MIDDLE EAST SITUATION REPORT NUMBER 55 (AS OF 1130 EDT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-543-4-11-2
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 21, 2011
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 19, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
19 October 197.3
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MIDDLE ;.AST
S'i,tuation Report Number 55
(as 09 ,1130 EDT)
THE ? MILITAztY SITUATION
GENERAL
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3.' ryy'ptiaan military 10-aciers have been unable
to inust'er sufficient forces to attack, the Israeli
bri-ragoh'ead; and t 'le
most; recent mil'i tary cc~mrnuniguo
i su~dd by C i.ro is cAutthus in tone. The communique
make no claim ol: new Egyptiaan Successes and' states
that th-: eqa in this celitka1 sector of the. front "leas
intensi.fs,eel." t'a3.1:o aCllnits tlldt thy' Israeli force
"which infi.1tratcd at night" has only been' partially
clc 7 troye.~~ ..?
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Sa.yi,ng that;. any' ceas,o-fire must bg accompanied by a
restoration of the intcrnati.onal borders as they
were beg'o,re.".' Al-Al ram editor Haykal's regular, Friday
aY1 i,C.le takes n a mz; position, stating that it is
"imperative" that the Arabs fight .on until the aim of .. .
the f-ighting : is aahioved. '
17.' Hayka l : s a1;r`.s he 1b61 ieves 'that a cease-f ire- is
not immiriont= and ? warns that, even ;shoo id. One occur ,
Israel would, view-it' as a breathing ;spell rather than.
a surrender. ' The; coincidence of, the Fahmi statement and
the kia'ykal article v3it4 Soviet premier Kosygin' 9 visit.
to Cairo- suggests the t any effort ;ho may. have made to
urge a cc:a: efirs on the Egyptians is meeting with some
opposition.
THE UN
.?18. The Secukity Council-.-wtliich has not met sinee
?12 October--has no }present pl .ns to resume its emergency
session. Members do not intend to . act until some def i.--
nite proposal is prepared--a step that still seems to
await decisive-developments on thta battlefield. UN
MIdddle East envoy Jarring has ?no' immediate plans to re-
turn to..I!7C-:W York; bemuse he also feels that the situa-
tjon a.s not fret ready 4or a peace: ; initiative; Arab foreign ministers tt. the UN will Ito-at
again this afterhoon to plan diplomatic activities sup-
porting ,Sada?t' Si.v:~poiizt statprnent. They should firm
up :1 i proposed v~ sits to European. o-apit:als--most of-
the ministers irtt.ef' to leave New : Yor% within the next
few days. The m i.nistw.s have acr red to return, however,
if' Egypt takes tl'iu ~4iddle. East issue to ' the3 General AS -
Sem).1l.tf, `erhe.r.c' the -Arabs would be unhampercd by great
power vftoe.s Egypt- loos apparently keen in contact
?w?:i,th' Yucfoslcivia roil.ceLning a draft resolution. As ?a
Scour. ity Council' Member, 'Yugoslavia could introduce a
resolution which., if vetoed, would open the possibility
of ? special: 'ses;s.a.on of the Assealtbly.
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20, The `local TCRC repre:s,entative in Jerusalem
has received a li'.st. from the' is;raeli G9vcar i-ment of about
750 '~? s~~a~er.s o war, the majority of whore arc is'gyp-
ti. s .: Most as a not wound,-,ad; those who are wounded are
being' given good -;treauAgnt. Ve.it:h:er tho Lclyptians nor
the Ijyri'Ans, by dontrast,? have 'given the ICRC the names
of, Israeli.. prisoners in -their hands. The representative
has not been 4h1;e' to confirm reports from Israeli sources
t at, ! during the ~f irs t few days- og fighting , the rya: i arcs
were xecutinj Xs;r.a.eli prisoners on the spot.
21. A Liter ' announcement :on Joru Salem radio cla.imed
that by 18 Octobarr ls?raul had captured a total of 945
Egyptian and Sy Lan prizonlers e
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23. All the.- terrorists J evolved 'in the attack. on
. ?the '1 ank of nlarica in peirut? wero c,-ithez; ed or
wounded wherx L+~!bansse security forces stormed the building.
early this.. morninrq. A US citizen who had been held as one
.of the hostages was kill d by the 'torror..ists shortly be-
for the 3 ank yta;s' r .taken . Tha, US.. 'Embassy believes the
government' tools f irrn a.cti.can 'n order Lo signal the ' f edayeen
that it wi'll ndt toloratc lawlessness. The embassy also
beU cues that the ;.f act 'that the :.terrorists did not belong
to ? any i:c~c 3T`e ? croup a:oduccs -the x; ,sk' of a retaliatory
attack on ASS ihtc:rc::sts.
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