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The CIA's Directorate of Intelligence issued this Weekly Summary, No. 0369/70, on 8 May 1970. It covers events through noon on 7 May. The Far East section deals with the allied operations into Cambodia, Hanoi's cautious response and the government in exile Sihanouk formed in Peking. Other items cover Soviet military aid, the Sino-Soviet talks, Jordan, Dahomey, Guatemala and Brazil, and a special report looks at Cuban support for subversion in Latin America. Many pages are withheld, and the summary contains no UFO material.
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Approved for Release: 2023/03/28 C03154550 ISRAEL PROCEEDS CAUTIOUSLY WITH SOVIETS IN EGYPT The Israeli Government has con- tinued to express its concern over what it claims to be growing Soviet involvement in Egypt and has sought to raise international alarm, par- ticularly in the US. At the same time, Tel Aviv, while avoiding at- tacks deeper into Egypt and possible contact with Soviet pilots, contin- ued to mount heavy air attacks along the canal and the Gulf of Suez. The Israelis have restated their will- ingness for a cease—fire and peace talks, but have shown growing irri- tation with the increasing number of Israeli casualties along the canal. These have been approaching the lev- els of the summer of l969, which at that time obliged Israel to step up its attacks on Egypt. Prime Minister Golda Meir and two top Israeli military officials, Minister of Defense Dayan and chief of staff General Bar—Lev, have all manifested Israeli reluctance to get involved with the Soviets in Egypt, but have emphasized Israel's de- termination to fight to defend it- self and to resist any attempts to force them from the present cease- fire lines. Mrs. Meir said that Israel was not at war with the So- viet Union and had no plans to fight one "but we will not run away if it (war) becomes necessary for self- defense." Dayan, in a speech to students in Haifa, said that Is- raeli armed forces had had no air clashes with the Soviets and hoped they would not. He claimed that Is- rael halted its deep penetration raids around Cairo because "they had served their purpose," but added—— perhaps more significantly——"now that the Russians have entered the area, we prefer to wait and see what we shall be able to do." Reflecting the Israeli desire for a solid show of US support in the new situation, Dayan said he would like to see the US "as a real tiger with teeth... stand up to the Russians." Dayan also sounded what might be a warn- ing when he charged that Soviet air defense support was enabling Nasir to seize the initiative along the canal; he noted that the Israeli casualty rate had jumped from 9 killed and 47 wounded in March to 27 killed and 62 wounded in April. Bar—Lev, in a briefing given to visiting US National War College students, also stressed Israel's current cautious posture. Asked what Israel was going to do about the Soviet pilots, Bar—Lev was non— committal and said only that the Israeli armed forces were gathering all the information they could on the Russians. He claimed that the Soviet and Arab aim was to force a peace settlement on Israel that would put it back to the pre—June 1967 borders. The chief of staff insisted that Israel would maintain the status quo until there was a chance for "real peace." Also pres— ent was the Israeli director of mil- itary intelligence, General Yariv, who said that Israel did not take lightly the international complica- tions involved in the presence of Soviet pilots and would exercise caution. But he averred that Is— rael would act to defend its exist— ence and said what Israel needed now was hardware, especially air- craft, and a US "deterrent posture" toward the USSR. ?E@'R'E% Page 22 WEEKLY SUMMARY 8 May 70 Approved for Release: 2023/03/28 C03154550
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