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immediate help but it is night there now. He has also asked us
for reconnaissance, and we are feeding him Israeli intelligence
which we are getting. They are flying reconnaissance anyway
and we have not got anything there which can really fly
that
reconnaissance. He doesn't know where
intelligence is
coming from.
P:
Okay.
K:
We have put that unit in Germany on alert. It was on near alert
anyway, and I just wanted to warn you that if this thing keeps up
within the next 24 hours I would guess by tomorrow morning
as
we may reach the decision point between U.S. and Israeli action:
That is if the King loses the tank battle. And there is nothing
we can do now, except the things we are doing which are all
pretty strong.
there
well,on
though, we have a choice,
P:
Well, what is the -
shoing
that contingency/we are prepared for
our air action; is that right?
Kod'
We are prepared for our air action, Mr. President. We can run
two hundred sorties a day from the carriers. The land-based
planes- we have had a full study made that looks pretty grim.
The only fields we could use are in Turkey and the Turks almost
certainly won't give us permission. The only other fields would
be in Greece or Crete and for that we would have to use air
refueling and it would take us 8 days to get them ready.
P:
And that won't work.
K:
But the third carrier is on the way and within 8 days that can
that
add to it and would increase itby..
P:
What about the plan based on the carriers?
K:
That is in Shape.
P:
In Shape - and they could really do them in good?
K:
Well, they could do a good job on them. Their handicap is
that if that fails they can't follow it up with very much unless we
want to get ground forces fighting the Syrians which is a rough
decision to make,
Which we don't want to do,
P:
But which the Israelis would be delighted to do.
A
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