFIBEN'PIAL PAGE 04 LIMA 03474 02 OF 06 182231Z RIFLES SHOT GUNS AND A-LARGER NUMBER OF HANDGUNS Bl Bl NNNN CONFIDEN PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-03 LIMA 03474 03 OF 06 182233Z ACDA-05 ADS-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 ARA-01 CIAE-00 SJK-01 CCO-00 CG-00 COME-00 EB-01 FAAE-00 FBIE-00 DOEE-00 DS-00 INR-01 INSE-00 JUSE-00 L-02 M-01 NSCE-00 OIS-01 PA-01 PM-01 P-02 TRSE-00 USIE-0 0 USSS-00 027W ------------------4EB866 182233Z 38 P 182228Z MAR 91 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6180 INFO RHLBAAA USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM DIA WASHDC INFO LOG-00 CA-02 ZOVD-00 INRE-00 NSAE-00 SS-01 CONFIDE N 'f I A i SECTION 03 OF 06 LIMA 03474 UNCLASSIFIED A-01 CTME-00 IMMC-01 NRCE-00 sso-oo UNCLASSIFIED USCINCSO ALSO FOR POLAD TERREP E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PTER ASEC PHUM PE SUBJECT SENDERO VICTORIES AND VULNERABILITIES Bl COUNTING THE BODIES GGNFIDBNTIAL PAGE 02 LIMA 03474 03 OF 06 182233Z B6 f L¼f r MLJ 1• s d Bl _ - r -r- v - - s ' T HAT SL HAS · iroILLJ i'N - · ' -· · ·-- · s - - ' • · •_ - _ ' - 1 ' _ _ 15 POLOFFS VISITED THE PROVINCE'S ONLY MORGUE AND RECEIVED A DISTURBING CONFIRMATION THAT THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS OF THE TERRORISTS AND SECURITY FORCES IS HIGH ACCORDING TO -- ' THE PROVINCE OF HUANCAYO IS AVERAGING VIOLENT DEATHS A DAY SOME ARE SUICIDES MURDERS AND VEHICLE ACCIDENTS MOST 10 A DAY ON AN AVERAGE HE GUESSED ARE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS KILLED BY THE POLICE OR ARMY 16 HOW DOES HE KNOW THESE CORPSES ARE TERRORISTS KILLED BY SECURITY FORCES THERE ARE TWO KEY INDICATORS FIRST MOST OF THE BODIES ARE REGULARLY FOUND IN TWO LOCATIONS ONE OF THE SITES IS ON THE MANTARO RIVER JUST OUTSIDE HUANCAYO SEE REF BON lifw g i o T N is T J y I F THESE CADAVERS ARE NEVER IDENTIFIED OR CLAIMED BY NEXT OF KIN THE MORGUE PUBLISHES NAMES WHEN THERE ARE DOCUMENTS FOUND AND PHYSICAL DESCRIPTIONS WHEN THERE ARE NONE STILL VERY FEW OF THESE ANONYMOUS DEAD ARE EVER CLAIMED ARGUES PERSUASIVEl Y THAT THIS BEHAVIORISM LY IF THE DEAD IS THE UNCLASSIFIED c··-ri d J UNCLASSIFIED eONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 LIMA 03474 03 OF 06 182233Z VICTIM OF THE POLICE RATHER TH AN THE VICTIM OF A TERRORIST 1 7 COMMENT ft 'tc j t 1 j 11 TEN A DAY MAY BE HIGH WHEN POLOFFS VISITED THE MORGUE ON SUNDAY THERE WAS ONE ·CORPSE ON AN EXAMINING TABLE A RECENT DROWNING VICTIM THE CADAVER HAS SIX DAYS DEAD AND HAD BEEN ON ·THE T ABLE FOR 24 HOURS THE UNCLOTHED CORPSE WAS PARTIALLY COVERED BY·A PIECE OF CARDBOARD THE DAUGHTER OF THE MORGUE ATTENDANT TOLD POLOFFS THAT THE SIX DRAWER REFRIGERATOR WAS FULL IT HAS NOT CLEAR IF ANY OR ALL OF THE DRAWERS CONTAINED MORE TH AN ONE CADAVER THE MORGUE REFRIGERATOR HAS NOT WORKED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF BODIES