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CHEHAB GB165-0384 © Middle East Centre Archive, St Antony’s College, Oxford. 1 Reference code: GB165-0384 Title: Emir Farid Chehab Collection Name of creator: Chehab, Farid (1908-1985) Dates of creation of material: 1945-1983 Level of description: Fonds Extent: 12 boxes Biographical history: Emir Farid Chehab, OBE Born in Hadeth, Mount Lebanon approx. 28 February 1908 (dates on birth certificates vary between 1905 and 1911) to the Emira Maryam Chehab (granddaughter of the last ruler of Lebanon, Emir Bashir III) and to Emir Hares Sayyed Ahmad Chehab (Honorary member of the Turkish Parliament). Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Saint Joseph University in 1930. That same year, enrolled in the French Police in Lebanon and rose through the ranks to become Head of the Counter Espionage Section and the Anti Communism Section. Accused of alleged covert activities in favour of Hitler's Germany, he was jailed in February 1941 until October 1943; released on the personal request of newly elected President Bechara el Khoury, Emir Farid was reinstated in his former position with all charges against him dropped. From 1944 to 1948, he held the successive posts of: liaison officer between the Palestinian Directorate of Police and the Lebanese Security Forces; director General of the Judicial Police and Governor of the Beqaa Valley. In January 1948, he was appointed Director of General Security and quickly preceded to the reorganisation of its departments and upgrading of its procedures. In April 1950, appointed to lead the Anti-Communism Section. In 1957, he was elected Vice President of Interpol. In 1958, following civil unrest in Lebanon, he resigned from his post, and six months later was appointed Ambassador to Ghana, Nigeria, and Cameroon; in 1960, he was accredited to Tunisia and in 1966 to Cyprus. He retired in 1969 and returned to Lebanon. He was married to Yolande Nakad; two children, born in 1953 and 1957. He died in Beirut on February 5th, 1985. Scope and content: Lebanese intelligence reports and analysis covering internal Lebanese politics, communist parties in the Middle East and political developments in Syria, Morocco, Turkey, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Israeli and Palestinian politics.

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Reference code: GB165-0384

Title: Emir Farid Chehab Collection

Name of creator: Chehab, Farid (1908-1985)

Dates of creation of material: 1945-1983

Level of description: Fonds

Extent: 12 boxes

Biographical history: Emir Farid Chehab, OBE

Born in Hadeth, Mount Lebanon approx. 28 February 1908 (dates on birth

certificates vary between 1905 and 1911) to the Emira Maryam Chehab

(granddaughter of the last ruler of Lebanon, Emir Bashir III) and to Emir Hares

Sayyed Ahmad Chehab (Honorary member of the Turkish Parliament). Graduated

from the Faculty of Law, Saint Joseph University in 1930. That same year, enrolled

in the French Police in Lebanon and rose through the ranks to become Head of

the Counter Espionage Section and the Anti Communism Section. Accused of

alleged covert activities in favour of Hitler's Germany, he was jailed in February

1941 until October 1943; released on the personal request of newly elected

President Bechara el Khoury, Emir Farid was reinstated in his former position with

all charges against him dropped. From 1944 to 1948, he held the successive posts

of: liaison officer between the Palestinian Directorate of Police and the Lebanese

Security Forces; director General of the Judicial Police and Governor of the Beqaa

Valley. In January 1948, he was appointed Director of General Security and

quickly preceded to the reorganisation of its departments and upgrading of its

procedures. In April 1950, appointed to lead the Anti-Communism Section. In

1957, he was elected Vice President of Interpol. In 1958, following civil unrest in

Lebanon, he resigned from his post, and six months later was appointed

Ambassador to Ghana, Nigeria, and Cameroon; in 1960, he was accredited to

Tunisia and in 1966 to Cyprus. He retired in 1969 and returned to Lebanon. He

was married to Yolande Nakad; two children, born in 1953 and 1957. He died in

Beirut on February 5th, 1985.

Scope and content: Lebanese intelligence reports and analysis covering internal

Lebanese politics, communist parties in the Middle East and political

developments in Syria, Morocco, Turkey, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt,

Jordan and Israeli and Palestinian politics.

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Access conditions: Open

Language of material: In Arabic

Conditions governing reproduction: No restrictions on copying or quotation

other than statutory regulations and preservation concerns.

Custodial history: In the possession of Emir Farid Chehab and his family

Immediate source of acquisition: Received as a loan from Youmna Asseily on 3

February 2006

Related Units of Description:

In MEC Archive

GB165-0269 Sir Edward Spears Collection

Papers relating to Syrian and Lebanese affairs including the Spears Mission,

1941-44; the Lebanese constitutional crisis, 1943; Syrian and Lebanese

independence; the future of Palestine; Anglo-Arab Association correspondence,

1946-66.

In Other Repositories

Centre for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, American University of Beirut:

Interview of Emir Farid Chehab made in the early 1970s.

In Oct 2009 a transcript and sound files of the interview were available online at

http://ddc.aub.edu.lb/projects/cames/interviews/farid_chehab/index.html

Finding aids: In Guide; Handlist

Publication note: Fi khidmat al-watan: mukhtarat min al-watha’iq al-khassa li’l-

Amir Farid Shihab [In the service of the nation: selections from the private papers

of Amir Farid Chehab] (Beirut: Kutub publishers, 2005)

Asseily, Y., Asfahani, A., A Face in the Crowd. The secret papers of Emir Farid

Chehab 1942-1972 (Stacey International, 2007).

Archivist’s note: Fonds level description created by Debbie Usher 3 Feb 2006

and revised 25 Oct 2012. Box level descriptions created by Debbie Usher 16 Feb

2006. Related material note added by D. Usher 8 Oct 2009. Item level descriptions

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created by created by Youmna Asseily, Mr Ahmad Asfahani and Mrs Djenane

Gemayel during 2005-2006. Biographical history supplied by Youmna Asseily.

System of arrangement:

Box 1 Journalist Informer 1948-1949 330 items

Box 2 A Armenians 1983, undated 3 items

B Kurds 1946-1955, undated 20 items

C Assyrians Undated 1 item

D Islamic Liberation Party 1656, undated 4 items

E The Muslim Brotherhood 1951-1956, undated 18 items

F Parti Populair Syrien 1935-1958, undated 73 items

Box 8 A Morocco Undated 2 items

B Turkey 1950 2 items

C Kuwait 1956 3 items

D Iraq 1949-1957 10 items

E Saudi Arabia 1951-1956 15 items

F Egypt 1954-1958 29 items

G Palestine 1945-1971, undated 67 items

Box 9 Communism in Lebanon 1950-1971, undated 29 items

Box 10 A Iraqi Communist Party 1971, undated 5 items

B Syrian Communist Party 1950-1971, undated 42 items

C Lebanese Communist Party 1948-1980, undated 107 items

D Communist Organisations in the

Gulf

1970-1971, undated 25 items

Box 11 Jordan 1948-1957, undated 78 items

Box 12 Syria 1947-1957, undated 192 items

Box 13 Lebanon 1945-1980, undated 284 items

Box 14 Lebanon undated [1956-1983] 77 items

Box 15 A Photocopied Documents 1950-1954 69 items

B Miscellaneous 1946-1957, undated 63 items

Box 16 Syrian and Lebanese news 1948-1981, undated 127 items

Box 17 Police, security, receipts,

correspondence

1930-1983 289 items

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BOX AND ITEM LEVEL DESCRIPTION OF THE EMIR FARID CHEHAB COLLECTION

BOX 1 Journalist Informer, 1948-1949

Scope and Content: Short reports by a Journalist informer mainly covering the

activities of political parties and movements, especially communism, in Lebanon

as well as the activities of other countries including Russia, Syria, Jordan, France,

Iraq and Israel. There are a few reports on Syrian and Israeli intelligence services

as well reports on individual diplomats. Also included are a small number of

reports on Emile Eddes’ meetings and Farid Chehab’s resignation see item 311/1.

System of Arrangement: In chronological order

Extent: 330 Items

1/1 November 19, 1948 Activities of the Lebanese Communist Party 20 pages 2/1 November 19, 1948 Activities of the Lebanese Communist Party 20 pages 3/1 April 19, 1949 Mamdouh al Maydani / Syrian Activities

in Lebanon 2 pages 4/1 April 19, 1949 Russian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 5/1 April 20, 1949 Mamdouh al Maydani / Syrian Activities

in Lebanon 1 page 6/1 April 20, 1949 Syrian-Iraqi-Jordanian Meeting 1 page 7/1 April 20, 1949 Meeting of the National Freedom Bloc/ Lebanon 2 pages 8/1 April 20, 1049 Russian Activities in Lebanon 4 pages 9/1 April 20, 1949 Emile Edde’s Meetings 2 pages 10/1 April 20, 1949 Russian Activities in Lebanon 1 page 11/1 April 21, 1949 Russian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 12/1 April 21, 1949 Husni al Za’eem and Lebanon 2 pages 13/1 April 21, 1949 The Parti Populaire Syrien 2 pages 14/1 April 21, 1949 Armed Gangs in Zghorta 2 pages 15/1 April 21, 1949 Jordanian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 16/1 April 21, 1949 Meeting of the Lebanese Opposition 6 pages 17/1 April 22, 1949 World Peace Conference 2 pages 18/1 April 22, 1949 French Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 19/1 April 22, 1949 Al Nida’ National Party in Lebanon 1 page 20/1 April 22, 1949 Communist Activities in Lebanon 1 page 21/1 April 22, 1949 Russian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 22/1 April 22, 1949 Yugoslav Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 23/1 April 22, 1949 Worker’s Movements in Lebanon 1 page 24/1 April 22, 1949 Russian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 25/1 April 22, 1949 Riyad al Solh’s Government 2 pages 26/1 April 22, 1949 Husni al Za’eem’s visit to Egypt 5 pages

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27/1 April 23, 1949 Syrian-Lebanese Relations 1 page 28/1 April 23, 1949 Communist Activities in Lebanon 7 pages 29/1 April 23, 1949 Activities of Husni al Za’eem’s Group 2 pages 30/1 April 23, 1949 Activities of the Parti Populaire Syrien 2 pages 31/1 April 23, 1949 Meeting of Tripoli Personalities 2 pages 32/1 April 23, 1949 Russian Activities in Cyprus 2 pages 33/1 April 23, 1949 Russian Spying on Turkey 4 pages 34/1 April 23, 1949 Emile Edde’s Meetings 2 pages 35/1 April 25, 1949 Russian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 36/1 April 25, 1949 Association of Labour Unions 2 pages 37/1 April 25, 1949 Kamal Jumblat and the Progressive Party 2 pages 38/1 April 25, 1949 Communism and Palestine 3 pages 39/1 April 25, 1949 Lebanese Recognition of Husni Al Za’eem 2 pages 40/1 April 25, 1949 Emile Edde’s Activities 3 pages 41/1 April 25, 1949 Syrian-Lebanese Relations 2 pages 42/1 April 27, 1949 The Muslim Brotherhood 2 pages 43/1 April 27, 1949 Syrian Diplomatic Activities 1 page 44/1 April 27, 1949 Russian Activities in Lebanon 1 page 45/1 April 27, 1949 The Parti Populaire Syrien 2 pages 46/1 April 27, 1949 Emile Edde’s Activities 2 pages 47/1 April 27, 1949 Meeting of the Lebanese “National

