HW MIDDLE EAST SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1130 EDT 6 OCTOBER 1973

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-542-16-6-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2010
• Sequence Number: 6
• Content Type: CABLE

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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/03/05 : LOC-HAK-542-16-6-6
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/03/05 : LOC-HAK-542-16-6-6
 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/03/05 : LOC-HAK-542-16-6-6
AIRCRAFT LG'SSES. `AP SAYS THAT EGYPT. HAS ~1ARNED OTt~ER NATId~[S T4 .
STAY CLEAR OF ITS TERRI7QRxAL WATERS ZONES IN THE t~EDIT>~Rft AN'EAN 25X1
AND l~ED SAS. CAxR~ ftADxO EARLIER REt?dRTED ~ISRAELx ATEiCRAI:T ANA ,
ttOT~R 7#RPE~d 64AT ATTACKS ON ITS NAVAL BASES IN THE GULF 4fr StlEx..
SYRIAN >"RdNT: ~'HE ISRAELI LTAISQN dFFTCER STATED TEAT 5YR5CAN
T.~~~S ~?RE ATTACK~i~~G ALt~ ALI?NG THE GdLAN . FRdswT BUT HAD NOT PENES
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'rRAre~ THE xsRa~Lx ANTI-TANIn BARRxER?
D~AMAS~CI~S RADId CLAIMS SYRIAN FdRCES
~1AD "Lx>r3f=RAVED" A F~pSI~'ION IN THE MOUNT HERi1dN AREA AND THA'~ ~IGNTING
NAS TkKING PLAC? SztES'~ dF THE CEASE-FIRE LINE. AT LEAST 1QO IS'RAELx
~IFtCRAF7 Hti~1E BEE~d ACTrVE OVER SYRIA AND SdUTHERN LEBANdN? THE
ISR,~ELI `'OPFxCER SAID THAT THE 'SYRIAN AxR !"QRC? IS ALSO INACTIVE A$
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AERIAL RECd~INAZSSAt~CE MISSIdN AT n6S~Z {0~5~ EDT, 054 CAIRd~TIME}
ALQh1G THE SUEZ CAtdAL ?. Tl~E FLIGHT TERMYNATED A'f t~7~C2 ? . A JERt1SALEt4
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/03/05 : LOC-HAK-542-16-6-6
 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2013/03/05 : LOC-HAK-542-16-6-6
RADIO REPORT CITING AN ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES {IAF} SPOKESi4AN SAID.
EGYPTIAN A~fD SYRIAN ATTACKS BEGAN "ABOUT 14Op^ C1~LJ(7I~~ THIS IS 25X1
THE TI!'fE ~A>l1ASCUS RADIO SAYS ISRAELI ATTACKS BEGAfJ ? ACCORDING TQ
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.. LJPx, CkxRa 'RADIO SA2D ISRAELI ATTACKS ~3EGAN AT 3330 TN THE GOLF' OF
SU?Z? SE18SEt~i~ENT TSRAELx REPQRTS AND BRIEFINGS p~.ACE THE BEGTNNrNG
OF ARAB HOSTILITIES AT A>34UT 1415 ? CAIRO RADIO 'SAID xSfiAEL' HAD '
COt4l~xTTf~D ^OVERT AGGRESSxON,^ URGED ALi. ARAB COt~NTRIES TO t~~BILIZE
TO "$TOF..THE ISRAELI AGGRESSION," AND. CALLED ON THE UNITI=D NATIONS
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