MIDDLE EAST SITUATION REPORT NUMBER 107 (AS OF 0630 EST)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-542-14-31-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: November 6, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

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Cairo~Tel 7!~-v~.V t3;me e unl+sss atherwisa speci?ied .
1. ,Cantle activity wag noted on either the
E4YPtig~- cr Syrian ~rotsts during the n3.ght. 28
rael.i aircraft were active early this marn~.nq over
Sinai and along the 5uex Cana 1.. Egyptian fighters
cvnductet'! defensive patrols near Al IIiri~at, As
SaSihiyah, and Bilhays. No combat activity waa
bbserv~, IyoWever .
No combat activity was reported.
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4etiuty into Egypt is taking plats,. but is related
to support at tae movement of Finnish firo.og~ of th?
Urfite;~ :JatiQns Emergency Force..
SQVIET 5E1~LIFT~
9. :.1o nc?~r snips have.:;ntered the seal~.f~t.
Since ? Uctal~er the ~ ta~tal is 38 shi~~-
STATUS GF 5QVIET FORCES
conccss~ons an the prisoner exchange issue until
thb cease-fire lines have been restored.
EGYPT
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6. ~U96 OFFICIALS aNLY) Egypt~.an' Y?'ore;ign
,Minister Fahmi has told U.V officials, including
Secretary General. ~ti~aldhei.m, that his negotiatioh8
in i~ashins~ton n?~re conducted in a "c?n&truCtive
spirit'" ~-nd. that he apprQciatea ~ Secretary Kis-
singer's sincere of?arts to obtain conees~fons~
farom Israel on the 9u~st~ton of a withdrawal to
the Cease--~'a~re lines of ~~ t~ctover . He dots prat
believe, howe~~er, according to a sensitive. Sate
aegartrnent cable, that the Israelis have. br~en budged.
frtom their ,p?sition, and Egypt attself will make no
7, Fatasi urged that the U.~T involve' itself
nat. only' in the withdrawal i.ssuc, lout also in fihe
subscguerit nec,~vtiatiny process. fihis shaukd be
under V.~1 auspi,CCS, Fahrsta. told S~airlheim, .and: Egypt.
expects that h'peace conference will be attended
by the Biq Four---+sxcluding China, which Fahmi
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expects to vet vut--as well as by Israe],, Egypt, and
Syxia.. Ftaldheirrt has the impression t~ha4 Fahmi would
prefer -:stew. York as the~'ai.t.r~' of the' peace .c?nferertea
because this would allow the nonaligned states at the
pv to exert'Qressure for .an outcome favorable to the
`:'` Ht~~AYN `5 TRAVFLS_ .
' ~, Kfng }tusayn cf Jordan departed unannau~ced
this morn~.nq an a ane--day tr3.g tr- Jidda, iiuwait,
Abu.' Dhab~3. and Syria, the U5 Embassy i.n Amman rem
'parts, The Kf.ng, accompan~.ed by his Prime M~na.ster
and .Chief ~of .Staff, is exgeated to ..return tQ Ammann
this evening. This .trip maX be a reaction to Jar-
da;n~s exclu+sivn..from. recent pan--Arab consuTtat3ons.
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