MIDDLE EAST SITUATION REPORT NUMBER 34 (AS OF 0630 EDT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-543-1-15-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2010
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: October 14, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
14 October ' 1973
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
DIA & State Dept review(s) completed for
entire doc.
MIDDLE EAST
Situation Report Number 34
(Ag? of 0630 EDT)
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5. in a batt1p yesterday morning'', the l 9ra.c-lis
claim to havo do,feated - thq- initial Iraqi units . that
Were co,ru-uitted to. battle on the flank of the salient
and were following up with- continued pressure to pre-
vent the Iraqi s? frorri falling back 'to regroup o.r. join'
any additional. Iraqi units moving to the battle area.
The Syrian units at the base of the" s alient?--near the
cease-fire line---zrmay have attacked in this area yes-
terdtay 4riving back some Israeli units. The Syrians
had announced that they had forced-israoli units to
retreat yesterday.
6.? A eor&tiiluation of the Isiaeli enveloping
maneuver to the south would bring : thean into the Da'.ra~
Shaukh MR skin area where the Jordanian forces are to
be deployed.
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ZOYPTIAN I'RON'
7. Egyptian forces launched a general attach
along the entire canal front at dawn today, accord-
inu to both Israeli and tgyptian.'military spokesmen.
The xi5raelis' stated, that Bc ypta.an armored units tried
to advance in many areas following .artillery and air
stri:}:r_*.s but. were repulsed by lsr.eli forces which
destroyed 30 Arab tanks, The lsraelia had been an-
ti:cipating a.n offensive that was to begin, today. '
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11. The pressure applied on Husayn by Saudi
Arabian. King 'aysal ?Was. perhaps the mast decis
and may have included a threat to' cut off SaudiVaid
to -Torda,n ; Although i Jordan's military force is be--
ing, b?o1atere.d b.~; ? a brigade ' from Saudi.
.be
be further reiinforcf~r3 within a day by the deployment
Jordan of. the Saudi Air Force, ..Jordanian military
leaders .are. veil; fearful of Israel's response.
120 The Jordanians- expect that if the israoli
*Air Force" launches raids against Jordan it will at-
tempt to knock out the Jordanian, air force and to
destroy Jordan economically. The Jordanian reaction
to Israeli raids will be limited to antiaircraft fire
and atte noted interception by the 'understre.r gth, ob-
solete Jordanian air force. Jorddniah ground forces
will probably no. leave ' their defensi.vo positions
Along the Jordan river
SOVIET MILITA.RY FORCES
13 There. have baen.
n
i
a s
gnif
in Soviet: military fOrc
on i,n I~ posture sa
esterday,a s ..L.t
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18. Thee atmosphere 'in Ku~aait remains generally
'calm a ccordin .. to ?a US Embassy report, but 'the local
press is :.stepiaing +i its c'riti ism of the United
States with.cahhiges that a massive US ' resupply' effort
is Underway, including .300 fighter planes.. Kuwait's
support Eor the combatant Arab states, however, is
still qui.Le limited.
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MrSc=IVIIqGS OF TUNISIAN SOLDIERS 25X1
19.. The; US Defense Attache in Tunis reports
that although: the Tunisitn military contingent
destined for ' Cairo hag departed for Egypt by truck,
the m o ? o c l of -the soldiers is : far . frcYm eager or opti--
mis Lic. ? -;-
un.9..*ln in-c7]]t:.ry ba.t,tali.on was picked,
stalt, the 8th-Battalion, perhaps the best trained
~
?{ ?.?r .. u 'Mr {r. 41 w4c7.7 ,_
Wae Tilc3t f~ ers, there were none. As a re-
.
e g
clleeks-probably not from* joy. The 8th Battalion's
arrival time . in Cairo is un .nourn but it was preceeded
by An advance;party^ which was airlifted by Libyan
C-130 transports,
parted some a the young soldiers were wringing
their hands and had tears 5treama
n down th i
;6.. i
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