Sfl 1S l Tl VE PAGE 587 SELECTED SITUATlON LlSTlNG DATE 06 19 81 170 SITU1T ON CHECK SUBJPCT CATAGORY LIST MESSi GE HCE783 TU4060 no Rl fEHC DE RUEhAD ff1559 1591125 7NY SSSSS ZZH n 081116Z JUN 81 ZFF4 F'I USHIT RAGHllAD TD SECSTAT wASHOC IMMED ATE 190 RT Y-·E CR E Cf- BAGHDAD 1559 oors·· F-0 12065 Rns -1 3 6 8 01 EAGLETON WILLIAM L OR-M TAGS MOPS1 MI I JS IZ slJBJ ISRAEL'l TTACK ON IRAQl NUCLEAR FACU ITY SECOND MESSAGE THIS CHANNELi Al STA1E 148546 BJ BAGHDAD l551 1 -S CRE'f - El TIRE TEXT 2 AS REPORTED SEPTEL AS OF 1400 JllNE 8 THERE HAS BEEN NO VISIBLE IRAQI REACTION TO YESlERDAYIS ISRAELI ATTACK ON rUwAITHA WHEN I SAW AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY THIS MORNING ON OTHER MATTERS HE SEEMEU GENUINELY PUZZLED ABOUT ''WHAT ALL THE FIRE DRKS WERE LAST IGHT'' AND OTHERWISE SEEMED IN FINE SPIRITS EXHIBITING HIS USUAL PER5DMAL FRIENDS 'IP AND JARM FEEL NG TOWARDS THE Ll S A PHONE CALL FROH AT 9 A M IKErilSE WAS ROUTINE AS HE ACCEPTEU MY INVITATION TD LUNCH ON THURSDAY WE CAN aSSUME HnwEVER THAT THE TOP LEVEL OF THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT jS NOW AWARF OF THE ISRAELI ORIGIN OF THE ATTACK IS EXTREMELY bNGRY AND FRWSTRATEO BY IT AND rs CONSIDERING WHAT THE JRAQI RFACT UN SHOULD BE 3 AT USINT WF HAVE 1AKEN SECURITY PRECAUTIONS THOUGH WE THINK IT IJl LlKELY Tf AT WE 110ULI BE AN IMMEDIATE TARGET tM ANY IRAQI REACTION NEVERTHELESS THE IRAQI LEADER SHIP WILL PLACE A GOOD PART JF THE ESPnNsIBlLITY FDR THE PAIO ON THE U $ WHATEVER WE SAY AND BASE lHIS ON ISRAELIS i•SE OF AD IANt ED U S AIR TU GROUHD WEAPONS CONSISTENT u s SUPPORT FDR ISRAEL AND A DEEP USDJCION THAT THE u s EITHER STIMULATED THE ATTACK OP ACQUJESED IN IT 4 ALTHnUGH nOTH NG WE CAN SAY WILL COMPLETELY DISSIPATE RAQI SUSPlClnNs AND RESENTMENT IT IS lMPORTANT FROM THE pOINl OF VlFW OF DUR SECURITY HERE AS WELL AS FOR AMERICANS FLSEWHERE IN THE AREA THAT AS SO N AS ISRAELI RESPONSIBILITY f0R THt RAlD RECDMES KNOWN THE U S GOVEPNMENT DO EVERYTHING SFi SITlVE I • SENSITIVE • PAGE 588 SELECTED SITUATION ISTJNG DATE 06 19 81 170 5ITU TION CHECK SUBJ CT CATAGORY LIST MESS GE I ANNOTATIO pDSS LF Tu DISASSOCIATE OURSELVES FROM THE ISRAELI ACTION 11S SAID THIS MQRl- ING YOU HAD pETTER MAKE AN EARLY AND STRONG DENUNCIATION OF THE RAID JF YOU WA l TO PROTECT u s lNTEREsrs H RE '' 5 DEPARTMENT REPEAT AS APPROPRIATE EAGLETON PT ii-1559 MNNN SFNS TIVE F o• 11 • -· LH I' ' ·