MIDDLE EAST SITUATION REPORT NUMBER 38 (AS OF 0630 EDT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-543-2-5-1
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 15, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/12 : LOC-HAK-543-2-5-1 '
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i. Them: wG-x3 txo; ai~na ~'a,can~ ~c~~rc~u~zd ~carcc: act~,vity.
ran ai.tlx.v.: ~~-orifi duriz7g ti~,~~ na.ghtr I:,ut; ~s,ra~~,~, ~siz:cra~~.
t~~'eze a.e:ts.;~~. o~,r~r Sy~rs.a arrS southerxt Lehanoax. ~n ~.he
~~lYP't~.~.n ~~rc~nt r I:~rae~,l naval forces x'ept~rtecT.~~r . ce~n-
ducted ~, nic~Ixt raac~ otx an F:~c~Yptzan ~'o~t in the south? .
erix Gu.~f o~ ~tiE~r :and, ~s~"aell and F~yy~~t;~,an a.~.rcra?t ~:e--
'~u~n~:d t~ aeta:vra. avex;: ~c~YPt and thc~: ~i.na~. trxi,s mc~rnirag.
~c,r~T.~1~N ~~~~Or~T '
3 : A.rt: ~ll~x~ . f irc~ was rc~~orted bE g
sexvexs at sc~Teral lo~atian~ ~ 3n thc~ north~x~'rttStzez banal
a.x'pa durz.n~~ the nz~ht, but? no fux tha.r deta.~].s . a.~e ava~.l-
able: ~ .
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~. Aac.orcling to an,zsa;aela. radio report, Ssrael.i
naval vc:sse~.:~~ staged a raid, ,during the rti,c~ht can ~.he, ?
F~y},3Gian port cif: Ras Ghara~}~ ? in thc~ southern.. Guff ?f
Suez at,d buxrLc:c~ ~gvpta~.n vessc~].s and ~unmuni.tivn su,~--
~~lies . The Israe3.x~ repaz;t claimed that the base was a .
'? staging ~~re,~. feL?. LyyEati.ari cammandps. Tl~;e raa.d re.~Zects
xsrac~l.a. s ens a, txva. t:y ; i:ro ~thr. er~.ts of ~ k~g.~,!ptiail ].alzcl.ixZc~s ira
the. souLIxer n' - ~i.slai Iaeninsula : ' :.
? , 5 . :T~oc~rdi..ng tc7 recen~.xy a.vaa.'~ablP izzformation,
~gypt:.i.~rl rla~r.al. una is a.n the Meda.t~:rran.r~~n, assa~stec~ by
foua.. '1~r~licoiat.cx,~, ~*~stc.rd~~.~ a~tGrnoor~ cxpcnc3cd c~x'dnanCe .
csn, what ma;t have: Yic~~~n ~, subntarit~e. 'Neither. ,the a.dentii:y
4]~ tli~ target:: ncii: 7:E3fi~U~.ts O~ the attac}c t~erP, repoa-ted:
~ . ~ Thera c~ra,s .nca x?~g5vrtecl chi cauncl. Force a~.:ta.v~ty
duri.rtr~~ t]'l.e zlic~l~L, xri thG a.~,r t}~Q xs.rar~a..~.5 COI1duC{:.rra
ext~eY~.:~'iv~c: ~pe.~:atians thrc~uglz.aut the: night, anc~ have
at.ta,ckLec3 ~amasctzs this rr~c~a;ning. Israeli aircraft: have
penetrated E;ebalzc~n ~.s faz x~Qrtl~ ~a~ 'b~irut and east tc~
. ,F3Qa.1.1:~+~}~,,. A, re.L~ozt Q~ zsraeli and ~ur'tideratix'ir~cl aircraft
~'a~nginc~ ?ovPr' northe~xn LP.hanan and ~ tl~e T~c.diterranean sea
sugg~s is tl~at,. an a~,r kaatt];e .may be' in pragress a '
7 . I:ada.~i Dx~.rAa Gtxs ~; spot is that izz acldi. ~,ian tc~
? bc~ntL~i.ng Damascus, ',~szae~.a, ~aa.arcr~,ft have attackc~l' the
? parts a~ m~r.:t~tzs and ?L~.taki~rx. ~ The ~~Syri~n~ a:1:sa re~,~nrt.. .
