Camp Stanley, Texas
Camp Stanley is a military facility northwest of the city of San Antonio , Texas .
The camp was named in 1917 after David Sloane Stanley , a general in the United States Army in the Civil War , and was initially a shelter for the infantry .
Today it is used by the military under the name "Camp Stanley Storage Activity" for the storage and inspection of weapons and ammunition. The CIA stores weapons there under the code name "Midwest Depot" with which it supports rebels in other countries.
See also
literature
- Federation of American Scientists (Ed.): The US Army Camp Stanley Storage Activity and The CIA Midwest Depot. 19th July 2016.
- James Nye: Revealed: The top secret Texas base where CIA trained Cuban exiles for Bay of Pigs and stores AK-47s meant for Afghan rebels. Daily Mail, May 7, 2014.
- Charlie Savage: Arms Cache Most Likely Kept in Texas by the CIA The New York Times, May 4, 2014.
- Texas State Historical Association (Ed.): Camp Stanley. Handbook of Texas Online, June 12, 2010.
- Army passes out bottled water to offset tainted wells. Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Aug. 27, 2001.
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Coordinates: 29 ° 41 ′ 43.4 " N , 98 ° 37 ′ 16.7" W.