October 12, 1973

US officials say on Oct 11 that US is supplying Israel with ammunition and missiles but is reptd to be holding back on any decision on large-scale resupply program as it continues to hope that mil and diplomatic factors will bring end to Middle East war; say Nixon Adm's assessment is that Israel, despite substantial losses in 1st 6 days of war, has no immediate need for heavy mil equipment such as planes and tanks; say Israeli Govt has made no specific request to replace heavy equipment lost in fighting with Egypt and Syria; say Israel expressed concern about ammunition, aircraft and missiles and has asked for accelerated US deliveries; hold that Pentagon is engaged in 'a minor effort' to supply ammunition and Sidewinder and Sparrow air-to-air missiles used by jet fighters Israel acquired from US; indicate that only few cargoes are involved and that Israeli planes are carrying them; shipments are described as advance deliveries on orders placed before fighting began on Oct 6; Adm hopes that US and USSR, which is believed to be sending mil aid to Egypt and Syria and to be urging other Arab states to help Egypt and Syria, will not become involved in contest to supply opposing sides; is trying to discourage speculation that USSR is engaged in major airlift resupply effort; State Dept spokesman R J McCloskey says US is in no position to make judgment on size or content of Soviet supplies; US mil analysts believe Israel has achieved dominance on Syrian front but add that crucial battle with Egypt in Sinai is still ahead; Israel has reptdly lost about 60 planes supplied by US; Pentagon officials rept that Soviet cruiser and 2 guided-missile destroyers moved through Dardanelles on Oct 10, keeping good distance from combat zone

Oct 12: Large Israeli armored force pushes out of Golan heights in direction of Damascus, Syria, on Oct 11, smashing through Syrian defenses and leaving dozens of burning Sryian tanks in its wake; penetrates about 6 miles beyond '67 cease-fire line; Israeli Defense Min M Dayan, during visit to front, says Israeli attack is designed to teach Syrians that 'the same road that leads from Damascus to Tel Aviv also leads from Tel Aviv to Damascus'; it is unclear whether Israel intends to fulfill Dayan's threat; it seems more likely that Israelis are out to inflict maximum damage on Syrian Army before turning full attention to Egyptian front in Sinai Peninsula; illus of Dayan in bunker on Golan heights and Syrian soldiers behind sandbags on defensive line

Extensive questioning in slums of Santiago and of other Chilean cities and towns yields conclusion that more than 2,000 people may have been killed in mo since mil coup toppled Marxist coalition Govt; most of fatalities were unreptd executions carried out after the 3 days of heavy armed resistance to mil had ceased; eyewitness repts indicate that there were many senseless killings and much unwarranted brutality in arrest of suspected leftists; indicate also that security forces used coup to execute summarily many petty criminals as well as suspected opponents of regime; death figure may rise when fate of several thousand people now listed as prisoners is known, but it is likely that it will be far less than it has sometimes been reptd; difficulty of securing accurate figures discussed; official figures on civilian and mil or police fatalities noted; fear among poor aroused by rumors of massive executions noted

The Oakland A's won the American League pennant yesterday by beating the Baltimore Orioles, 3‐0, behind the five‐hit pitching of Jim (Catfish) Hunter. The A's will meet the New York Mets in the opener of the 70th World Series in Oakland tomorrow. Details on Page 53.

'73 Nobel Prize in category of Physiology or Med on Oct 11 is awarded to Drs K von Frisch, K Lorenz and N Tinbergen for their pioneer work in relatively new science of ethology-comparative study of behavior; 3 will share $121,000 prize; their discoveries resulted primarily from studies on insects, fishes and birds; they have stimulated comprehensive research also on mammals, including man