INFORMATION ITEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-262-1-10-8
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 23, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: October 31, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection To Declassification 2009/10/09: LOC-HAK-262-1-10-8
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SIPPRISE ATTACK AGAINST THE KURDS APPARENTLY SUCCEEDS: IRAQI
FoRCES REPORTEDLY LAUNCHED A SURPRISE ATTACE NORTH OF RAWANDUZ
ON OCTOBER 241 AND OCCUPIED KURDISH POSITIONS THERE, THE NEXT
DAY, GOVERNMENT TROOPS ALLEGEDLY GAINED CONTROL OF THE ENTIRE
ZUZAA HEIGHTS, ALTHOUGH THE KURDS CLAIM THEY WITHDREW ONLY
FROM THE FOOTHILLS AND STILL HOLD THE NORTHERN SLOPES. THE
TRUE PICTURE IS UNCLEAR, 13 UT A GRAVE SITUAOWON HAS APPARENTLY
DEVELOPED ON THE RAWANDUZ FRONT, FROM ITS ZUZAK POSITIONS,
IRAQI ARTILLERY CAN SHELL MUCH OF THE TERRITORY REMAINING
th,DER 'KURDISH CONTROL. IN APPARENTLY,REACTION TO THIS, IRAN
HAS AUTHORIZED A SIX-GUN 13-MM BATTERY TO REMAIN IN THE
HAJI UARANRAWANDUZ AREA TO PROVIDE LOW-RANGE FIRE SUPPORT
FOR THE KURDS ON THE 26TH, A- 175.MM BATTALION POSITION NEAR
RDAS HT WAS AGAIN DIRECTED TO FIRE ON SUITABLE TARGETS IN
QALAT DIZEH. THE STIPULATION THAT USE OF THE 175-MM GUNS
MUST BE AUTHORIZED BY THE SHAH HAS ALSO BEEN REMOVED. HE,
BATTALION HAS BEEN ORDEREL; TO FIRE WHEN REQUESTED BY KURDISH
LEADER BARZANI OR ONE OF HIS ':iEPRESENTATIVES.
sokiiir PR SONERS REPORTED SrdJNGs MOREY SAKHAROV, THE
PROiv!IN'E NT SOVIET DISSIDENT PHYSICIST, LAST NIGHT TOLD WEST-
ERN %EiSmEN IN MOSCOW THAT A HUNGER STRIKE AMONG POLITICAL
P?7, ISONEl'iS HAD BEGUN* HE CITED TWO ?LABOR, CAMPS IN WHICH
THIS ACTIVITY IS USiDER WAY AND SAID.IT WOULD END 'TODAY.
IRAN LO;:'4 '1'0 PERU IRAN IS BACKING A $5,0,41ILLION COMMERCIAL
BAN LOAN TO PERU TO HELP FINANCE CGOTRUCTION OF THE $45 0-
AXLE ION TRANSAtIVEAN PiPELINE. THE ,LOAN. TO RUN SEVEN YEARS
IT H A FOUR YEAR GRACE PERIOD, BRINGS ASSURED FINANCING FOR
ThE PIPELINE TO ABOUT $330 MILLION. THE PIPELINE, WHEN COM-
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No Objection To Declassification 2009/10/09: LOC-HAK-262-1-10-8
No Objection To 'Declassification 2009/10/09: LOC-HAK-262-1-10-8
PLETED, WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO ABOUT 4? tY:ILLI0t, BARRELS OF
PROVEN CALDE RESERVES IN THE PERUVIAN JUNGLE.
NORTH KOREAN TACTICAL AIR STAND DOWN: TK STAN:i DOWN OF
NORTH KOREAN TACTICAL AIRCRAFT WHICH BEGAN ON MONDAY CON-
TINUES THROUGH TODAY. THE REASON FOR THE LACK OF AIR ACTIV-
ITY REMAINS UNCLEAR BUT SIMILAR TACTICAL STAND DOWNS HAVE
OCCURRED IN LATE OCTOBER-EARLY NOVEMBER IN EACH YEAR SINCE
x967, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF !98 AND 1971. E,CEPT FOR LOCAL
TRAINING FLIGHTS BY FIVE AIR ACADEMY MIG-15/175 YESTERDAY AND
TWO IL-28 E,OYBERS EARLY TODAY, NO TACTICAL APiCRIFT HAVE BEEN
No Objection To Declassification 2009/10/09: LOC-HAK-262-1-10-8 ,
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