Conference” 2 pages 48/1 April 28, 1949 Syrian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 49/1 April 28, 1949 Gold Smuggling into Palestine 2 pages 50/1 April 28, 1949 Jordanian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 51/1 April 28, 1949 World Peace Conference 2 pages 52/1 April 28, 1949 Jewish Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 53/1 April 28, 1949 Bishop Mubarak’s Meetings 2 pages 54/1 April 29, 1949 Communism and Palestine 4 pages 55/1 April 29, 1949 Electricity Projects in Lebanon 5 pages 56/1 April 29, 1949 Al Najjadah Party Meeting 2 pages 57/1 April 29, 1949 The Police and the General Security Services 2 pages 58/1 April 30, 1949 Pacifist World Conference 2 pages 59/1 April 30, 1949 Russian-Syrian Relations 2 pages 60/1 April 30, 1949 The Parti Populaire and Communism 1 page 61/1 April 30, 1949 Stickers Relating to Palestine 1 page 62/1 April 30, 1949 Syrian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 63/1 May 2, 1949 The Islamic Conference in Lahore 2 pages 64/1 May 2, 1949 Communist Movements and

Attached declaration 2 pages 65/1 May 2, 1949 Syrian Activities in Lebanon 5 pages

66/1 May 2, 1949 Children of Emily Fares 2 pages 67/1 May 2, 1949 Protest Meeting in Lebanon 2 pages 68/1 May 2, 1949 Emile Edde’s Meetings 2 pages 69/1 May 2, 1949 Communist Propaganda 3 pages 70/1 May 3, 1949 Emile Edde’s Meetings 2 pages 71/1 May 3, 1949 Ra’eef al Khoury’s Activities 3 pages 72/1 May 3, 1949 The Parti Populaire and the Lebanese Army 3 pages 73/1 May 3, 1949 Kurdish Activities in Syria 2 pages 74/1 May 3, 1949 Russian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages

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75/1 May 4, 1949 Communist Declaration in Lebanon 4 pages 76/1 May 4, 1949 Communist Cultural Seminar 2 pages 77/1 May 5, 1949 Russian Activities in Syria 6 pages 78/1 May 5, 1949 Lebanese Republican Independence Party 1 pages 79/1 May 5, 1949 Communist Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 80/1 May 5, 1949 Syrian Movements in Lebanon 2 pages 81/1 May 5, 1949 French Activities 1 page 82/1 May 6, 1949 Al Dahishiya 1 page 83/1 May 7, 1949 The Syrian and Lebanese

Communist Parties 2 pages 84/1 May 9, 1949 Communism and Zionism 5 pages 85/1 May 9, 1949 Syrian Movement in Egypt 1 page 86/1 May 11, 1949 Assyrian Movement in Lebanon 1 page 87/1 May 11, 1949 A Communist Conference in Beirut 2 pages 88/1 May 11, 1949 Salah al Lababidi 1 page 89/1 May 11, 1949 Kurdish Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 90/1 May 12, 1949 Riyad al Solh and Al Najjadah 2 pages 91/1 May 12, 1949 Freemasonry and the Muslim Brotherhood 4 pages 92/1 May 13, 1949 Turkish Movement in Lebanon 4 pages 93/1 May 13, 1949 Communist Labour Conference 2 pages 94/1 May 13, 1949 Czech Diplomat in Beirut 4 pages 95/1 May 13, 1949 Meeting Between Emile Edde and Mubarak 2 pages 96/1 May 13, 1949 Russian Movements in Lebanon 2 pages 97/1 May 14, 1949 Jewish Activities in Beirut 2 pages 98/1 May 14, 1949 Jordanian Movement in Beirut 1 page 99/1 May 14, 1949 Assassination of Kamel al Hussein Incident 2 pages 100/1 May 16, 1949 Jewish Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 101/1 May 16, 1949 Anniversary of Israel’s Establishment 3 pages 102/1 May 16, 1949 Russian Activities in Lebanon 4 pages 103/1 May 16, 1949 Emile Edde’s Receptions 2 pages 104/1 May 16, 1949 Support for Libya’s Revolution 1 page 105/1 May 16, 1949 Union Activities in Lebanon 4 pages 106/1 May 16, 1949 Syrian Communist Declaration 2 pages 107/1 May 16, 1949 A Syrian, Lebanese, Palestinian Communist

Conference 4 pages 108/1 May 16, 1949 Strike by Gemaizeh Shops 1 page 109/1 May 16, 1949 Workers’ Activities in Lebanon 1 page 110/1 May 18, 1949 Support for Libya’s Revolution 4 pages 111/1 May 23, 1949 Russian Activities in Lebanon 4 pages 112/1 May 24, 1949 Jordanian Activities in Lebanon 1 page 113/1 May 24, 1949 French Press Activities 1 page 114/1 May 24, 1949 Suspending Newspapers in Syria 2 pages 115/1 May 24, 1949 “Muslim Brotherhood” Meeting 2 pages 116/1 May 24, 1949 Emile Edde’s Meetings 2 pages 117/1 May 26, 1949 Activities of the Lebanese Communist Party 4 pages 118/1 May 27, 1949 Jordanian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 119/1 May 27, 1949 Syrian Activities in Lebanon 5 pages 120/1 May 28, 1949 Communist Moves against

Husni al Za’eem 1 page 121/1 June 1, 1949 Yugoslav Activities in Lebanon 4 pages

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122/1 June 2, 1949 Syrian Military Movements 4 pages 123/1 June 2, 1949 Syrian Activities in Lebanon 3 pages 124/1 June 7, 1949 Report Regarding a Trip to Damascus 20 pages 125/1 June 8, 1949 Zionist Activities in Lebanon 4 pages 126/1 June 8, 1949 Jordanian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 127/1 June 8, 1949 Zionist Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 128/1 June 9, 1949 Zionist Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 129/1 June 9, 1949 Smuggling Gold to the Jews 2 pages 130/1 June 9, 1949 French Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 131/1 June 9, 1949 Armenian Political Parties 1 page 132/1 June 9, 1949 Syrian-Jordanian Cooperation 4 pages 133/1 June 10, 1949 Communist Meeting 2 pages 134/1 June 10, 1949 Jordanian Activities 2 pages 135/1 June 10, 1949 National Block Party 1 page 136/1 June 10, 1949 Syrian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 137/1 June 10, 1949 Jewish Activities 1 page 138/1 June 11, 1949 Syrian Jews 2 pages 139/1 June 13, 1949 French Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 140/1 June 13, 1949 Turkish Communist Activities 1 page 141/1 June 13, 1949 Armenian Communist Activities 1 page 142/1 June 13, 1949 A Yugoslav Diplomat 1 page 143/1 June 15, 1949 Syrian Activities in Lebanon 4 pages 144/1 June 15, 1949 Russian Activities in Lebanon 4 pages 145/1 June 15, 1949 Syrian Opposition in Lebanon 1 page 146/1 June 15, 1949 Jewish Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 147/1 June 15, 1949 Italian Smugglers 2 pages 148/1 June 15, 1949 French Intelligence Services 1 page 149/1 June 15, 1949 Israeli Intelligence Services 1 page 150/1 June 16, 1949 Khaled Bikdash in Haifa 2 pages 151/1 June 16, 1949 Jordanian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 152/1 June 16, 1949 Syrian Intelligence Services 2 pages 153/1 June 16, 1949 Kurdish Publications 1 page 154/1 June 17, 1949 Turkish Movements 1 page 155/1 June 17, 1949 Communist Meeting in Cyprus 1 page 156/1 June 17, 1949 Russian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 157/1 June 17, 1949 Secret Communist Memorandum 5 pages 158/1 June 17, 1949 Iraq and Syria 1 page 159/1 June 18, 1949 Anton Saadeh 2 pages 160/1 June 18, 1949 Project against the Kurds 4 pages 161/1 June 18, 1949 Croatian Movements 3 pages 162/1 June 18, 1949 Russian Activities in Lebanon 1 page 163/1 June 20, 1949 Yugoslav Intelligence Services 2 pages 164/1 June 20, 1949 Yugoslav Movements 2 pages 165/1 June 22, 1949 A British Diplomat 1 page 166/1 June 22, 1949 Movements of the Parti Populaire Syrien 4 pages 167/1 June 23, 1949 Syrian Movement in Lebanon 2 pages 168/1 June 23, 1949 Yugoslav-Croatian Movements 4 pages 169/1 June 23, 1949 Yugoslavia-Israel 2 pages 170/1 June 24, 1949 “Al Nida’” Newspaper 1 page 171/1 June 24, 1949 Smuggling Gold to the Jews 1 page

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172/1 June 24, 1949 Turkish Movements in Lebanon 2 pages 173/1 June 24, 1949 Russian Interest in Events in Syria 2 pages 174/1 June 24, 1949 Syrian Security Movements in Lebanon 1 page 175/1 June 24, 1949 The Phalangists and the Parti Populaire Syrien 2 pages 176/1 June 25, 1949 Yugoslav Activities 2 pages 177/1 June 25, 1949 Jewish Activities 2 pages 178/1 June 25, 1949 Russian Movements in Syria 2 pages 179/1 June 25, 1949 Jewish Activities 2 pages 180/1 June 27, 1949 Turkish Movement against Communism 4 pages 181/1 June 28, 1949 Russian Commercial Activities 2 pages 182/1 June 28, 1949 Russian Movements in Lebanon 4 pages 183/1 June 28, 1949 Smuggling Jews out of Lebanon 4 pages 184/1 June 29, 1949 Smuggling Jews out of Lebanon 4 pages 185/1 June 29, 1949 Jordanian Movements in Lebanon 1 page 186/1 June 29, 1949 Smuggling Jews out of Lebanon 1 page 187/1 June 29, 1949 Russian Movement in Lebanon 2 pages 188/1 June 29, 1949 Iraqi Movement in Lebanon 1 page 189/1 June 29, 1949 Movement against Husni al Za’eem 2 pages 190/1 June 30, 1949 Article against Nouri al Sa’id 1page 191/1 June 30, 1949 Labour Conference in Milano 2 pages 192/1 June 30, 1949 Smuggling Syrian Jews 2 pages 193/1 June 30, 1949 The Parti Populaire Syrien in Damascus 2 pages 184/1 June 30, 1949 Russian Interest in the Kurds 4 pages 195/1 June 30, 1949 Jordanian Movements in Beirut 1 page 196/1 June 30, 1949 Coup d’Etat against Husni al Za’eem 1 page 197/1 July 1, 1949 Smuggling Jews out of Lebanon 2 pages 198/1 July 1, 1949 Russian Movements in Lebanon 2 pages 199/1 July 1, 1949 French Intelligence Services 2 pages 200/1 July 1, 1949 Iraqi Movement against Syria 4 pages 201/1 July 1, 1949 Maronite Patriarch and Husni al Za’eem 2 pages 202/1 July 2, 1949 Female Artist Working for British Intelligence 2 pages 203/1 July 5, 1949 Propaganda against Farid Chehab 2 pages 204/1 July 6, 1949 Labour Conference in Milano 4 pages 205/1 July 6, 1949 American Diplomat in Beirut 2 pages 206/1 July 6, 1949 Russian Interest in Members of the Parti 2 pages

