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Comptroller's Report Contains New Indictments Noting Unpreparedness for Yom Kippur War
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
24th annual report of State
Comptroller Dr. Yitzhak
Nebenzahl contains severe
new indictments of Israel's
lack of preparedness on the
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Dr. Nebenzahl acknowl-
edged his conflicting roles
when he offered to resign
from the Agranat commit-
tee. He noted that as state
comptroller his duty is to
expose shortcomings, includ-
ing those in the defense net-
work, and as an Agranat
committee member he is one
of a panel of five who must
determine who is responsible
for the self-same shortcom-
ings.
The section of the comp-
troller's report dealifig with
the armed forces stated that
scores of half-tracks and ar-
mored vehicles had not been
inspected for three to five
years when the Yom Kippur
War started, periods much
longer than specified in mili-
tary regulations. The report
found serious delays in the
periodic testing and main-
tenance of tanks and a dis-
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A chapter of the report
dealing with the emergency
eve of the Yom Kippur War.
The section of the report
dealing with the military
noted serious deficiencies in
the repair and maintenance
of tanks, half-tracks, troop
carriers and other armored
vehicles. The report bears
out the criticism by many
individual soldiers that the
equipment handed them
when war broke out was in
poor condition and often un-
serviceable.
Dr. Nebenzahl is a mem-
ber of the Agranat commit-
tee investigating the Yom
Kippur War.
The committee's prelim-
inary report covering the
period immediately before
the outbreak of war blamed
Israel's lack of preparedness
mainly on the military high
command and forced the
resignation of Chief of Staff
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