SUMMARY OF SOVIET REACTIONS TO THE MIDDLE EAST HOSTILITIES DIA SITUATION REPORT SUPPLEMENT 63 A

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-543-5-17-5
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2011
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: October 21, 1973
• Content Type: REPORT

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.DIA SITUATION 'IMPORT
SUPPLEMENT
63A
DAM 21 Oo.taber 1973
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SIJOJECT: puramary of Soviet Reactions to the Mild?* East
Hostilities.
REFERVICE: DIA SittlatiOt1 Report Supplement 60A (U)
The following Soviet reactions to Middle East hostilities
have been noted since the referenced report.
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2. (TSU) Political:
General Secretary Brezhnev and Foreign Minister 0romyko
:continued talks today with US Secretary of State Kissinger.
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According to TASS, bc:th-parties-vere examining the present
situation in the Middle East and seeking ways of bringing
about a Ceasefire, The current talks were -.reportedly pre-
ceded by Soviet and East European diplomatic efforts to
assess the Dad-East situation and to discuss possible
peace terms with Arab leaders. A visit by: the Yugoslav
Foreign Minister to Cairo on 16 October allegedly laid
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(C) The Soviet press today once again attempted to
separate detente with the West from Soviet support of
the Arabs and reiterated Soviet willingness to play a
role in ensuring Peace in the Middle East. A 20 October
Yugoslav commentary goes a step farther on Soviet concern
for establishing peace and reports the belief that Moscow
La "anxious" to find a "speedy vay" out of the present
Middle East crisis. The Zagreb account also mentions
that the 'USSR would not entertain Any Arab request for
direct Soviet involvement since the Consequences cmuld
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