MIDDLE EAST (SITUATION REPORT NUMBER 3 AS OF 2:30 PM EDT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-542-16-7-5
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 28, 2012
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 6, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

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MORI/CDF
000847184
SC No. 07812/73
? CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
6.October .157.3_.::
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
MIDDLE EAST
?~ (Situation Report Number- 3
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Rs of _2_t-30 .DT)
1. General: Few details of the battle situa-
tion have come out of the area. A general Israeli
statement that Arab forces are being repulsed on
all, fronts was issued by Prime Minister Meir and
,, ,., an IDF spokesman. At 1820 Tel Aviv time Radio
Israel carried an IDS' report that Egyptian armored
forces were continuing to pour across two bridges
ever the: canal but were being checked in all places
by Israeli armor and air forces.
2. Egyptian Front:
contrary to the previously
? Cited Israeli report, Egyptian aircraft continued
active at least to 1700 (Tel Aviv time).
Egyptian. aircraft were
other Egyptian fighters were
Pensive patrols near the Canal at about 1600 (Cairo
'time) . I
3. Cairo Radio claims that 11 Israeli aircraft
were shot down and only ten of its own jets were
lost in today's fighting.
4 . s --
rael.i aircraft were active along the east bank of
the Canal as of 1800 local time. These aircraft
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near the Israeli fighter base aBir Jifjafaho
over the Sinai
conducting de-
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6. Soviet Naval Activity in the Mediterranean:
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face forces are now beginni
,are n the western edterranean,
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7 . Surface Ships s . Thy--f-Ia shi --f --tho S-ov et
Mec~kil r e n Squad rr--a- lima n tcrrrd r- :xrs ed=
It is now east of Tunisia, Heading
--toward t eastern Mediterranean, accompanied by a
cruiser. The. flagship could r a~Rn--he-easterrF- lIdi-?
-te-rra-nebA t- c-, .
8. The Soviet ships in Port Said left there
.-, m ay. -&nd. are now 'in the area of Zatakia, Syria.
This group consists of two small amphibious landing
ships and a destroyer escort. The only Soviet naval
ship still known to be in an Egyptian port this morn-
ing was a destroyer in Alexandria. That ship has.
probably ' puit to sea by now. .
9 #: A r? et-
are-in-the missa.l t~ and n ~~ atroy.~-s
wwaters near arence-aii(64- `cr_d~e These ships
are expected to move farther to the east in the next
day. or two.
10 submarines: FSome"ITT l~ i~t- icy cz
w re _ rInes Are n thew s n-R" s-iitexrar~ea.t~.
They have been involved in a routine turnover op-
eration with about half of them having recently
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arrived toy .ielieve the others, most of which have
been in the }..terranean for over six months..
I7.. Thro _.is ~-6n -iy onoo~t nuceo=px~we red
attack . ubmarina k~xo~vn to b _in the Meditorranean.
We estimate that this subma- na-_ ans a =east. a~4
disel_ subrrier~.r~_? are- nha-_~a.sr_n -tedterranean,.
1.2. Possible Related Activity: Soviet naval
recd naissance aircraft appear to be preparing for
long-range flights to both Cuba and Guinea. Sup-
port aircraft departed the USSR on 5 October for
Conakry and Havana, and five of the reconnaissance,
aircraft are at their forward deployment base in the
Soviet Northern Fleet. If the flights do take
place, they may be for the purpose of keeping track
of US ;naval forces in the North Atlantic.
13, Syrian Front: Fighting in the Golan
Heights area oa nues but specific details are
not available. The Syrian armed forces have de-
clared the waters off Lebanon .and Syria a. prohibited
area.
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