U.S. INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS HAVE CONCLUDED FROM THE TIMEING OF THE FIRST RUSSIAN ARMS DELIVERIES TO THE MIDDLE EAST THAT MOSCOW KNEW AT LEAST 10 DAYS IN ADVANCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-187-6-34-1
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: November 7, 1973
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection
o Declassification in Full 2010/08/02: LOC-HAK-187-6-34-1
(ARMS)
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THE: TIMFInrr or TNF' FIRST PUSSTA~T AROfi nFt T',TFpTF4 Tn THE MTnnLF FAST
THAT MOSC(W VHF!-! AT LFAgT 10 T`AYS TNT AnVA.klrr n^r~i!T &PAP PLANS TO
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A PF !TAr r SPOKES""Af`', !'' TLLTAM PF"F'CHT"Ta `-AT" "SUPPTA*1TTAL" SI.TPPLIEP
Or AMMUNITIO'T ANm OTHFP COMTSUMMADL T; a -- nOSSTDLY TMCLUTT1W MIccTL''S
-- ':1ERT SHIPPF') RY CFA FROM F01'TrT P(1PTS TI.rrnPF THF WAR RROKF OUT VIP
ApRTi-FT1 IN TIF MT"WWLF FACT "SHOPTLY AFTER THE FTOyTT!'C_ STAPTEOO."
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SYRIAN ATTACK.
SOURCES SA If T'FFF ARMS WFRE'. ""APP IFP APOARn Srt-FRAL SOS? TF . SHIPS
SF'LTFVT`!? TO 14AUE RFACHF.n ARAB PORTS 'aFTWr .kl OCT. s AMn OCT. 7. T FY
SA IT) IT TOOK AT LEAST 10 PAYS TO LOAn TVr5F UNUSUAL CAP^OFS AM SHIP
THEM TNT?OLT^H THE >LACK SEA AM) ACROSS THE FASTEPM F14n OF THE
MEn ITFRRA ~1F'A `v.
FROS4 THESE EARLY APMS n71- TVF? T c A`n' OTHT"R ST('-N5, SUCH AS THE
PRE-W,'AR EVArUATTnk' OF SnVIF,T n`'PFI,!!"rR'Tfi TPOM THE MTT?fLE FAST, PFECHER
SAID THE UNITFr STATES k!ft;! PT7LTEVES TPF SOVIET UMIO'! VMFY WELL IN
A )VANC1. AP011T THE ARAB WAR PLANS,
BEECHER ALSO SATs REPORTS FAPLTF'R THIS '+'FEK THAT Tur SOVTrT UNION
APPARENTLY NAn CO"1PLETFT` THE ARMS ATRLTFT IT STARTFP OCT. 11' WFPF'
PREMATUPF.
FROM A FATLY PEAT!' TURING MIfl-OCTOT FP OF UP TO n" FLIGHTS A n AY,
THE SOVIET AIRLIFT TAPERET1 OFF TO Ot3LY A FF%,' FLTSHTS LATE LAST 1,'FF1c
A Nn ST')PP'`'n COMPLETELY ON SU^TrAY AM) MOM)AY. A,-qt VSTS C6f4CLUT`F'n FROM
THIS THE RUSSIA "1S MIGHT HAVE S'a! TTCNFTI Cr,MPLFTFLY TO ARMS PF'LIVERIES
BY SFA, IwI('H HAVE STFAT`ILY TNIC FASEf Try VOLUME.
BUT BFECHER SAT17 TNFRF WERE SF'k,!FRAL FLIGHTS FROM THE SOk'IFT UNITO!NT
INTO THE MIPOLE EAST" ON TUESnAY9 AM) AT!Tsrn "THE SOVIET AIRLIFT TS.
CnNTT'1UINC--."
SO FAR , HE SA TO , THE RLTSSTA MS HAV ' r L TVv1Prr) ArtnUT 1 ?1-?i ~''iCf^I TON-c- Op
ARMS To THF. APA1?S, T^1CL ITn?M7 1-59WAI TO 1lS,1!~I^f TOA!S RY AIR.
THE U.S. ARMS ATRLTFT TO ISRAEL IS CONTT~!UTVG JUST UtlnER 7
FLIGHTS PER DAY, A++Tr, 1VA q ?)FL TVPPFC' 17,:x'0?!1 TO 1 7,"'(""! TONS (1 AT?MS
SINCE IT STARTFP OCT. 14, P Frvrp SA In .
N! SAIf ONE U.q. Mr'pfFA*TT SHIP -- T!-'F' FIRST -- fTAn PFFN LOAPF!
10 TTN ARMS FOP TSPAE'L PM) T'A S A,In1!T TO c'A TL . THY' ll"ITTN O STATE'S H'OPFS
TO ITCH ?,11,zT OF ITS ARMS PFLTVFPT>~S FPnM T"r ATDLT>:T TO THE
SEAL T F T, 7,U11 T.1 Vr QA rT ONLY ISRAEL T-O' v'F.n OP CHAPTFREO SHIPS HAD
SEEN USER TO nELT,!T? 1.,r. POMS rPnM U.S. PnPTF,
UPI 11-17 04:4Q PES
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02: LOC-HAK-187-6-34-1