Populaire Syrien 207/1 July 6, 1949 Russian Interest in Members of the Parti 4 pages

Populaire Syrien 208/1 July 7, 1949 Polish Movements in Lebanon 4 pages 209/1 July 8, 1949 Labour Conference in Milano 2 pages 210/1 July 8, 1949 Labour Conference in Milano 4 pages 211/1 July 9, 1949 Anton Saadeh 2 pages 212/1 July 9, 1949 Anton Saadeh 4 pages 213/1 July 9, 1949 The Circassians 2 pages 214/1 July 11, 1949 Israeli Intelligence Services 2 pages 215/1 July 11, 1949 Omar al Fakhoury’s Seminar 2 pages 216/1 July 11, 1949 Emile Edde’s Meetings 4 pages 217/1 July 12, 1949 The Greater Syria Project 2 pages 218/1 July 12, 1949 Smuggling Jews out of Lebanon 2 pages 219/1 July 12, 1949 French Activities in Lebanon 1 page

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220/1 July 14, 1949 Jordanian-Syrian Intelligence Services 2 pages 221/1 July 14, 1949 The Circassians 4 pages 222/1 July 14, 1949 Russian Intelligence Services 2 pages 223/1 July 14, 1949 German Officer in Lebanon 2 pages 224/1 July 15, 1949 Rachid Ali al Kilani 1 page 225/1 July 15, 1949 The Kurds’ Activities 2 pages 226/1 July 16, 1949 Rachid Ali al Kilani 1 page 227/1 July 16, 1949 Kurdish Actvities 2 pages 228/1 July 18, 1949 An Escapee Yugoslav Diplomat 2 pages 229/1 July 18, 1949 Islamic Conference in Mecca 2 pages 230/1 July 18, 1949 Communist Conference in Cyprus 4 pages 231/1 July 18, 1949 Syrian Intelligence Services 4 pages 232/1 July 19, 1949 Russian Move against the Marshall Plan 2 pages 233/1 July 19, 1949 Sentences against Members of the

Parti Populaire 4 pages 234/1 July 19, 1949 French Movements 2 pages 235/1 July 20, 1949 Israeli Activities in Lebanon 1 page 236/1 July 20, 1949 Emile Edde and the Phalangists 1 page 237/1 July 20, 1949 Pacifist Committees 2 pages 238/1 July 20, 1949 Union of Democratic Youth 2 pages 239/1 July 20, 1949 Communist Parties in the Arab Maghreb 4 pages 240/1 July 20, 1949 Smuggling Syrian Jews 4 pages 241/1 July 20, 1949 George Abdel Maseeh 1 page 242/1 July 20, 1949 The Jews of Syria 1 page 243/1 July 20, 1949 The Armenians and the Russians 2 pages 244/1 July 21, 1949 Smuggling Syrian Jews 4 pages 245/1 July 21, 1949 Czech Member of the Opposition 2 pages 246/1 July 21, 1949 A Briton at the Russian Legation 2 pages 247/1 July 22, 1949 Russia and the Kurds 2 pages 248/1 July 22, 1949 Jordanian Movements in Lebanon 4 pages 249/1 July 22, 1949 Jordanian Movements in Lebanon 4 pages 250/1 July 25, 1949 Russian Movements in Lebanon 2 pages 251/1 July 25, 1949 The Russian and Selling Gold 2 pages 252/1 July 25, 1949 Russian Interest in Syria 4 pages 253/1 July 25, 1949 Palestinian Communist Declaration 4 pages 254/1 July 25, 1949 Russian Move towards the Muslims 1 page 255/1 July 25, 1949 A Syrian Delegation Congratulates

Husni al Za’eem 1 page 256/1 July 26, 1949 Smuggling Gold to the Jews 1 page 257/1 July 26, 1949 Russian Activities in Beirut 2 pages 258/1 July 26, 1949 Russian Commercial Activities 1 page 259/1 July 26, 1949 Kurdish Youth Society 2 pages 260/1 July 26 1949 Yugoslav-Croatian Activities 1 page 261/1 July 26, 1949 Riyad al Solh’s Party 1 page 262/1 July 26, 1949 The Police and the “Nida’ al Watan”

Newspaper 1 page 263/1 July 29, 1949 Activities of a Jewish Company in Lebanon 2 pages 264/1 July 29, 1949 Smuggling Jews out of Lebanon 4 pages 265/1 July 29, 1949 Yugoslav Activities 4 pages 266/1 July 29, 1949 Russian Activities 1 page

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267/1 July 29, 1949 Jordanian Activities 2 pages 268/1 July 30, 1949 The “Popular Resistance” Newspaper 2 pages 269/1 August 1, 1949 French Financing for the Press 1 page 270/1 August 1, 1949 Jordanian Intelligence Services 1 page 271/1 August 1, 1949 Circassian Activities 2 pages 272/1 August 1, 1949 Freemasonry and Smuggling of the Jews 2 pages 273/1 August 1, 1949 A Jewish Secret Agent in Lebanon 1 page 274/1 August 1, 1949 Al Kaf al Aswad “The Black Hand” Society 2 pages 275/1 August 3, 1949 Russian Interest in Syria 2 pages 276/1 August 3, 1949 Communist Party Activities 4 pages 277/1 August 3, 1949 The “Red Epidemic” Publication 2 pages 278/1 August 4, 1949 A Jewish Secret Agent in Lebanon 1 page 279/1 August 4, 1949 Jordanian Interest in Aleppo 2 pages 280/1 August 4, 1949 Activities of Syrian Jews 4 pages 281/1 August 4, 1949 Yugoslav Trade Activities 2 pages 282/1 August 5, 1949 Land Purchases for the Jews 2 pages 283/1 August 5, 1949 Syrian Intelligence Agency 1 page 284/1 August 5, 1949 Iraqi Activities in Lebanon 1 page 285/1 August 5, 1949 Jewish Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 286/1 August 5, 1949 Letter to Patriarch Mubarak from the Jews 1 page 287/1 August 5, 1949 King Abdallah and Aleppo 1 page 288/1 August 8, 1949 Communist Parties’ Meeting 2 pages 289/1 August 8, 1949 Emile Edde, Patriarch Mubarak,

and the Jews 2 pages 290/1 August 8, 1949 Jordanian Activities against Syria 2 pages 291/1 August 8, 1949 Jordanian Activities against Syria 2 pages 292/1 August 8, 1949 Jordan Opposition in Lebanon 2 pages 293/1 August 8, 1949 Kurdish Newspaper 1 page 294/1 August 8, 1949 Czech Diplomat 1 page 295/1 August 8, 1949 Suspension of a French-Syrian Newspaper 2 pages 296/1 August 8, 1949 A Piece of Land for King Abdallah 2 pages 297/1 August 9, 1949 The Communists and the “Telegraph”

Newspaper 1 page 298/1 August 9, 1949 The Communists and the Vatican 1 page 299/1 August 9, 1949 France, Lebanon, and Syria 1 page 300/1 August 9, 1949 Attack against the Jews in Damascus 1 page 301/1 August 9, 1949 Emile Edde and the Opposition 2 pages 302/1 August 10, 1949 Arrest of Jewish Smugglers 4 pages 303/1 August 10, 1949 Jordanian-Iraqi Activities against Syria 2 pages 304/1 August 10, 1949 Movements of the Lebanese Opposition 4 pages 305/1 August 11, 1949 Iraqi Activities in Lebanon 1 page 306/1 August 11, 1949 France, Lebanon, and Syria 2 pages 307/1 August 11, 1949 Gold Smuggling into Israel 1 page 308/1 August 11, 1949 Lebanon’s Electricity 2 pages 309/1 August 12, 1949 A Jordanianian Agent 1 page 310/1 August 12, 1949 French Activities in Lebanon 4 pages 311/1 August 12, 1949 Farid Chehab’s Resignation 4 pages 312/1 August 15, 1949 Communist Activities against Syria 1 page 313/1 August 15, 1949 A Jewish Secret Agent in Lebanon 2 pages 314/1 August 15, 1949 Movements by the Syrian Opposition 1 page

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315/1 August 15, 1949 Return of Palestinian Refugees 1 page 316/1 August 15, 1949 Kurdish Activities in Lebanon 1 page 317/1 August 15, 1949 Yugoslav Activities 1 page 318/1 August 15, 1949 Coup d’Etat against Husni al Za’eem 1 page 319/1 August 16, 1949 Edde, Mubarak, and Israel 2 pages 320/1 August 16, 1949 The Police and Farid Chehab 4 pages 321/1 August 16, 1949 French Coup d’Etat against Lebanon 2 pages 322/1 August 16, 1949 French Coup d’Etat against Lebanon 4 pages 323/1 August 16, 1949 The Assyrians 1 page 324/1 August 16, 1949 The Assassination of Sami al Hinnawi 2 pages 325/1 August 17, 1949 The Union of Islamic Youth 1 page 326/1 August 17, 1949 French Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 327/1 August 18, 1949 A Jewish Secret Agent in Lebanon 1 page 328/1 August 18, 1949 Kurdish Activities against Turkey 2 pages 329/1 August 18, 1949 The Parti Populaire Syrien 1 page 330/1 August, 1949 Husni al Za’eem and the Kurds 1 page (missing)

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BOX 2 Ethnic minorities and Political/Religious Parties, 1935-1983 Scope and Content: A small number of reports relating to Armenians, Kurds and Assyrians. A small number of reports about the Islamic Liberation party including arrests of elements in the party. Reports on the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in Lebanon, it’s propaganda and connections with Egypt. Reports on the Parti Popularie Syrien covering it’s internal politics, activities, propaganda, membership and a series of reports ‘Every Citizen is a Sentinel’. System of Arrangement: A. Armenians

B. Kurds C. Assyrians D. Islamic Liberation Party E. The Muslim Brotherhood

F. Parti Populaire Syrien Extent: 119 items

A. Armenians

1A/2 February 7, 1983 The Secret Armenian Army 1 page 2A/2 Undated The Secret Armenian Army 2 pages 3A/2 Undated The Armenian Communists 1 page

