PAGE 't83 SENSITIVE SELECTED SITUATION LISTING SITU TION CHECK SUBJ CT CATAGDRY LIST MESSAGE I ANNOTATiuN MESSt GE J- CE67i' TU9582 no RUEHC Df RUFHAD 1582 1611145 7NY CCCCC ZZH n P 101122 JUN 81 FM USINT BAGl1DAD TO RUEHC SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEOlATE 1917 JNFD RUEHAM A EMBASSY AMMAN PRIORITY 3200 pUFHBS AMFM ASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY 447 R JEHEG AMEM A5SY CAIRO PRIORITY i 567 AUEHDM MEMBASSY DA ASCUS PRlDRITY 2476 RUFHGV USMISSION GENEVA 164 RUEHJI AMEMHASSY JIDDA PRILiR TY 2299 RUEHLD AMEMRA5SY LO DON PRIORITY 906 RLIEHMO AMFM8ASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 1083 RUEHRD AMfMBASSY ROME PRIORITY 4Jl RUEHTV AHEMRASSY TEL AVIV PR10RTTY 906 RUEHKn AMEMRASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 136 ALiEHDT USMlSSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 628 RUFHAU AMFMBASSY VIENNA PRIORITY 089 nT D N F I D E 14 T I A BAGHDAD 1582 FXDIS DATE 06 19 81 170 p Q 12065 RDS-1 6 10 01 EEAGLETDN1 WILLIAM L·I OR-M AGS MNUC r uc PAR · SCSA• MILI MOPS• JS IZ• FR sUBJ DAMAGE AT IRAQI NUCL AR FACILITY i -Gf lllFIOE'H M - ENTIRE TEAT THE FWLLOWING INFORMATION WAS FDR THE H ST PART pROVIOED BY IPROTECTJ BY GOOD FORTUN OhLY FOUR FRENCH TEtHNICIANS WERE IN THE 1MMEDIATE AREA OF THE OS RAK REACTOR WHEN IT WAS ATTACKED RY ISPAELI AIRCRAFT ONE OF THEM NHn WAS ''DOWN VERY bEEP AS KILLEO RY FUMES A NUMBER nF IRAQIS WER INJURED BUT ALL ARE NOW OUT OF HOSPITAL 1• RAnIOACTJVE FUEL RODS HAD NOT BEFN INSERTED INTO THE REACTOR S IT y ERE STORED IN A SE PARAH FACILITY WHICH WAS 1DCKED GEIGER COUNTER CHECK DlSCLOS D NO RADJOACTIVITY iM THf Al FA 4 ABOUT l n FRENCH TECHNICIANS llN ADDITJUN TU 96 TTALIAN TECHNICIANS AT THEIR SEPARATE FACILITY HAD pETURNED TD lRAIJ A LITTLE MORE ThAN A MflNTH AGO TO RENEW THEIR wnRK nN THE REACTOR r PLIED THAT COMPLETION A STILL EVERAL MONTHS AWAY1 SFNSrTIVE SENSITIVE PAGE' 484 SELECTED SITUATION LISTING DATE 06 19 81 170 SITUtTION1 CHECK SlJBJtCT CAT llGORY1 LIST UT WE NOTE JMlS IS NOT CONSISTFNT WITH OTriER INFORMATION 5UNDAY WAS A NORMAL WORK DAY BUT BY 6130 P M NEARLY EVERYONE f A J RFTIJRNEO T i Tl-IE NEAR JY CAMP• 5 WHEN I ASKED WHETHER WORK WOULD RESU AT THE SITE THE AMBASSADOR INDICATED THERE WAS NUT MUCh LEFT TU wORK WITH AND IN ANY CASE ND FR NCHMAN WOULD BE REMAINING rHERE WHILE A WAR WAS STl L N HE DID NOT WISH TD P · J AT · UT THE FRENCH ATTITUDE AFTER THAT P T 111582 1 NNN SF 'NSIT Vt
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