ARE STILL STORED IN THE SEALED DRAWERS LARGELY TO KEEP FLIES AND INSECTS AWAY THE UNCLAIMED DECEASED ARE DUMPED IN A COMMON PAUPERS' GRAVE IF NOT IDENTIFIED WITHIN 72 HOURS 18 IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SUBSTANTIATE THE TEN A DAY FIGURE IF ACCURATE THE GOP IS OUTDISTANCING ITS COMPETITION BY- ABOUT FIVE TO ONE IN THE BODY COUNT ONCE AGAIN NO ONE WE TALKED TO FROM THE RIGHT TO THE LEFT SUGGESTED THAT THE VICTIMS WE RE ANYTHING OTHER THAN CLAIMED _P OPLE INVOLVED IN ONE SID OR THE OTHER OF A NASTY ·wAR IN THE SHADOWS -END COMMENT - VIOLENCE IN THE NORTH MANTARO 6rn-BEN9 'IAL GONFIDBN'l'I 'U PAGE 04 LIMA 03474 03 OF 06 182233Z 19 THE POLICE AND THE MAYOR IN HUANCAYO ALONG WITH MOST OF THOSE POLOFFS MET DURING THEIR-NOVEMBER VISIT BELIEVE SL IS WINNING THIS LOW INTENSITY WAR OTHERS DISAGREE TOLD POLOFFS THAT TERRORISM 1990 HE SPECIFICALLY POINTED TO _THE VALLEY AROUND JAUJA AND THE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PROVINCE OF CONCEPCION EAST OF THE MANTARO RIVER WITH THE HELP OF NEWLY-ORGANIZED AND ARMY-SUPPORTED RONDAS CAMPESINAS l it l tilCLAIMED THAT THE EASTERN SIERRA HAS LESS TERRORISM NOW THAN AT ANY TIME SINCE 1985 SE NFIDENTIAL NNNN f ONFIDEN'l'IAL PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-03 INFO LIMA 03474 04 OF 06 182234Z LOG-00 CA-02 ZOVD-00 INRE-00 NSAE-00 SS-01 ACDA-05 ADS-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 ARA-01 CC0-00 CG-00 CIAE-00 SJK-01 COME-00 DOEE-00 DS-00 EB-01 FAAE-00 FBIE-00 INR-01 INSE-00 JUSE-00 L-02 M-01 NSCE-00 OIS-01 PA-01 PM-01 P-02 TRSE-00 USIE-00 USSS-00 027W ------------------4EB87D 182235Z 38 p 182228Z MAR 91 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6181 INFO RHLBAAA USCINCSO QUWR Y HTS PM DIA WASHDC C O N F I D E N 'f' I A L SECTION 04 OF 06 LIMA 03474 USCINCSO ALSO FOR POLAD TERREP E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PTER ASEC PHOM PE SUBJECT SENDERO VICTORIES AND VULNERABILITIES CITIES THE GROUP STOPPED IN MITO TWO COPS DIED 20 SURPRISINGLY THE EXPERIENCED BUT YOUNG COLONEL UNCLASSIFIED A-01 CTME-00 IMMC-01 NRCE-00 SS0-00 UNCLASSIFIED INSISTED THAT THE WAR WOULD NOT BE WON BY REGULAR GOP FORCES THERE NEVER WILL BE ENOUGH ARMY OR POLICE TO COVER THE ENTIRE COUNTRY HE ARGUED INSTEAD HE CONFIDENTIAL ceNFIDENTI A n LIMA 03474 04 OF 06 182234Z PAGE 02 FINGERED THE RONDAS AS THE KEY THE SIDE THAT FIRST ARMS AND MOBILIZES THE PEOPLE WILL WIN FOR THAT REASON THIS ARMY OFFICER URGED THAT USG ASSISTANCE GO FIRST AND FOREMOST TO THE RONDAS 21 COLONEL'S ASSESSMENT OF SL WEAKNESS IN THE NORTH MANTARO HE STATED THAT HIS TOWN IS LARGELY INCIDENT-FREE UNLIKE HUANCAYO PROVINCE POLOFFS OBSERVED VERY LITTLE SL GRAFFITI IN JAUJA A SECOND LOOK AT HUANCAYO'S UNIVERSITY 22 AS IN THEIR NOVEMBER VISIT MOST INTERLOCUTORS TOLD POLOFFS THAT THE NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY UNCP IS THE CENTER