B. Kurds 1B/2 October 7, 1946 The Kurds, Armenians, and Russians 4 pages 2B/2 January 7, 1950 Kurdish Conference in Baku 2 pages 3B/2 July 16, 1955 Ali Botho/Mustapha al Barazani 1 page 4B/2 August 11, 1955 The Kurds, Armenians, and Assyrians 1 page 5B/2 August, 1955 Mustapha al Barazani’s Activities 1 page 6B/2 August 16, 1955 Mustapha al Barazani’s Activities 1 page 7B/2 Undated The Kurdish Cause 2 pages 8B/2 Undated Kurdish Activists 3 pages 9B/2 Undated The Kurds in Al Jazeera 2 pages 10B/2 Undated The Kurds in Northern Syria 1 page 11B/2 Undated Kurdish Communist Activities 2 pages 12B/2 Undated Kurdish Activities in Al Jazeera 5 pages 13B/2 Undated Kurdish Parties and Societies 2 pages 14B/2 Undated Kurdish Groupings 1 page 15B/2 Undated The Kurds and Russians 1 page 16B/2 Undated The Communist Party and the Kurds 1 page 17B/2 Undated The Kurds and Russians 1 page 18B/2 Undated The Kurdish Cause 6 pages 19B/2 Undated Distribution of the Kurdish People 17 pages 20B/2 Undated Distribution of the Kurdish People 17 pages

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C. Assyrians

1C/2 Undated Patriarch Mar Chamoun 1 page (missing) D. Islamic Liberation Party 1D/2 February 1956 Arrest of Elements of the Liberation Party 5 pages 2D/2 Undated Information about the Liberation Party 1 page 3D/2 Undated Information about the Liberation Party 3 pages 4D/2 Undated The Liberation Party and al Nabhani 3 pages E. The Muslim Brotherhood 1E/2 October 29, 1951 Activities of the Muslim Brotherhood

in Lebanon 1 page 2E/2 July 15, 1953 Mustapha al Siba’i’s Activities in Lebanon 8 pages 3E/2 Jan. 26, 1955 Muslim Brotherhood Activities in Lebanon 1 page 4E/2 March 8, 1955 Said Ramadan 1 page 5E/2 Sept. 13, 1956 Muslim Brotherhood Activities 3 pages 6E/2 Undated Information regarding the Brotherhood 1 page 7E/2 Undated Brotherhood’s Meeting in Beirut 1 page 8E/2 Undated The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria 3 pages 9E/2 Undated Muslim Brotherhood’s Propaganda 2 pages 10E/2 Undated Muslim Brotherhood’s Propaganda 2 pages 11E/2 Undated The Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt 1 page 12E/2 Undated The Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt 1 page 13E/2 Undated The Brotherhood’s Agreement with Egypt 1 page 14E/2 Undated The Brotherhood’s Agreement with Egypt 1 page 15E/2 Undated The Muslim Brotherhood’s Movements 4 pages 16E/2 Undated The Muslim Brotherhood’s Movements 4 pages 17E/2 Undated List of Brotherhood’s Leaders 4 pages (+ Photo) 18E/2 Undated Lecture about the Brotherhood 2 pages (missing) F. The Parti Populaire Syrien 1F/2 October 30, 1935 Report about Anton Saadeh 12 pages 2F/2 June 16, 1949 Anton Saadeh’s Movements 1 page 3F/2 June 16, 1949 Anton Saadeh’s Movements 2 pages 4F/2 June 27, 1949 Movements by Members of the

Parti Populaire 2 pages 5F/2 Sept. 15, 1949 Accusation against Members of the

Parti Populaire 2 pages 6F/2 July 1950 Parti Populaire Activities in Aleppo 2 pages 7F/2 August 1951 Report about a Member of the Parti

Populaire Syrien 1 page 8F/2 Feb. 21, 1952 Jumblat and the Parti Populaire 1 page 9F/2 Dec. 17, 1952 Meeting of Parti Populaire Syrien Leaders 1 page

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10F/2 June 19, 1953 Tapping al Mahairi’s Telephone 1 page 11F/2 Sept. 29, 1953 Reconciliation between Bishara al Khoury

and the Parti Populaire Syrien 1 page 12F/2 October 14, 1953 Information about the Parti Populaire Syrien 1 page 13F/2 October 27, 1953 Activities of the Parti Populaire 1 page 14F/2 Nov. 15, 1953 Activities of the Parti Populaire 1 page 15F/2 Dec. 30, 1953 Activities of the Parti Populaire 1 page 16F/2 Feb. 10, 1954 Press Visit to the Party Headquarters 1 page 17F/2 March 3, 1954 Plan to Assassinate Officials 2 pages 18F/2 March 8, 1954 Plan to Assassinate Officials 1 page 19F/2 March 10, 1954 Policy of the Parti Populaire Syrien 1 page 20F/2 March 19, 1954 Saudi Contact with the Parti Populaire 1 page 21F/2 April 14, 1954 Activities of the Parti Populaire Syrien 2 pages 22F/2 April 28, 1954 News about the Parti Populaire Syrien 1 page 23F/2 May 12, 1954 Report about a Member of the Parti Populaire 1 page 24F/2 July 2, 1954 A Parti Populaire Delegation in Damascus 1 page 25F/2 Sept. 5, 1954 Internal Party Declaration 2 pages 26F/2 September 1954 Party Lecture 2 pages 27F/2 October 25, 1954 Internal Party Declaration 1 page 28F/2 October 1954 Internal Party Declaration 2 pages (missing) 29F/2 January 1, 1954 Every Citizen is a Sentinel -1 1 page 30F/2 Dec. 2, 1954 Every Citizen is a Sentinel - 2 1 page 31F/2 Dec. 4, 1954 Every Citizen is a Sentinel - 3 1 page 32F/2 Dec. 12, 1954 Every Citizen is a Sentinel - 4 1 page 33F/2 December 1954 Every Citizen is a Sentinel - 5 1 page 34F/2 December 1954 Every Citizen is a Sentinel - 6 1 page 35F/2 December 1954 Every Citizen is a Sentinel - 7 1 page 36F/2 December 1954 Every Citizen is a Sentinel - 8 2 pages 37F/2 January 30, 1955 Every Citizen is a Sentinel- 9 2 pages 38F/2 January 1955 Every Citizen is a Sentinel - 10 1 page 39F/2 January 14, 1955 Every Citizen is a Sentinel - 11 1 page 40F/2 January 1955 Every Citizen is a Sentinel - 12 1 page 41F/2 February 8, 1955 Every Citizen is a Sentinel - 13 1 page 42F/2 February 1955 Every Citizen is a Sentinel - 14 1 page 43F/2 February 1955 Every Citizen is a Sentinel - 15 1 page 44F/2 February 15, 1955 Every Citizen is a Sentinel - 16 1 page 45F/2 April 25, 1955 Arrests in Syria 2 pages 46F/2 April 26 1955 Abdallah al Yafi Defends those that

Were Arrested 1 page 47F/2 January 28, 1958 Naturalization Request 1 page 48F/2 January 1958 Report about Parti Populaire Activists 3 pages 49F/2 January 1958 Report about Parti Populaire Activists 2 pages 50F/2 January 1958 Report about Parti Populaire Activists 1 page 51F/2 June 26, 1958 Report about Parti Populaire Activists 2 pages 52F/2 June 1958 Report about Parti Populaire Activists 1 page 53F/2 Undated List of Parti Populaire Members 2 pages 54F/2 Undated List of Parti Populaire Members 3 pages 55F/2 Undated List of Parti Populaire Members 2 pages 56F/2 Undated Letter from Miyeh Miyeh Prison 1 page 57F/2 Undated Letter from Miyeh Miyeh Prison 1 page

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58F/2 Undated Report about Members of the Parti Populaire 4 pages 59F/2 Undated Riyad al Solh and Reconciliation with

the Parti Populaire Syrien 1 page 60F/2 Undated Report about the Party in Damascus 4 pages 61F/2 Undated News about the Parti Populaire Syrien 1 page 62F/2 Undated Riyad al Solh and Reconciliation with

the Parti Populaire Syrien 1 page 63F/2 Undated 8th of July Celebrations 1 page (missing) 64F/2 Undated Party Press Meeting 1 page 65F/2 Undated News about the Parti Populaire Syrien 1 page 66F/2 Undated Salah al Shishakly 1 page 67F/2 Undated Internal Party Declaration 1 page (missing) 68F/2 Undated Report about the Parti Populaire Syrien 4 pages 69F/2 Undated State of emergency within the Party 1 page 70F/2 Feb. 15, 1955 The Party’s Official Gazette 28 pages 71F/2 March 15, 1955 The Party’s Official Gazette 24 pages 72F/2 Undated Party Rules and Regulations 7 pages 73F/2 Undated Section of Al Malky’s Trial 32 pages (missing)

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BOX 8 Political developments in the Middle East and the

activities of other nations in Lebanon, 1945-1971

Scope and Content: Reports relating to Morocco, Turkey, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi

Arabia, Palestine and Egypt covering political developments as well as their

activities in Lebanon.

System of Arrangement: A. Morocco

B. Turkey

C. Kuwait

D. Iraq

E. Saudi Arabia

F. Egypt

G. Palestine

Extent: 128 items

A. Morocco 1A/8 Undated Moroccan Activities in Egypt 6 pages 2A/8 Undated Moroccan Activities in Egypt (2nd copy) 3 pages (missing) B. Turkey 1B/8 Dec. 28, 1950 Letter about Turkish Activities in Lebanon 2 pages C. Kuwait 1C/8 March 25, 1956 Kuwaiti Espionage Activities in Lebanon 1 page 2C/8 April 6, 1956 Kuwaiti Espionage Activities in Lebanon 5 pages 3C/8 Undated Kuwaiti Espionage Activities in Lebanon 1 page D. Iraq 1D/8 March 27, 1949 Report about the Situation in Iraq 16 pages 2D/8 August 22, 1951 Iraqi Political Parties and the Union

with Jordan 1 page 3D/8 Dec. 14, 1951 Iraqi Activities in Lebanon 1 page 4D/8 January 15, 1952 Iraqi Plans Regarding Jordan 1 page 5D/8 February 8, 1952 Internal Events in Iraq 2 pages 6D/8 February 8, 1952 Internal Events in Iraq (2nd copy) 2 pages 7D/8 January 23, 1954 Criminal Gangs in Iraq 3 pages

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8D/8 Nov. 16, 1957 Letter about an Iraqi Criminal 2 pages + envelope 9D/8 Undated Suspension of the Baghdad Pact 3 pages 10D/8 Undated Suspension of the Baghdad Pact (2nd copy) 3 pages

E. Saudi Arabia

1E/8 Sept. 15, 1951 Prince Faisal’s visit to London and

its Repercussions 7 pages 2E/8 October 17, 1951 Jordanian-Saudi Rapprochement 1 page 3E/8 April 20, 1954 Yousef Yaseen and Saudi Policy 5 pages 4E/8 October 7, 1955 Internal Developments in Saudi Arabia 7 pages 5E/8 April 21, 1956 The Internal Situation in Saudi Arabia 1 page 6E/8 April 21, 1956 The Internal Situation in Saudi

