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APPAR~NTLY KARUME REQUESTED VISIT SO AS PRESEN

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ELECTRICALLY TO: DECLASSIFIED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THEINTERAGENCY SECURITY CLASSIFICATION APPEALS PANEL,E.O. 13526, SECTION 5.3(b)(3)

ISCAP APPEAL NO. 2012-068, document no. 1DECLASSIFICATION DATE: December 19,2013

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2. '.. ' KA~UME SAID 5¢ MILITARY AOVISORS, HEADED BY ONE COLONEL, TWO

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MAJORS.... -I. :wtu.,BEG IN S,.HORTLY THE- TRAINING OF 3¢¢MEN W'HOWILL FORM THE,

.~UCl;E.US os :tHE ZA~Z:I BAR. ARMY. THIS TRAINING WI,LL LAST ABOUT

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