OF TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN HUANCAYO AND THE MANTARO POLOFFS INVITED A UNCP PROFESSOR AND THREE CURRENT OR FORMER STUDENTS TO DINNER TO HEAR THEIR VIEWS ON TERRORISM AT THE UNCP _23 ADMITTED THAT SL HE ESTIMATED THAT 150 OF THE UNIVERSITY'S 800 FACUL AND 10 PERCENT OF THE STUDENT BODY 1 250 OF 12 500 ARE SL OR MR TA SYMPATHIZERS STATED THAT THE NUMBERS OF SYMPATHIZERS OFTEN HER BECAUSE MOST STUDENT AND FACULTY ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE TERRORISTS THIS SILENCE IS OFTEN VIEWED BY THE POLICE AS ACQUIESCENCE TO THE TERRORISTS CGN PAGE 03 LIMA 03474 04 OF 06 182234Z 24 l fi' iP r 1 HIMSELF HAS BEEN GIVEN A DEADLINE BY SL TO TAKE A SIDE OR TO GET OUT HE HAS DECIDED TO GET OUT HE DESCRIBED ARMED_ SHOOT-OUTS ON CAMPUS BETWEEN SL AND MR TA GROUPS HE STATED THAT ARMED SL GROUPS UNCLASSIFIED lB6 i UNCLASSIFIED WILL OFTEN BREAK INTO CLASSROOMS ROUGH UP PROFESSORS AND GIVE LECTURES ON SL MILITANCY TO THE II CAPT IVE II s TUDENT s t 1' g' 1 1 j AND THE THREE s TUDENT s AGREED WITH EARLIER POLICE ASSESSMENTS IT IS NOT SAFE FOR AN OUTSIDER TO ENTER THE UNCP 25 ALL FOUR OF POLOFFS' DINNER GUESTS AGREED WITHOUT HESITATION THAT UNCP VICE RECTOR JAIME CERRON KIDNAPPED AND ASSASSINATED BY SECURITY FORCES °IN JULY 1990 WAS SL THESE FOUR FURTHER OPINED THAT THE POLICE AND ARMY WERE INVARIABLY ACCURATE IN THEIR TARGETING OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS FOR EXTRA-JUDICIAL ASSASSINATION THE FOUR DID NOT APPLAUD THE KILLINGS BUT ALL AGREED THAT THOSE WHO ARE DYING ARE TRULY TERRORISTS A VISIT TO THE PRISON AND THE HOSPITAL 26 DIRCOTE POLICE OFFICIALS INVITED POLOFFS TO BRIEFLY TOUR THE DEPARTMENT'S PENITENTIARY CRAS THE RELATIVELY NEW FACILITY IS EXTRAORDINARILY CLE AN BY PERUVIAN STANDARDS THOUGH THE ONLY AREA POLOFFS SAW WITH FUNCTIONING LIGHT BULBS WAS INSIDE THE SL WING NOR HAS THE PRISON WATER SYSTEM WORKING BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF FRESH WATER HAULED A HUNDRED YARDS OR SO FROM A FLOWING WELL CONFIDBN'l'IAI PAGE 04 LIMA 03474 04 OF 06 182234Z 27 THE HU ANCAYO CRAS HAS 325 PRISONERS IT HAS BUILT TO HOLD 500 THREE OF THE CURRENT DETAINEES HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY AND SENTENCED THE REMAINDER ARE UNDERGOING OR AWAITING TRIAL 13 PRISONERS ARE WOMEN 40 OF THE TOTAL ARE ACCUSED TERRORISTS ONE ACCUSED TERRORIST HAS BEEN CONVICTED BOTH MEN AND WOMEN ARE PERMITTED CONJUGAL VISITS IN PRIVATE ROOMS FURNISHED WITH COTS JUST OFF THE CENTRAL RECEPTION AREA 28 AS IS THE PERUVIAN NORM THE SL WING WAS UNCLASSIFIED ii UNCLASSIFIED NNNN CONFIDBNTIAL I PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-03 LIMA 03474 05 OF 06 182238Z ACDA-05 ADS-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 ARA-01 CC0-00 CG-00 CIAE-00 SJK-01 COME-00 DOEE-00 DS-00 EB-01 FAAE-00 FBIE-00 INR-01 INSE-00 JUSE-00 L-02 M-01 NSCE-00 OIS-01 PA-01 