Arabia (2nd copy) 1 page 7E/8 April 22, 1956 Lebanese Spy working for Saudi Arabia 2 pages 8E/8 April 22, 1956 Lebanese Spy working for Saudi Arabia 2 pages 9E/8 Undated Between Egypt and Saudi Arabia 1 page 10E/8 Undated English Plan against Saudi Arabia 1 page 11E/8 Undated Visit by Prince Saud to Lebanon and Syria 1 page 12E/8 Undated Visit by Prince Saud to Lebanon

and Syria (2nd copy) 1 page 13E/8 Undated Saudi Financing of Lebanese Newspapers 7 pages 14E/8 Undated Disagreement within the Saudi Royal Family 2 pages 15E/8 Undated Letter to the Saudi King from a Lebanese Spy 3 pages F. Egypt 1F/8 January 7, 1954 Egyptian Request for Information 1 page 2F/8 March 12, 1955 Personal Letter from Egypt 1 page 3F/8 May 7, 1955 Egyptian Request for Information 1 page 4F/8 Dec. 8, 1955 Sadat’s Visit to Beirut 1 page 5F/8 End Dec. 1955 Egyptian Intelligence Activities in Lebanon 3 pages 6F/8 January 31, 1956 Egyptian Intelligence Activities in Lebanon 3 pages 7F/8 February 22, 1956 Egyptian Intelligence Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 8F/8 February 27, 1956 Egyptian Intelligence Activities in Lebanon 6 pages 9F/8 March 3, 1956 Egyptian Intelligence Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 10F/8 March 5, 1956 Egyptian Intelligence Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 11F/8 March 13, 1956 Egypt and the Sale of Palestinian

Lands to the Jews 3 pages 12F/8 March 13, 1956 Egyptian Activities in Lebanon 1 page 13F/8 March 19, 1956 Egyptian Activities in Lebanon 4 pages 14F/8 March 19, 1956 Egyptian Activities in Lebanon 3 pages 15F/8 March 21 1955 Egyptian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 16F/8 April 6, 1956 Egyptian Activities in Lebanon 9 pages 17F/8 April 7, 1956 Egyptian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 18F/8 July 1956 Egyptian Activities in Lebanon 3 pages 19F/8 August 1956 Egyptian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 20F/8 August 26, 1956 Egyptian Activities in Lebanon 1 page

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21F/8 January 1958 List of Egyptian Citizens 8 pages 22F/8 June 26, 1958 Monitoring Egyptian Exiles 1 page 23F/8 Undated Egyptian Activities in Lebanon 1 page 24F/8 Undated Egyptian Activities in Lebanon 1 page 25F/8 Undated Egyptian Activists in Lebanon 1 page 26F/8 Undated Egyptian Activities in Lebanon 1 page 27F/8 Undated List of Egyptian Citizens 2 pages 28F/8 Undated Report about Egyptian Activities in Lebanon 3 pages 29F/8 Undated Report about Egyptian Activities

in Lebanon (2nd copy) 3 page G. Palestine 1G/8 January 20, 1945 A Representative from Haifa 1 page 2G/8 October 22, 1948 Syrian Document about Palestinian

Personalities 2 pages 3G/8 October 23, 1948 Syrian Document about a Palestinian

Conference 1 page 4G/8 November 5, 1948 Adeeb Farzli and Zionism 1 page 5G/8 Nov. 22, 1948 Report to King Abdallah from a

Palestinian Delegation 4 pages 6G/8 March 27, 1949 From Emile al Ghoury to Fouad Chehab 1 page 7G/8 April 5, 1949 Qawokji Sells his Car 1 page 8G/8 October 12, 1949 Report about Spies working for Israel 1 page 9G/8 November 7, 1949 Report about Spies working for Israel 1 page 10G/8 May 12, 1950 Names of Israelis who Left Lebanon 2 pages 11G/8 Nov. 11, 1950 Bill of Charges against Amine Rouhieh 48 pages 12G/8 March 16, 1951 Assassination Attempts against

Emile al Ghoury 4 pages 13G/8 October 6, 1951 Letter to Emile al Ghoury 1 page (photo) 14G/8 October 6, 1951 Letter to Emile al Ghoury (2nd copy) 1 page (photo) 15G/8 October 6, 1951 Letter from the Higher Arab

Commission for Palestine 1 page (photo) 16G/8 October 6, 1951 Letter from the Higher Arab

Commission for Palestine (2nd Copy) 1 page (photo) 17G/8 October 21, 1951 Letter from the Higher Arab

Commission for Palestine 1 page (photo) 18G/8 October 21, 1951 Letter from the Higher Arab

Commission for Palestine (2nd Copy) 1 page (photo) 19G/8 October 21, 1951 Letter from the Higher Arab

Commission for Palestine 1 page (photo) 20G/8 October 21, 1951 Letter from the Higher Arab

Commission for Palestine (2nd Copy) 1 page (photo) 21G/8 Nov. 13, 1951 Letter from the Higher Arab

Commission for Palestine 1 page (photo) 22G/8 Nov. 13, 1951 Letter from the Higher Arab

Commission for Palestine (2nd Copy) 1 page (photo) 23G/8 Nov. 13, 1951 Letter to Amine al Ghoury 1 page (photo) 24G/8 Nov. 13, 1951 Letter to Amine al Ghoury (2nd copy) 1 page (photo)

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25G/8 Nov. 26, 1951 Palestinians Spying for Britain 1 page 26G/8 March 28, 1952 Amin al Husseini’s Visit to Beirut 2 pages 27G/8 October 23, 1953 A Palestinian Offers his Services to the

General Security Department 1 page 28G/8 Nov. 10, 1953 A Plot to Settle Palestinians in Lebanon 2 pages 29G/8 Nov. 29, 1953 Amin al Husseini’s Activities in Lebanon 1 page 30G/8 Nov. 30, 1953 Palestinian Disagreements in Lebanon 2 pages 31G/8 Nov. 30, 1953 Amin al Husseini’s Visit to Beirut 4 pages 32G/8 Nov. 24, 1953 Palestinian Refugee Society in Lebanon 3 pages 33G/8 Nov. 27, 1953 Israeli Plan to Attack the Palestinians 3 pages 34G/8 Nov. 30, 1953 Amin al Husseini’s Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 35G/8 Dec. 1, 1953 Amin al Husseini’s Visit to Lebanon 2 pages 36G/8 Dec. 1, 1953 Jordanian Activities against al Husseini 1 page 37G/8 Dec. 2, 1953 Al Husseini’s Visitors in Beirut 2 pages 38G/8 Dec. 29, 1953 The Islamic Conference in Jerusalem 3 pages 39G/8 July 9, 1954 Information about an Israeli Spy 1 page 40G/8 Sept. 7, 1954 Information about Palestinian Activities 2 pages 41G/8 April 8, 1955 Letter from King Saud to Mohammad Fustok 1 page 42G/8 April 8, 1955 Letter from King Saud to Mohammad

Fustok (2nd copy) 1 page 43G/8 April 1955 Letter from King Saud to Mohammad Fustok 1 page 44G/8 April 1955 Letter from King Saud to Mohammad

Fustok (2nd copy) 1 page 45G/8 April 26, 1956 Lebanese Citizens Spying for Israel 3 pages 46G/8 Undated Letter to King Abdallah 1 page 47G/8 Undated Information about the Holy Army 2 pages 48G/8 Undated Office of The Higher Arab Commission 1 page 49G/8 Undated Members of The Higher Arab Commission 1 page 50G/8 Undated Members of The Higher Arab Commission 1 page 51G/8 Undated Report about the Situation between the

Arabs and the Jews 2 pages 52G/8 Undated Amin al Husseini’s Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 53G/8 Undated Amin al Husseini’s Activities in

Lebanon (2nd copy) 2 page 54G/8 Undated A Russian Plan to Foment a Revolution

against Israel 2 page 55G/8 Undated Letter to Mumtaz al Khatib 4 pages + envelope 56G/8 Undated Letter to Mumtaz al Khatib 1 page 57G/8 Undated Letter to Mumtaz al Khatib 2 pages 58G/8 Undated Letter to Mumtaz al Khatib 1 page 59G/8 Undated Letter to Mumtaz al Khatib 1 page 60G/8 Undated Letter to Mumtaz al Khatib 1 page 61G/8 Undated Impact of Amin al Husseini’s Return 2 pages 62G/8 Undated Information about Amin al Husseini 1 page 63G/8 Undated Amin al Husseini in Beirut 1 page 64G/8 Undated Amin al Husseini’s Activities in Beirut 7 page 65G/8 Undated Palestinian Disagreements in Lebanon 2 pages 66G/8 Undated Report about the Palestinian Cause in 1957 2 pages 67G/8 March 9, 1971 Report about the Palestinian Organizations 3 pages

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BOX 9 Communism in Lebanon, 1950-1971

Scope and Content: Reports covering the history of communism in Lebanon and

the Middle East, the structure, leadership and objectives of the Lebanese

Communist Party and Communist summits and conferences.

System of Arrangement: Mainly chronological

Extent: 29 items

1/9 Undated Comprehensive Report about the Communist Movement in Lebanon 114 pages

2/9 Undated Comprehensive History of the Lebanese Communist Party 156 pages

3/9 Undated Structure of the Lebanese Communist Party 34 pages 4/9 Undated The Communist Party and the Education

Process 4 pages 5/9 Undated Military Leadership of the Communist Party 14 pages 6/9 Undated The Lebanese Communist Party

and the License 4 pages 7/9 Undated An Arab Communist Summit in Lebanon 2 pages 8/9 Undated Communist Unions in Lebanon 16 pages 9/9 Undated The National Federation of Labour Unions 2 pages 10/9 Undated Lebanese Women’s Rights Committee 3 pages 11/9 Undated Society for Solidarity with the Peoples

of Indochina 3 pages 12/9 Undated Association of Lebanese Students in Hungary 1 page 13/9 Undated Organization of Military Communists 6 pages 14/9 Undated Main Centres of the Lebanese

Communist Party 6 pages 15/9 Undated Organizations in which Communists

are Active 9 pages 16/9 Undated History of Communism in the Region 17 pages 17/9 Undated Objectives of The Communist Party 7 pages 18/9 Undated Onset and Development of Communism 6 pages 19/9 Undated First Communist Cell in Lebanon 10 pages 20/9 Undated History of Labour Unions in Lebanon 5 pages 21/9 Undated Organisation of the Lebanese

Communist Party 8 pages 22/9 Undated Communist Covert Activities 9 pages 23/9 Undated History of The Lebanese Communist Party 10 pages 24/9 Dec. 17, 1954 The Comsomol in Lebanon 2 pages 25/9 Undated The Pacifist Movement 5 pages 26/9 April 28, 1950 Article about Peace 7 pages 27/9 Undated Activities of the Communist Party 4 pages 28/9 March 31, 1955 Conference of Intellectuals in Damascus 6 pages 29/9 July 13, 1971 Coups Plan in Iraq and Sudan 27 pages

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BOX 10 Communist Parties in the Middle East, 1948-1980

Scope and Content: Reports on the Iraq, Syrian and Lebanese Communist

Parties and Communist Organisation in the Gulf mainly covering communist

activities with some information on structure and organisation.

