Abdel Hakim Amer
According to Oren, Nasser knew that operation Dawn was already set to be launched in only few hours time, at sunrise. His mood soured since he realized that Israel had accessed Egyptian secrets and compromised them. Nasser hurried to an emergency meeting at the headquarters, and told Amer about the exposure of Dawn and asked him to cancel the planned attack. [[Abdel Hakim Amer|Amer]] consulted his sources in the Kremlin, and they corroborated the substance of Kosygin's message. Despondent, Amer told the commander of Egypt's air force, Major General [[Muhammad Sidqi Mahmud|Mahmud Sidqi]], that the operation was cancelled." The cancellation orders arrived to the pilots when they were already in their planes, awaiting the final go ahead.