SITUATION IN JORDAN ( AS OF 11:30 AM EST)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00826A001400010065-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2002
• Sequence Number: 65
• Publication Date: November 24, 1966
• Content Type: IM

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No. 1627/66
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Directorate of Intelligence
24 November 1966
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
Situation, in. Jordan.
(As of 11?30 AM EST)
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1. Anti-Husayn demonstrations have broken out agaf .
today in. west Jordanian towns but are not yet as widespread
as they were yesterday. Many Jordanians suspect more serious
tr
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e will develop on. Friday, the Muslim day of worshi
ies less in. the demonstrations which he on s b anger
has expressed his belief that f ure
trolled, than in. the threat of assassination, ofcgn con
government
and the sabotage of govonsment
government installations.
2. have received information
which in yri.a, probably with Egypt?s knowledge,
is making plans to try and. assassinate Husayn and other top
Jordanian officials. Conspiracies against the regime by dis-
gruntled army officers, meanwhile, are moving ahead. Two
separate pro=Nasir groups apparently are active, and there
is a possibility that they will get together despite sus-
picions that divide them.
4. Saudi Arabia?s King Faysal has put 4,000 Saudi troops
stationed near the Jordanian border at Husayx g disposal.
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His action. is more of-a gesture of political support than
a decision of military significance. The same applies to
Iraq's offer of four Hawker Hunter jet fighters to the
Jordan.ians. These aircraft, some of which Jordan already
has, are no match for Israel's Mirage III jets. Jordan. lost
one Hawker Hunter in. the 13 November clash.
5. Egypt's Nasir is scheduled to make a Sp ech today
which should be in. progress now. He can. hardly avoid some
commentary on the Jordanian crisis. The way he treats it
will have a direct bearing- on. future developments in Jordan..
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