System of Arrangement: A. The Iraqi Communist Party

B. The Syrian Communist Party

C. The Lebanese Communist Party

D. Communist Organisations in the Gulf

Extent: 179 items

A. The Iraqi Communist Party 1A/10 Undated External Structure of the Iraqi

Communist Party 3 pages 2A/10 Undated External Structure of the Iraqi

Communist Party 4 pages (+ 2 photos) 3A/10 Undated Internal Organisation of the Iraqi

Communist Party 9 pages 4A/10 Undated Kurdish Communist Activities in Iraq 1 page 5A/10 May 1971 Declaration by the Iraqi Communist Party

Regarding the March Agreement 5 pages

B. The Syrian Communist Party

1B/10 January 7, 1950 Communist Activities in Northern Syria 2 pages 2B/10 January 7, 1950 Communist Activities in Aleppo Schools 1 page 3B/10 March 5, 1950 Communist Declaration in Aleppo 1 page (+ declaration) 4B/10 June, 1950 Communist Activities in Syria 4 pages 5B/10 July, 1950 Communist Activities in Aleppo

and al Jazeera 3 pages 6B/10 July 30, 1950 Communist Demonstrations in Syria 3 pages 7B/10 October 12, 1950 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 8B/10 October 15, 1950 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 9B/10 October 28, 1950 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 10B/10 October 28, 1950 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 11B/10 Nov. 5, 1950 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 pages 12B/10 Nov. 13, 1950 Communist Demonstration in Aleppo 2 pages 13B/10 Dec. 2, 1950 Communist Demonstration in Aleppo 2 pages 14B/10 Dec. 3, 1950 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 15B/10 Dec. 9, 1950 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 16B/10 Dec. 12, 1950 Communist Activities in Schools 1 page 17B/10 January 10, 1951 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page

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18B/10 January 14, 1951 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 19B/10 January 22, 1951 Bomb at the British Consulate 1 page 20B/10 January 22, 1951 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 21B/10 January 26, 1951 Copy of a Communist Declaration 2 pages 22B/10 January 28, 1951 The Bomb at the British Consulate 1 page 23B/10 February 3, 1951 Communist Activities 1 page 24B/10 February 4, 1951 Communist Propaganda in Aleppo 1 page 25B/10 February 7, 1951 Student Demonstrations in Aleppo 1 page 26B/10 February 8, 1951 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 27B/10 March 11, 1951 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 28B/10 March 15, 1951 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 29B/10 March 18, 1951 Communist Activities in Aleppo 2 pages 30B/10 March 18, 1951 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 31B/10 March 24, 1951 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 32B/10 March 24, 1951 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 33B/10 March 26, 1951 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 34B/10 March 26, 1951 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 35B/10 March 30, 1951 Communist Activities in Northern Syria 1 page 36B/10 May 17, 1954 Pacifist Celebration in Damascus 8 pages 37B/10 January 16, 1971 Communist Parties’ Meeting in Damascus 4 pages 38B/10 Undated Communist Deputies in Syria 2 pages 39B/10 Undated List of Communist Party Members 45 pages 40B/10 September 1936 Ejection of the Communist Francis 1 page 41B/10 October 14, 1955 Communists’ Activities in Aleppo 2 pages 42B/10 October 19, 1955 Communists’ Activities in Aleppo 1 page

C. The Lebanese Communist Party

1C/10 July 1948 Sidqi’s Ejection from the Party 1 page 2C/10 July 1948 Regarding Sidqi’s Dismissal 2 pages 3C/10 March 15, 1949 Information about the Party’s Leaders 4 pages 4C/10 March 16, 1949 Information about the Communist Party 5 pages 5C/10 Feb. 24, 1950 Communist Demonstration in Al Morouj 1 page 6C/10 August 16, 1950 Official Department to Combat Communism 1 page 7C/10 August 25, 1950 Information about Communist Activities 7 pages 8C/10 Sept. 28, 1950 Monitoring the Pacifists 1 page 9C/10 October 4, 1950 Request to Stop Publishing Claims in Newspapers 1 page 10C/10 October 6, 1950 Names of Signatories to the Call for Peace 1 page 11C/10 Nov. 27, 1951 The Spread of Communism in Lebanon 1 page (+ article) 12C/10 Feb. 13, 1951 Communism and Islamic Propaganda 2 pages 13C/10 March 6, 1951 The Communists and the Elections 6 pages 14C/10 March 8, 1951 Women’s Demonstration 1 page 15C/10 July 12, 1951 Communist Activities 2 pages 16C/10 Sept. 2, 1951 Disagreements within a Party Branch 2 pages 17C/10 February 1952 Internal Self Criticism (Salem, Farajallah al Helou) 11 pages 18C/10 July 13, 1952 Communist Activities 1 page 19C/10 July 14, 1952 Communist Activities 1 page

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20C/10 July 15, 1952 Communist Activities 1 page 21C/10 July 15, 1952 Communist Activities 1 page 22C/10 July 16, 1952 Communist Activities 1 page 23C/10 July 17, 1952 Activities of Israeli Communists 1 page 24C/10 March 7, 1953 A Pacifist Conference in Lebanon 2 pages (missing) 25C/10 June 8, 1953 A Communist’s Funeral in Marje’youn 1 page 26C/10 July 25, 1953 The Communists and Jumblat 2 pages 27C/10 August 22, 1953 A Pacifist Conference in Lebanon 3 pages 28C/10 Jan. 21, 1954 Conference of Democratic Jurists in Vienna 3 pages 29C/10 September 1955 Communist Leadership Meeting 2 pages 30C/10 January 1956 Communist Party Conference 5 pages 31C/10 April 17, 1956 Report about the Pacifist Movement 7 pages 32C/10 Oct. 11, 1957 A Communist Informer 1 page 33C/10 March 16, 1971 A Communist Plan of Action 1 page 34C/10 April 9, 1971 A Communist Informer in the Baath Party 1 page 35C/10 May 18, 1971 Extraordinary Meeting of the Communist Party Leadership 7 pages 36C/10 May 18, 1971 Union of Democratic Youth Conference 1 page 37C/10 May 28, 1971 Communist Party Declaration 2 pages 38C/10 Oct. 21, 1980 Information about a Communist 1 page 39C/10 Undated Nicola al Shawi 1 page 40C/10 Undated Farajallah al Helou 1 page 41C/10 Undated Communist Propaganda in Lebanon 1 page 42C/10 Undated Communist Party Leadership Structures 5 pages 43C/10 Undated Leaders of the Communist Movement in Lebanon 1 page 44C/10 Undated Responsible Members of the Communist Party 3 pages 45C/10 Undated Pacifists’ Committee in Lebanon 2 pages 46C/10 Undated Communist Newspapers 1 page 47C/10 Undated Names of the Communist Party Members 11 page 48C/10 Undated Communism among the Refugees in Lebanon 4 pages 49C/10 Undated A Communist Leader Defends Himself 11 pages 50C/10 Undated Miscellaneous Information about the Communist Party 18 pages 51C/10 Undated Miscellaneous Information about the Communist Party (2nd copy) 4 page (missing) 52C/10 Undated Communist in the University Students’ Union 1 page 53C/10 Undated Communist Decisions 3 pages (missing) 54C/10 Undated Names of Communists 1 page 55C/10 Undated Letter to Prince Farid 1 page 56C/10 Undated Report about a meeting with a Communist 5 pages 57C/10 Undated Information about Communist Leaders 4 page 58C/10 Undated Communist Activities 2 pages 59C/10 Undated Communist Propaganda 2 pages 60C/10 Undated World Peace Council 1 page 61C/10 Undated Communist Activities 4 pages 62C/10 Undated Report about Communists 5 pages 63C/10 Undated Communists and the Elections 1 page

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64C/10 Undated Communist News 1 page 65C/10 Undated List of Communist Names 1 page 66C/10 Undated Information about Communists 5 pages 67C/10 Undated Marxist-Leninist Awareness Organisation 1 page 68C/10 Undated Names of Communists 1 page 69C/10 Undated Information about Communists 3 pages 70C/10 Undated Communists’ Activities 8 pages 71C/10 Undated Communist News 6 pages 72C/10 Undated Networks in Russia’s Service 7 pages 73C/10 Undated Early Communist Activities 3 pages 74C/10 Undated Communist Report about the Lebanese Elections 4 pages 75C/10 Undated Report about the Communist Party Conference 9 pages 76C/10 Undated The Pacifist Movement 1 page (missing) 77C/10 Undated The Leftist Movement 1 page (missing) 78C/10 Undated Communist Party Organisations 1 page 79C/10 Undated Palestinian Communists 1 page 80C/10 Undated Palestinian Communists 1 page 81C/10 Undated Communist Activities in the Beqa’ 3 pages 82C/10 Feb. 26, 1951 Communist Activities in the Beqa’ 4 pages 83C/10 Undated Information about Communists 2 pages 84C/10 March 2, 1951 Information about Communists 8 pages 85C/10 Undated Artine Madoyan 1 page 86C/10 Undated Information about Communists 11 pages 87C/10 Undated Disagreements within the Communist Party 4 pages (declaration) 88C/10 Undated Information about Communists 2 pages 89C/10 Undated Information about Communists 3 pages 90C/10 Undated The Military Wing of the Communist Party 2 pages 91C/10 Undated Information about Communists 22 pages 92C/10 Undated Information about Communists 2 pages 93C/10 Undated Information about Communists 5 pages 94C/10 Feb. 26, 1950 Report about a Communist Party Member (Sidqi) 1 page 95C/10 Undated Report about Communist Activities 1 page 96C/10 Undated Report about Communist Activities 2 pages 97C/10 Undated Report about Communist Activities 2 pages 98C/10 Undated Report about Communist Activities 2 pages 99C/10 Undated Report about Communist Activities 1 page 100C/10 Undated Report about Communist Activities 1 page 101C/10 Undated Report about Communist Activities 1 page 102C/10 Undated Report about Communist Activities 1 page 103C/10 Undated Report about Communist Activities 2 pages 104C/10 Feb. 8, 1950 Report about Communist Activities 1 page 105C/10 Undated Report about Communist Activities 2 pages 106C/10 Sept. 23, 1956 Report about a Communist Delegation’s Visit to Moscow 5 pages 107C/10 Undated Report about a Visit to the Communist Bloc 27 page (copybook)