that ~~r4und? fa.r~llt.inc~ has karo}.e:n aut ~.n the z~arthern
seai:cr at ,tnc~~ ~ro.nt. Ssra;el. cla.irns to 27ave r~pul..scd
a small Syria,xl~xrac~a. ' ~~untreratt~ac}c 3?n the ~+ricinity of
aria. ?
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' 'c~. Ye~terd~~j eVell.in~;~ tr,.~: xra,!~i, 3a~d a,rrnci.ec7, diva... .
s~~?a11~ i~1~C~t3 tY~IU uEisuccess.fu.~. a.ttelttp~s to [3i.S~,Qd+~'e the
xsrael.i , ~ frcm ~ asi tiaras' i.n thG .hid ~.s nine miJ.r~s z"rout
Quna~tixttih.~
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].0. 'T17,~ .ss~7V~r27111@nta O~ l:'Srapl, , 'L'I~.r4u~h tl2e U5
~tthass~do~- i.tz ~P.ntr~7a..n, ~x.as waicnac~ tYi.o ~ J47~d.azz~:a2Z5 ayair~3t
ri1QV~,rig' 'k.~1L-?].x }a;r~.C~c'3,~G ~.,Y'i ~~r~.c"1 Cd~.,Oa~~ .~? I~.r3~11 t.Z'C:Q~'i~
TZ~c~ a:srael.a,s. }.,e:l~,eve th~.,t th'o ,Tozdanian bx a c~ade i.:~ l.es~
than t=.en ma,].~s' dram ~:~raeli ~a;~ccs,?, Thez~ have :~eezY
nq ~Iaahzs .h{:~?t~rr~en~ Israeli and Jordanian ~c~~ces since
?~he bega,nnin~,~ :off the ~'c~rdanian interventicin' i;n ?~h,e wa.r.
' ~ ~1. :T'. US1~A,e~' 'Gc~.27~,.~ t?~'C7tt1 x'el .At,-~.V x:~',~91~5 t.~lct'I_
tha ,~arae].a,s pla.r~ tv nave slowly a,nc~ ~aut~~,ousl_y iri
yri.a, .us ~nc~ action nn tZ?~a S~rriaz~ front a.s F~a~t tv force
the Ec~y~atiars~ to Cbrurti..t .themse7.'ves, a.n the 5i.nai. mhe
Israelis ?afW.~,s.E'V'r~~ .that ~ the 8yr~,ans mal wl.tizd7;&~~n* tcs .their
seoana de~ens~,ve Z~.nc: , ~ou~.h off', ~amasc:us .
'"S'Pt'1"CUa Qr'? SOV2~~~. ? ~~'OkC~~S '
1r3. ,~ov~.~t~ 'naval: ~~vrces iia thy: Med~.terr~.nealz c,~~n--
c~ra,11.~~ tz;aintaix~ed the~;x' preva.aus pos~.tioazs . Four 5c~viet,
novas ships entc:xer7 the Medi_tex;ratzean yesterd;~y---cane '
oilaa:; one inrell_a.~~elza~ callacta.on ship, anc~. t~.-o L5Ts 9 .
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/12 : LOC-HAK-543-2-5-1
 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/12 : LOC-HAK-543-2-5-1
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17. The. E~~yptian. army attacl~,e in. ~~1..~mab~,d tc~Zd
hi,'s U8 ~ourzter~ar?t yesterday ~h,ai~ ~c~ypt's oz~l~r olJj ective
zri fi~hp curx;en~ ~,fa~r is .'~.p $~e.gain t~rritrrY ~.ostr. ~.n 1967. .
