s D p If c l' 5 S BEA ' - _ i liH LDX CIA LOlC ·- - DEPARTMENT OF 5ThTZ OI Ei' X'l'ib s CENT R ISRAELI ATrACR ON IRAQI NUCLEAR FXCIL1TIES Situation Report No l June B 0500 EDT IA J ·i C-1 A l · Israeli Clarifications DCM Brown in Tel Aviv ls meeting with Intelligence Chief General Saqi at this writing to obtain clarification re uested by USG • 3 Press Treatment Deputy Defense Minister Zippori told Brown that Israel will wait until asked about attack and then will downplay it However if Iraq makes an announcement Begin will issu u statement The Israelis plan to give no deta-ils 6n the equipment used in the attack CBS in Tel Aviv h a s queried the Embassy about the attack but was given no information So far there have been no press stories here or abroad 3 Reactions I response to indtructions sent to selected posts June 7 Embassy Amman and Jidda have requested stronger U S r action to Israeli raid or use with host goverranents A - man reports a very web illy reception from the Foreign Minister to the ' ews of tile attack 4 Report from Baghdad According to USIN l' Baghad the Iraqi public is aware of an Israeli raid but local rumors have not yet alleged damage to nµcle1 -r facillties at Tuwaitha Iraqi media has not mentioned the raid According'to the Italian Ambassador in Baghdad there were some Iraqi casualties from the raid but no French or Italians were hurt 5 Late Item--Israeli Clarifications CM Brown in Tel Aviv reports the following fro his meeting with Intell igence Chief General Sagi - -- The debriefing was extremely rank Sagi stressed the need to keep the information confidential i -- The Israelis hit only the Frencl1 facilities and targetted the larger of the two French reactors which Sagi described as cold This reactor was to be charged in September or October The timing of 1e attack was deter mined by the Israeli desire to avoid the radiation problem wnich would have occ rre-d once t e eactc was charged Tht Israelis hit the dome and the reactor core pool Israeli photog raphy shows that the dome collapsed Sagi ' '· -2- estimates it will take thcee to fouc yeacs to reconstruct it Sagi said this would give the free world time to wake up to the· Iraqi program and perhaps· do c omething about it --·The Israelis used sixteen 2 000 lb iron bombs in the attack Their photography shows that all were on target The attack lasted' 90 to 95 seconds The bombs were dropped from eight F-16's escorted by six F-15's There was some Iraqi anti-aircraft fire in the Baghdad vicinity and perhap one SA-7 was fired On the return flight Iraqi aircraft from H-3 attempted to intercept the Israeli aircraft but th effort was totally ineffective f There were no French or Italian casualties and only two Iraqi workers are unaccou ted for The Israelis chose Sunday afternoon in order to avoid axtf ••sive casualties ·Peter Constable ' ''· ' Senior Watch Officer