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D. Communist Organisation in the Gulf 1D/10 Dec. 26, 1970 The Popular Front for the Liberation of the Gulf 1 page 2D/10 January 1, 1971 The National Democratic Front – Aden 1 page 3D/10 January 1, 1971 The National Democratic Front – Aden 2 pages 4D/10 January 1971 The Popular Front for the Liberation of the Gulf 1 page 5D/10 February 8, 1971 The Popular Front for the Liberation of the Gulf 8 pages 6D/10 February 21, 1971 Conference of Gulf Students’ Associations 7 pages 7D/10 February 1971 Documents of the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Gulf 3 pages 8D/10 March 1971 “Al Thawri” Publication in the Gulf 3 pages 9D/10 March 1971 Meeting of Leftist Gulf Leaders 1 page 10D/10 May 16, 1971 The Popular Front for the Liberation of the Gulf 4 pages 11D/10 April 1971 National Liberation Movement of the Arabian Peninsula 1 page 12D/10 April 1971 The Saudi National Liberation Front 2 pages 13D/10 April 1971 The Popular Front for the Liberation of the Gulf 4 pages 14D/10 May 1971 The Saudi National Liberation Front 1 page 15D/10 May 24, 1971 The Popular Front for the Liberation of the Gulf 1 page 16D/10 June 7, 1971 A Soviet Study about the Gulf 3 pages 17D/10 June 9, 1971 The Popular Front for the Liberation of the Gulf 4 pages 18D/10 June 9, 1971 The Popular Front for the Liberation of the Gulf 15 pages 19D/10 June 9, 1971 The Popular Front for the Liberation of the Gulf 14 pages 20D/10 June 9, 1971 The Popular Front for the Liberation of the Gulf 7 pages 21D/10 June 26, 1971 The National Democratic Front 3 pages 22D/10 Undated A British Intelligence Agent 1 page 23D/10 Undated Front for the Liberation of the Arabian Gulf 1 page 24D/10 Undated The Popular Front for the Liberation of the Gulf 1 page 25D/10 Undated The Popular Front for the Liberation of the Gulf 1 page

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BOX 11 Jordan, 1948-1957

Scope and Content: Reports on political developments in Jordan, the

assassination of King Abdallah, the Greater Syria Project and the Jordanian-Iraqi

Union Project.

System of Arrangement: In chronological order

Extent: 78 items

1/11 August 4, 1948 King Abdallah’s Plan for the Annexation of Palestine 5 pages 2/11 October 23, 1948 Syrian Report about the Greater Syria Project 2 pages 3/11 October 31, 1948 Syrian Report about the Greater Syria Project 4 pages 4/11 October 31, 1948 Syrian Report about the Greater Syria Project (2nd copy) 4 pages 5/11 Undated Activities in Favour of the Greater Syria Project 1 page 6/11 Undated Supporters of the Greater Syria Project 2 pages 7/11 November 6, 1948 Report about the Greater Syria Project 3 pages 8/11 December 1948 General Report about Jordan 7 pages 9/11 December 1948 General Report about Jordan 6 pages 10/11 April 5, 1949 Agreement among Jordanian Newspapers 1 page (photo) 11/11 1949 Report about the Situation in Jordan 15 pages 12/11 May 10, 1950 The Political Situation in Jordan 3 pages 13/11 Nov. 30, 1950 Prince Talal in Beirut 1 page 14/11 Nov. 30, 1950 Jordanian Activities in Lebanon 1 page 15/11 April 1951 General Report about Jordan 11 pages 16/11 July 21, 1951 Regarding the Assassination of King Abdallah 1 page 17/11 July 22, 1951 Regarding the Assassination of King Abdallah 1 page 18/11 August 1, 1951 Regarding the Assassination of King Abdallah 1 page 19/11 August 4, 1951 Regarding the Assassination of King Abdallah 1 page 20/11 August 6, 1951 Regarding the Assassination of King Abdallah 1 page 21/11 September 1951 Jordan after the Assassination of King Abdallah 9 pages 22/11 September 1951 The Case of King Talal in Jordan 18 pages 23/11 September 1951 The Jordanian-Iraqi Union Project 5 pages 24/11 September 1951 The Jordanian-Iraqi Union Project 7 pages 25/11 Sept. 15, 1951 The Jordanian-Iraqi Union Project 1 page 26/11 Sept. 15, 1951 The Jordanian-Iraqi Union Project 4 pages 27/11 Undated Younes al Bahri in Jordan 2 pages 28/11 Undated Younes al Bahri in Jordan 2 pages 29/11 October 26, 1954 The Political Situation in Jordan 5 pages 30/11 December 1955 The Situation in Jordan 21 pages 31/11 December 1955 The Situation in Jordan 4 pages

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32/11 Feb. 19, 1956 Political Parties in Jordan 9 pages 33/11 March 11, 1956 The Expulsion of Glubb Pasha from Jordan 14 pages 34/11 April 2, 1956 Political Activities in Jordan 3 pages 35/11 April 2, 1956 The British Influence 1 page 36/11 April 2, 1956 The Political Situation 2 pages 37/11 April 2, 1956 Egypt and the Situation in Jordan 4 pages 38/11 April 2, 1956 King Hussein’s Visits 3 pages 39/11 April 2, 1956 Kind Hussein’s Visits (2nd copy) 3 pages 40/11 April 2, 1956 Jordan’s Position vis-a-vis Lebanon 1 page 41/11 April 2, 1956 British Positions in the Jordanian Army 1 page 42/11 April 21, 1956 Hammarskjold’s Mission 1 page 43/11 April 21, 1956 King Hussein’s Visit to Damascus 4 pages 44/11 April 21, 1956 King Hussein’s Visit to Damascus (2nd copy) 3 pages 45/11 April 21, 1956 Jordanian Political Parties 1 page 46/11 April 21, 1956 Egyptian-Saudi Activities in Jordan 1 page 47/11 April 21, 1956 America-British Rivalry 1 page 48/11 April 21, 1956 Communist Activities 1 page 49/11 April 1956 Political Parties in Jordan 2 pages 50/11 April 1956 The Government and the Officers 2 pages 51/11 April 28, 1956 Jordanian Delegation to Egypt 1 page 52/11 April 1956 Instability in Jordan 2 pages 53/11 May 26, 1956 Developments in Jordan 11 pages 54/11 June 1956 American Propaganda in Jordan 2 pages 55/11 June 16, 1956 Situation of the Jordanian Army 2 pages 56/11 June 16, 1956 Al Kuwatly’s Visit to Jordan 3 pages 57/11 June 16, 1956 The Political Situation 1 page 58/11 July 15, 1956 Development of the Situation in Jordan 16 pages 59/11 Sept. 4, 1956 Development of the Situation in Jordan 16 pages 60/11 Sept. 28, 1956 Development of the Situation in Jordan 8 pages 61/11 1956 Impressions about Jordan 5 pages 62/11 1956 Impressions about Jordan 4 pages 63/11 Jan. 4, 1957 Report about the Situation in Jordan 10 pages 64/11 Sept. 1957 The Situation in Jordan 2 pages 65/11 Sept. 1957 The Situation in Jordan (2nd copy) 2 pages 66/11 Nov. 16, 1957 Report about the Jordanian Crisis 11 pages 67/11 Undated The Jordanian Crisis 1 page 68/11 Undated News from Jordan 1 page 69/11 Undated Haj Amin al Husseini and Jordan 1 page 70/11 Undated The Jordanian Government 1 page 71/11 Undated News from Jordan 3 pages 72/11 Undated News from Jordan 2 pages 73/11 Undated High Level Policy in Jordan 11 pages 74/11 Undated Comprehensive Report about Jordan 18 pages 75/11 Undated News from Jordan 1 page 76/11 Undated Former Foreign Minister Walid Salah 3 pages 77/11 Undated Information about Walid Salah 2 pages 78/11 Undated Developments of the Situation in Jordan 2 pages

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BOX 12 Syria, 1947-1957

Scope and Content: Reports on political developments in Syria including coup

plots, Malki’s assassination, activities of the Syrian Intelligence services and

relations between Lebanon and Syria.

System of Arrangement: In chronological order

Extent: 192 items

1/12 August 25, 1947 News from Syria 2 pages 2/12 August 21, 1948 Report by the Military Intelligence 2 pages 3/12 October 3, 1948 Report by the Military Intelligence 1 page 4/12 October 18, 1948 Report by the Military Intelligence 1 page 5/12 October 18, 1948 Report about Supporters of Greater Syria 3 pages 6/12 October 31, 1948 Report about Supporters of Greater Syria 1 pages 7/12 Nov. 2, 1948 Report about Supporters of Greater Syria 1 page 8/12 Jan. 27, 1949 Activities of Political Parties in Syria 4 pages (missing) 9/12 February 1949 French Report about Syria 2 pages 10/12 July 13, 1949 The Saadeh Case in Syria 4 pages 11/12 1949 British Policy in Syria 2 pages 12/12 1949 News from Syria 2 pages 13/12 1949 The Situation in Syria 1 page 14/12 1949 The Situation in Syria 1 page (missing) 15/12 1949 News from Syria 4 pages 16/12 1949 Reasons behind the Coup in Syria 4 pages 17/12 1949 News from Syria 2 pages 18/12 Dec. 1949 News from Syria 2 pages 19/12 Dec. 30, 1949 Plan for a Coup in Syria 1 page 20/12 February 1950 Plan of the Syria-Iraq Union 1 page 21/12 March 24, 1950 The National Party in Aleppo 1 page 22/12 April 7, 1950 The Political Situation in Syria 2 pages 23/12 April 15, 1950 The Political Situation in Syria 3 pages (missing) 24/12 June 1950 The Army and Akram al Hourani 4 pages 25/12 June 1950 The Baath Party Conference 3 pages 26/12 June 1950 The New National Party 2 pages 27/12 June 1950 News from Syria 3 pages 28/12 July 1950 ‘Aflaq in Aleppo 1 page 29/12 July 8, 1950 News from Syria 1 page 30/12 July 1950 Political Parties in Northern Syria 12 pages 31/12 July 21, 1950 Nabih al ‘Athma in Lebanon 1 page 32/12 August 6, 1950 Al Hinnawi’s Visitors in Lebanon 1 page 33/12 August 8, 1950 Activities of the Syrian Intelligence Services 1 page 34/12 August 8, 1950 Activities of the Syrian Intelligence Services 1 page 35/12 August 19, 1950 The Situation in Syria 3 pages (missing) 36/12 Sept. 18, 1950 Al Hinnawi’s Visitors in Lebanon 2 pages 37/12 September 1950 Communist Activities in Syria 1 page

