SPECIAL MEETING OF THE WATCH COMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-542-16-12-9
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 28, 2012
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: October 6, 1973
• Content Type: MISC

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/28: LOC-HAK-542-16-12-9
MORI/CDF
C01382652
E012958 3.3[bl[11>25Yrs
E012958 3.3[b][61>25Vrs
TOP SECRET NIC No. 73-0120A
SPECIAL . ZETING
of the
WATCH COMMI E
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1. The Oorau ittee teat i sg 3~ial seasion_ t-=o oo
-n _-Octo r. 197.3-
..197.3_ to consider the outbreak. of Israeli-Arab
hostilities and Soviet action, s with respect to the Situation.
2. We can find no hard evidence of a; major, coordinated
Egyptian/Syrian offensive ' across the Canal: and in the Golan
Heights area.. Rather, the weight, of evidence indicates an
action-reaction. situation 'where a series of responses by each.
side to perceived threats created an increasingly dangerous
potential for confrontation. The current hostilities are
apparently a result of that situation, although we are not in
a position to clarify the sequence of events. It .is possible
that ;the Egyptians or Syrians, particularly the latter, may
have been preparing a raid or other small-scale action.
SECRET UMBRA) (NO FOREIGN DISSSEM)
s that the Soviets
became alarmed by the escalating situation-'and withdrew a
number of personnel, probably dependents, on a hasty basis.
This action itself served to further heighten ten:'ions.
TOP SECRET
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/28: LOC-HAK-542-16-12-9
 No Objection to Declassification sification in Part 2012/12/28: LOC-HAK-542-16-12-9
W-
TOP SECRET
6 October 1973
her
than the above, we have seen no evidence = of Soviet allitary
alerts or other preparedness measures.
TOP SECRET
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/12/28: LOC-HAK-542-16-12-9 ' "