MEMORANDUM FOR THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE. SUBJECT: SUN STREAK REPORT

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According to a report from the Defense Intelligence Agency, Viewer 079 provided information during a utility assessment against Terry Waite, a hostage. Viewer 079 perceived Waite to be near an old temple three kilometers south of Beirut, which is currently not in use. Shiite Muslims were responsible for Waite's abduction. The temple is located along an old alley and can be identified by a purple cloth hung as a veil and a cross bearing gold and white stones. Despite being a hostage, Waite continues to negotiate for the release of other hostages and is considered a political lever of significant influence by his captors. Hostage negotiations are anticipated to take place in May 1988 and Waite, along with two other hostages, will be returned to neutral territory in August 1988. Rudolf Cordes, a German national also held as a hostage, will be released in June 1988, and information provided by Cordes will contribute to the release of Waite and the other hostages. Terry Anderson, an American national, will be the last hostage to be released, in late August 1988, after Waite's release. The report emphasizes that the information is sensitive and classified.

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 DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301-6111
 1 February 1988
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 MEMORANDUM FOR THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR SCIENTIFIC
 AND TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE
 SUBJECT:   SUN STREAK REPORT   (U)
 1.   (S/NF/SK)   On 26 January 1988, during the course of a Utility
 Assessment conducted against Terry Waite as a target personality,
 Viewer 079 provided substantially the following information:
 a.   (S/NF/SK)     Viewer 079 perceived Terry Waite as currently
 being ;        A-p fve near an old temple currently not  in use and
 located three kilometers south of   Beirut.   Shiite moslems were
 responsible for the #bduction of Waite.   The temple is located
 along an old alley and a purple cloth hung as a veil  is
 identifiable with the temple.   A cross bearing gold and white
 stones is also perceptible  (See Enclosure 1).      Despite his status
 as a hostage,  Waite continues to negotiate from within for the
 release of the other hc.?tages.   His captors consider Waite a
 political lever of significant influence.   Viewer 079 anticipates
 that barring the unforeseen, hostage negotiations will take place
 in May 1988.   Terry Waite along with two other hostages,  will be
 returned to neutral territory in August 1988.   Rudolf Cordes,
 German national who is also being held as a hostage,  will be
 released in June 1988.   Information provided by Cordes will be
 instrumental in the release of Waite and the other two hostages.
 Terry Anderson, the American national being held hostage,  will be
 the last of the captives to be released.   Anderson will be
 released in late August 1988, subsequent to Waite's release from
 captivity.
 2.   (U)   POC for this action is                t
 1 ENCLOSURE
 DRAWING
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 ACTING BRANCH CHIEF
 HANDLE VIA SKEET CHANNELS ONLY
 SPECIAL ACCESS REQUIRED
 WARNING NOTICE:         SENSITIVE
 INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND
 METHODS INVOLVED
 CLASSIFIED BY:   DIA, DT
 DECLASSIFY BY:   OADR
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