~~Yi~t his nc~ aesi~~iza . can Israeli tc:rr~.t~vey, ac~nr_dinc~ td
tnc~~ a.'t~tae:ilc~ .' (~d~,tllin ;~i.x m?nt~hs eat ~? a ~eacp setttan1e21t,.. .
hgYl~txan I.a`.~ar and Ara~ricar~ ~:ngineers cau~.,~ ~'~:a~~.n the.
aue~? :Ca.nz1. 'Z'hr canal wou~.d theiY h~ open Lo all vror?ld
oonuner.ce?..xr~~~C~rdless tr.C z~r~li.t.ical. aon;s~.der.atzaras . Thc3
.a.ttarl~.e ~a?~,c~ thati ~9YP'~ 'g'as :~ til] iritexes 4ed iri. US pa.sz-
t~.ca.}?at;iot~. ~r~~ t?'ic~: aUi~LD }~~.pel~.ne ~~zajc:c~. '
.ISRAEL: 'SHE: Cc~S{I.' t)~+ VTA,~t. '
' 18 ? : ~:sr. ~~el , tada,~~ anz~aunced its' ca~~xal.t~r ~i~ure~ .
~cs1; .t.I~.c~ ~ir:;~.~ eight ?c~a~s o~ ~a.gh~~.ri
sal~iQa:s k~,llr~c~-~..~om~,ared :tlo~ '777 ka:~.lcd~~uiing~4~SG
1.9G7 Six-~a~r 6~ar-..and. 2, 400 wounded. I~tttGYig t.h~,se
~kil~ec~ in ao4iol?~ ~~~ras ~Jti'Za,~or G~ri?S:a1 ?Avrarn I~2onc31exr d~
tl'Ey Comntancic~- cif t-~~~ 'c; r, -,y n.........__ _ ~ .... p
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? ~4. ~ T~~~i sitLZat:i.cin fox Amer~.oara r~sic~ents in
Ituwt~i~,t aPpeaY?~ ~o 'be. Making a turn :far ttl.~ worse , '
An' tltrt~xl.C~c121 k~u"a.nessnlan 1iVizac~ a,n Kusv~ait was tn~.c3 by
11a.r~h-~.evel, tcuThrait~, fa-'a,e,nda .'that ~.f 'Lh~ US litni~s its
'r~sup~~3.y e~fa~ts to ~x,~~~a~1. to ammun.a,ta.can, 1iGt,le nc~ga,titre
raactidzz i~rau3.c? b,~ .torth.cc~min~;~. Tt ~ttxe.US shou7.~d resup~siy
aircraft nr. tan3tis; hr~vrev~r, ha.s fx`i..enc?s ~.clv.ised ?th3t
he "houlc?? I~~-~ve Ku;~:~a.;t at once.
turt~aer ~.rl~r:~*rlttt2c~ that r;uwaiti retal~aca,to xnccsaulc~nanclutie:
z~at.ic~na.~.i~,ati,on o~ oil int:ex~sts, a~ut-off ~f oil su~~
~~.a.es; and Pexrn~~,n~.nt 'dazrtag+~ to U~ bia,sirtoss interests in
~tutrait . .
. S`~TJD'~ ARA.Bx~i ~ ? ? .
25. T}le US ~rnba~sar in Jidda b~lieues Sai~.di trabia
~oor~ tnay t;~nnouricc :zetaliatory acti~in ~~ar US ~resuppl,y .
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~gfo~t~ t.a ~~r~aeJ, e Tttc~ ~ml~~s~~- be~.~.~Ves that the ~aos~c~
1~,}t~~.y z~ua~r.e v~a.ll v~ ac~a~,n~t US c~i1. ~.nt~~eats., ~perh.:~~3s
the int~aas;,i~ion of c-~ ctitb,~C}: az a Ceilin ~on rr~d c-
~ion.
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