PM-01 P-02 TRSE-00 USIE-00 USSS-00 027W ----------- ------4EB8B3 182238Z 38 p 182228Z MAR 91 FM AMElYIBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6182 INFO RHLBAAA USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM DIA WASHDC INFO LOG-00 CA-02 ZOVD-00 INRE-00 NSAE-00 SS-01 C O N li' I D E N T I A L SECTION 05 OF 06 LIMA 03474 USCINCSO ALSO FOR POLAD TERREP E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PTER ASEC PHOM PE SUBJECT SENDERO VICTORIES AND VULNERABILITIES CITIES THE GROUP STOPPED IN MITO TWO COPS DIED SPOTLESS TS WALLS PAINTED WITH SL SLOG ANS ONE FULL WALL FEATURED A REMARKABLE SIX-FOOT HIGH LIKENESS OF THE FACE OF SL FOUNDER ABIMAEL GUZMAN THE SL DELEGATE IN THE TERRORIST WING APPROACHED THE BARS AND SEEMED INTERESTED IN MEETING AND TALKING TO CONFIDENTill C IDEN'f'IAir PAGE 02 POLOFFS LIMA 03474 05 OF 06 182238Z HE HAD BEEN IN PRISON THREE YEARS BUT HAS UNCLASSIFIED A-01 CTME-00 IlYlM C-01 NRCE-00 SS0-00 UNCLASSIFIED YET TO GO TO TRIAL 29 POLOFFS ALSO VISITED ONE OF HUANCAYO'S TWO HOSPITALS AND SPOKE WITH DOCTORS WHO DESCRIBED SL ATTACKS AGAINST RURAL HEALTH POSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE EAST AND WEST OF THE VALLEY NURSES AND HEALTH TECHNICIANS HAVE DISAPPEARED OTHERS HAVE BEEN THREATENED BY SL OR BY THE ARMY ONE DOCTOR HINTED THAT SL HAS INFILTRATED THE HOSPITAL SHE EXPLAINED THAT AFTER THE RECENT DEATH OF AN INJURED TERRORIST THE HOSPITAL STAFF HAD MET AND SECRETLY BUT FORMALLY AGREED THAT ALL WOUNDED -- POLICE MILITARY AND SUSPECTED TERRORISTS -- WOULD BE TREATED EQUALLY COMMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS 30 POLOFFS RETURNED FROM THIS SECOND TRIP TO THE MANTARO WITH THE CONFIRMED IMPRESSION THAT SENDERO LUMINOSO IS FAR FROM AN UNBEATABLE FOE SL IS NOT TEN FEET TALL THOUGH THE GOVERNMENT IS ON THE RUN SL HAS NEITHER THE INFRASTRUCTURE NOR THE POPULAR SUPPORT TO BUILD POPULAR GOVERNMENTS IN THE REAL GOVERNMENT'S ABSENCE PEOPLE'S COMM ITTEES MAY GOVERN LIBERATED TOWNS IN THE UPPER HUALLAGA VALLEY THEY DO NOT IN THE MANTARO VALLEY 31 NOR HAS SL BEEN ABLE TO MUSTER THE FORCES TO RUN GONFIDE-N I' PAGE 03 LIMA 03474 05 OF 06 182238Z ANY REAL MILITARY OPERATION IN THE VALLEY FIFTY TERRORISTS COULDN'T TAKE A FOUR-MAN POLICE STATION IN CHUCRUZ SL IS GOOD AT KILLING UNARMED POLITICIANS AND AMBUSHING ILL-PREPARED MOBILE POLICE PATROLS IT HAS YET TO SHOW IN THE MANTARO THAT IT CAN RUN A DECENT MILITARY OPERATION EVEN AGAINST SERIOUSLY OUTMANNED TARGETS 32 UNFORTUNATELY THE GOP IS DOING SURPRISING LITTLE TO WIN THIS WAR THE ARMY HAS ONE RUNNING HELICOPTER FOR THE ENTIRE VALLEY INCLUDING THE TWO RIDGES THAT HELICOPTER SEATS SIX INCLUDING PILOT AND COPILOT OF THE 3 000 POLICE IN THE REGION ONLY j '' °· 142-MAN S ECIAL UNIT IN HUANCAYO AND THE I · UNCLASSIF1ED UNCLASSIFIED POLICE BASE AT MAZAMARI ARE ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN