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Dinitz/Sec. Kissinger
Thursday, Oct. 11, 1973
4:30 p. m.
D: I want to bring you up to date on the situation. up to 5:00
(6 hours ago in Israel). We have penetrated in a front which is
12 Ks wide and 10 Ks inside the Road to Damascus.
K: Right.
D: I have another cable.
K: You are going to wind up like Paul on the road to Damascus.
D: As long as we don't wind up like Peter. Another cable says we
have advanced 20 Ks. Probably some places 20 Ks.
K: You understand that I was not telling you
D: I understood you completely but I don't think my boss did.
Even before I talked to you. We have since that time, the
Syrian troops are dismantling. The Syrian troops and armour
are in disaray.
K: Good.
D: I don't want to bother you with the airports we have bombed.
It is important that the Syrian Air force not particularly active
and seven were shot down. We observed 5 ton 12 airplanes
from the Soviet were on the way to Damascus. They returned
to their base in Europe because of our tanks at the airport.
They came again in the afternoon and this time they landed.
Twelve landed in Syria with equipment. Until 5:00 our losses
on the two fronts were 10 aircraft -- 3 Phantoms, 6 Skyhawks
and 1 Super
.
K:
How many?
D: 10 Aircraft -- 3 phantoms, 6 Skyhawks and 1 super
.
K: How did you lose them?
D: All to missiles. We have information that on the Egyptian
front there has been no change. Our air force was active there.
We estimated 700-800 tanks on the East bank of the Canal.
There attempt to go to Adaz(sp) was not successful. We have
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