BREZHNEV MESSAGE SAID TO FULLY SUPPORT EGYPT, SYRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-184-6-31-7
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: October 10, 1973
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02: LOC-HAK-184-6-31-7
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SAID TO FULLY SUPPORT EGYPT, SYRIA
BREZHNEV MES G
M101129 DAMASCUS MENA IN ARABIC TO MENA CAIRO 0905 GMT 10 OCT 73 M
(TEXT) BEIRUT--THE LEBANESE PAPER AN-NAHAR REPORTS TODAY THAT
THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT HAS ASKED ALL ITS AMBASSADORS IN THE
ARAB AREA TO CONVEY TO THE ARAB STATES A VERBAL MESSAGE FROM
SOVIET LEADER LEONID BREZHNEV. THE GIST OF THE MESSAGE IS:
"DO NOT LEAVE EGYPT AND SYRIA ALONE. HELP THEM WITH ALL YOUR
RESOURCES, AND WE WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH ALL FORMS OF SUPPORT."
THE PAPER ADDS THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE MESSAGE, WHICH THE
SOVIET AMBASSADORS CONVEYED TO THE ARAB RULERS, ARE IDENTICAL
TO THE CONTENTS OF THE LETTER THAT ALGERIAN PRESIDENT HOUARI
BOUMEDIENE HAS RECEIVED. BREZHNEV HAD SENT A LETTER TO BOUMEDIENE
IN REPLY TO A LETTER HE RECEIVED FROM THE ALGERIAN PRESIDENT.
AL-ANWAR SAYS THAT ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE WAR, BREZHNEV
SENT AN URGENT LETTER TO BOTH PRESIDENTS ANWAR AS-SADAT
AND HAFIZ AL-ASAD, EMPHASIZING THAT THE SOVIET UNION FULLY AND
SUBSTANTIALLY SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF EGYPT AND SYRIA AND THEIR
RESORTING TO ALL MEANS TO LIBERATE THEIR LANDS.
QUOTING DIPLOMATIC SOURCES, THE PAPER SAYS THAT RUSSIA IS
PRESSENTi.Y SUPPLYING EGYPT AND SYRIA WITH NEW CONSIGNMENTS
OF WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION TO INSURE THEIR NEEDS IN THE WAR
AGAINST ISRAEL. THESE SOURCES SAY THAT THERE ARE CONSTANT
WNSULTATIONS BETWEEN MOSCOW AND CAIRO AND BETWEEN MOSCOW AND
DAMASCUS TO COORDINATE THE POLITICAL STANDS AND FACE THE MILITARY
DEVELOPMENTS.
IT HAD ALSO BEEN LEARNED THAT RUSSIAN EXPERTS ARE HELPING
THE EGYPTIANS AND SYRIANS TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRIES.
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02 : LOC-HAK-184-6-31-7
 No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02: LOC-HAK-184-6-31-7
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FBIS 66 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
BREZHNEV MES D TO FULLY SUPPORT EGYPT, SYRIA
M101 129 DAMASCUS MENA IN ARABIC TO MENA CAIRO 0905 GMT 10 OCT 73 M
(TEXT) BEIRUT--T1-(E LEBANESE PAPER AN-NAHAR REPORTS TODAY THAT
THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT HAS ASKED ALL ITS AMBASSADORS IN THE
ARAB AREA TO CONVEY TO THE ARAB STATES A VERBAL MESSAGE FROM
SOVIET LEADER LEONID BREZHNEV. THE GIST OF THE MESSAGE IS:
"DO NOT LEAVE EGYPT AND SYRIA ALONE. HELP THEM WITH ALL YOUR
tRESOURCES, AND WE WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH ALL FORMS OF SUPPORT."
THE PAPER ADDS THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE MESSAGE, WHICH THE
SOVIET AMBASSADORS CONVEYED TO THE ARAB RULERS, ARE IDENTICAL
TO THE CONTENTS OF THE LETTER THAT ALGERIAN PRESIDENT HOUARI
BOUMEDIENE HAS RECEIVED. BREZHNEV HAD SENT A LETTER TO BOUMEDIENE
IN REPLY TO A LETTER HE RECEIVED FROM THE ALGERIAN PRESIDENT.
AL-ANWAR SAYS THAT ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE WAR, BREZHNEV
SENT AN URGENT LETTER TO BOTH PRESIDENTS ANWAR AS-SADAT
AND HAFIZ AL-ASAD, EMPHASIZING THAT THE SOVIET UNION FULLY AND
SUBSTANTIALLY SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF EGYPT AND SYRIA AND THEIR
RESORTING TO ALL MEANS TO LIBERATE THEIR LANDS.
QUOTING DIPLOMATIC SOURCES, THE PAPER SAYS THAT RUSSIA IS
PRESENTLY SUPPLYING EGYPT AND SYRIA WITH NEW CONSIGNMENTS
OF WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION TO INSURE THEIR NEEDS IN THE WAR
AGAINST ISRAEL. THESE SOURCES SAY THAT THERE ARE CONSTANT
OWNSULTATIONS BETWEEN MOSCOW AND CAIRO AND BETWEEN MOSCOW AND
DAMASCUS TO COORDINATE THE POLITICAL STANDS AND FACE THE MILITARY
DEVELOPMENTS.
IT HAD ALSO BEEN LEARNED THAT RUSSIAN EXPERTS ARE HELPING
THE EGYPTIANS AND SYRIANS TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRIES.
10 OCT 12282 Bt3 /JZ
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02 : LOC-HAK-184-6-31-7