ANTI-TERRORIST OPERATIONS THE REST ARE STATIC FORCES POORLY TRAINED MEN STANDING AROUND IN SIX TO 15-MAN OUTPOSTS WAITING FOR SL TO ATTACK EVEN THE ANTI-TERRORISM POLICE ADMITTED THAT THEY RUN A TOTAL OF ONLY FOUR NIGHTTIME OPERATIONS PER MONTH 33 IN HUANCAYO THE 42 POLICE WHO ARE FIGHTING APPEAR TO BE SCORING HEAVILY AGAINST SL 1 f f i i f 1' z f TOLD US THAT 90 PERCENT OF THOSE THEY CAPTURE SING BEFORE THEY ARE EXECUTED THE INFORMATION GAINED ONE NIGHT LEADS TO TARGETS THE NEXT lIGHT BUT · 't i 1 WAS TRANSFERRED BACK TO LIMA ALONG WITH MOST OF THE SENIOR POLICE AND MILITARY STAFF IN ALL OF THE EMERGENCY ZONES ALL OVER PERU ONCE AGAIN AS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR HERE THE GOP SENT OUT A NEW BATCH OF FIGHTERS WITH LITTLE CONTINUITY OF COMMAND OR POLICY THE ARMY COMMANDER GENERAL PEREZ HAD BEEN OONff LIMA 03474 05 OF 06 182238Z PAGE 04 IN OFFICE THREE DAYS AT POLOFFS ARRIVAL THE NEW ANTI-TERRORISM POLICE CHIEF IN HUANCAVELICA FOR EXAMPLE THOUGH APPARENTLY VERY BRIGHT HAS SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS AS A CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION OFFICIAL 34 THE GOP HAS BOTH FAIR WARNING AND TIME TO GET ORGANIZED AND AS WE HAVE OBSERVED ELSEWHERE IN PERU THERE IS A SOLID CADRE OF POLITICIANS POLICE AND MILITARY WHO ARE DEDICATED AND HIGHLY MOTIVATED BUT TOO MANY THAT LEARN THE REALITY OF THE BATTLE DO FIELD SOON MOVE ON SOME LIKE r • of ' J t j e '· if NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE CULTURE OF DENIAL 11 THAT L CONE11DENTIAL NNNN eeNFIDENTI A n- UNCLASSIFIED 1fl • i 4 f __ _J t - J r- fB 6 ' J L sJ UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-03 INFO LIMA 03474 06 OF 06 182239Z LOG-00 CA-02 ZOVD-00 INRE-00 NSAE-00 SS-01 ACDA-05 ADS-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 ARA -01 CC0-00 CG-00 CIAE-00 SJK-01 COME-00 DOEE-00 DS-00 EB-01 FAAE-00 FBIE-00 INR-01 INSE-00 JUSE-00 L-02 M-01 NSCE-00 OIS-01 PA-01 PM-01 P-02 TRSE-00 USIE-00 USSS-00 027W ------------------4EB8BB 182239Z 38 P 182228Z MAR 91 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6183 INFO RHLBAAA USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM DIA WASHDC G--6 N E' I o--E N T I A L SECTION 06 OF 06 LIMA 03474 USCINCSO ALSO FOR POLAD TERREP E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PTER ASEC PHOM PE SUBJECT SENDERO VICTORIES AND VULNERABILITIES CITIES THE GROUP STOPPED IN MITO TWO COPS DIED AFFECTS THE GOP PERCEPTION OF ITS SUBVERSION THREAT BUT THEY ARE HARD PUT TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY AND EVEN THEN CAN ONLY DO SO BY PLAYING BOTH JUDGE AND JURY IT'S NOT A PRETTY PICTURE THEY PAINT BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE MANY CHOICES -CONFIEIENg EAL PAGE 02 LIMA 034 74 06 OF 06 182239Z QUAINTON CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED A-01 CTME-00 I MM C-01 NRCE-00 SS0-00