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38/12 September 1950 Syrian Activities 1 page 39/12 September 1950 Syrian Activity 1 page 40/12 October 1950 Syrian Activities in Lebanon 1 page 41/12 October 1950 News from Syria 1 page 42/12 October 20, 1950 Syrian Political Bureau in Lebanon 1 page 43/12 October 22, 1950 Estrangement between Lebanon and Syria 1 page 44/12 October 29, 1950 Political Activities in Aleppo 2 pages 45/12 Nov. 4, 1950 Estrangement between Lebanon and Syria 2 pages 46/12 Nov. 5, 1950 Al Hinnawi’s Funeral in Aleppo 1 page 47/12 Nov. 5, 1950 News from Aleppo 1 page 48/12 Dec. 2, 1950 Political Activities in Aleppo 1 page 49/12 Dec. 3, 1950 Political Activities in Aleppo 1 page 50/12 Dec. 22, 1950 Syrian Intelligence Services in Lebanon 1 page 51/12 Dec. 23, 1950 Syrian Intelligence Services in Lebanon 1 page 52/12 Dec.31, 1951 Syrian Report about the American Army 2 pages 53/12 January, 1951 Activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in Aleppo 1 page 54/12 January 1951 Partisan Activities in Aleppo 1 page 55/12 February 1951 Turkish Activity in Aleppo 1 page 56/12 March 18, 1951 Nathem al Qudsi’s Resignation 2 pages 57/12 March 18, 1951 Call by Businessmen in Aleppo 1 page 58/12 March 23, 1951 Akram al Hourani’s Statements 1 page 59/12 March 26, 1951 The Ministerial Crisis in Syria 6 pages 60/12 March 30, 1951 The Arab Socialist Party - Aleppo 2 pages 61/12 July 13, 1951 Syrian Intelligence Agents in Lebanon 1 page 62/12 July 1951 Communist Activities in Syria 3 pages (missing) 63/12 July 1951 News from Syria 3 pages 64/12 August 18, 1951 Report about Sami Jum’a 4 pages 65/12 August 28, 1951 Syrian Intelligence Services in Lebanon 2 pages 66/12 Dec. 10, 1951 The Situation in Syria 1 page 67/12 Dec. 19, 1951 Syrian Activities in Lebanon 1 page 68/12 January 7, 1952 News from Syria 1 page 69/12 January 12, 1952 News from Syria 1 page 70/12 January 18, 1952 News from Syria 2 pages 71/12 February 8, 1952 Kurdish Activities in Damascus 1 page 72/12 February 9, 1952 News from Syria 1 page 73/12 July 1, 1952 News from Syria 2 pages 74/12 Sept. 28, 1952 Information about a Syrian Personality 5 pages 75/12 October 15, 1952 News from Syria 2 pages 76/12 Dec. 22, 1952 The Situation in Syria 2 pages 77/12 Dec. 22, 1952 The Situation in Syria (2nd copy) 2 pages 78/12 December 1952 Syrian Activities in Tripoli 2 pages 79/12 1952 Syria’s Position vis-à-vis Lebanon 5 pages 80/12 1952 The Situation in Syria 4 pages 81/12 1952 Relations between Syria and Lebanon 9 pages 82/12 1952 Relations between Syria and Lebanon (2nd copy) 2 pages 83/12 1953 Relations between Syria and Egypt 9 pages 84/12 1953 Relations between Syria and Egypt (2nd copy) 2 pages 85/12 1953 The Situation of Colonel Shishakli 11 pages 86/12 1953 The Situation of Colonel Shishakli (2nd copy) 3 pages

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87/12 January 7, 1953 The Situation within the Syrian Army 2 pages 88/12 January 29, 1953 Akram al Hourani’s Activities 1 page 89/12 January 30, 1953 News from Syria 1 page 90/12 February 1953 Syrian Activities in Lebanon 1 page 91/12 March 1953 Syrian Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 92/12 March 1953 Syrian Activities in Lebanon 1 page 93/12 March 7, 1953 Akram al Hourani 1 page 94/12 March 7, 1953 Syrian Activities in Lebanon (2nd copy) 1 page 95/12 June 17, 1953 Syrian Activities in Lebanon 1 page 96/12 June 19, 1953 Al Hourani, ‘Aflaq, and al Bitar 2 pages 97/12 July 25, 1953 News from Syria 1 page 98/12 July 29, 1953 Prince Hassan al Atrash in Beirut 1 page 99/12 October 11, 1953 Syrian Officers in Lebanon 2 pages 100/12 Dec. 29 1953 Colonel Husseini’s Forced Resignation 3 pages 101/12 January 7, 1954 Colonel Husseini’s Case 3 pages 102/12 Feb. 17, 1954 News from Syria 1 page 103/12 Feb. 18, 1954 News from Syria 1 page (missing) 104/12 Feb. 19, 1954 Sulatan Pasha al Atrash 1 page 105/12 Feb. 19, 1954 News from Syria 1 page 106/12 Feb. 28, 1954 The Situation in Syria 2 pages 107/12 Undated Syrian Army Appointments 2 pages 108/12 Undated Assassination Attempt against al Hourani 1 page 109/12 Undated The Situation in Syria 4 pages 110/12 March 25, 1955 News from Syria 2 pages 111/12 March 1955 News from Syria 1 page 113/12 April 1955 Regarding Malki’s Assassination 4 pages 114/12 April 1955 After Malki’s Assassination 6 pages 115/12 September 1955 Activities of Syrian Socialists 2 pages 116/12 Sept. 18, 1955 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1page 117/12 Sept. 18, 1955 Communist Activities in Aleppo 2 pages 118/12 September 1955 Al Shishakli in Beirut 2 pages 119/12 October 10, 1955 Adeeb al Shishakli’s Activities 3 pages 120/12 October 16, 1955 The Situation in Syria 3 pages 121/12 October 19, 1955 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 122/12 October 8, 1955 Russian Activities in Syria 2 pages 123/12 Undated The Situation in Syria 1 page 124/12 January 1956 Amin al Husseini in Damascus 2 pages 125/12 March 1956 Sheikh Mohammad al Ashmar 1 page 126/12 March 1956 Russian Mission to Honour Sheikh al Ashmar 3 pages 127/12 March 1956 A Unionist Labour Conference in Syria 3 pages 128/12 April 2, 1956 Khaled Biskdash Returns to Syria 1 page 129/12 April 2, 1956 The Current Situation in Syria 3 pages 130/12 April 2, 1956 The Current Situation in Syria (2nd copy) 3 pages 131/12 April 15, 1956 A Labour Strike in Homs 2 pages 132/12 April 19, 1956 News from Syria 4 pages 133/12 April 20, 1956 News from Syria 2 pages 134/12 April 21, 1956 Communist Activities in Syria 2 pages 135/12 April 21, 1956 Communist Activities in Syria (2nd copy) 2 pages 136/12 April 21, 1956 Communist Activities in Syria 3 pages 137/12 July 29, 1956 News from Syria, Jordan, and Iraq 6 pages

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138/12 Nov. 20, 1956 News from Syria 2 pages 139/12 Nov. 26, 1956 Report about the Baath Party 4 pages 140/12 Nov. 26, 1956 Report about Political Parties 4 pages 141/12 Nov. 14, 1957 News from Syria 1 page 142/12 Nov. 17, 1957 Russian Activities in Syria 2 pages 143/12 April 27, 1957 Report about al Sraj 2 pages 144/12 May 30, 1957 News from Syria 2 pages 145/12 Sept. 2, 1957 The Syrian Military Intelligence 3 pages 146/12 Sept. 10, 1957 The Baath Party Meeting 2 pages 147/12 Sept. 10, 1957 The Baath Party Meeting (2nd copy) 2 pages 148/12 Undated (1950) Jamil Mardam Bey 2 pages 149/12 Undated Sheikh Ahamd Kiftaro 1 page 150/12 Undated Omar Agha Shamdeen 2 pages 151/12 Undated (1957) Omar Baha’ al Amiri 1 page 152/12 Undated (1957) Mikhail Alyan 2 pages 153/12 Undated Elements of the Syrian Military Intelligence 4 pages 154/12 Undated Activities of the Syrian Military Intelligence 1 page 155/12 Undated Akram al Hourani and Khaled Bikdash 2 pages 156/12 Undated (1950) The Political Situation in Syria 3 pages 157/12 Undated (1950) The Fourth Coup Plot 3pages 158/12 Undated (1956) News from Syria 1 page 159/12 Undated (1956) Appointment of a Military Governor in Syria 2 pages 160/12 Undated (1953) A Coup Attempt against al Shishakli 3 pages 161/12 Undated (1953) Al Shishakli’s Situation 2 pages 162/12 Undated (1953) The Situation in Syria 4 pages 163/12 Undated (1953) Coup Attempt in Syria 4 pages 164/12 Undated The Committee of Free Syrians 1 page 165/12 Undated (1956) Elections in Syria 1 page 166/12 Undated (1952) News from Syria 7 pages 167/12 Undated (1956) Economic Union between Egypt and Syria 1 page 168/12 Undated (1956) Development of the Situation in Syria 6 pages 169/12 Undated (1957) Syria Position vis-à-vis the Arab Countries 2 pages 170/12 Undated (1957) News from Syria 2 pages 171/12 Undated (1956) Development of the Situation in Syria 3 pages 172/12 Undated (1956) Propaganda Methods against Syria 4 pages 173/12 Undated (1956) The Situation in Syria 2 pages 174/12 Undated (1956) The Political Situation in Syria 3 pages 175/12 Undated (1957) The Case of Syria’s Union with Iraq 3 pages 176/12 Undated (1957) The Current Situation in Syria 6 pages 177/12 Undated (1957) The Current Situation in Syria (2nd copy) 6 pages 178/12 Undated (1957) Syria’s Position vis-à-vis Lebanon 2 pages 179/12 Undated (1957) Syria’s Position vis-à-vis Lebanon (2nd copy) 2 pages 180/12 Undated (1957) The Impact of Lebanon’s Position on Syria 1 page 181/12 Undated (1957) Syrian Readiness for a Lebanese Coup 3 pages 182/12 Undated News from Syria 1 page 183/12 Undated A Syrian Delegation in Lebanon 1 page 184/12 Undated Syrian Soldiers’ Expenses 1 page 185/12 Undated (1957) A Syrian Delegation in Lebanon 1 page 186/12 Undated The Syrian Military Intelligence 2 pages (missing) 187/12 Dec. 25, 1949 Development in Syria 4 pages

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188/12 Undated (1949) The First Coup in Syria 11 pages 189/12 Undated A Plot to Overthrow the Regime in Syria (2nd copy) 6 pages 190/12 Undated Article by Salah Eddin al Bitar 2 pages 191/12 Undated (1949) Husni al Za’eem and Sultan al Atrash 9 pages 192/12 Undated Report about the Syrian Military Intelligence 4 pages

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BOX 13 Lebanon, 1945-1980

Scope and Content: Reports mainly covering political developments in Lebanon

in the 1950s including coup plots, spy rings, activities of the Syrian Military

Intelligence and a series of security reports in 1958. Also includes a small amount

of material for 1970 and 1980-1983.

System of Arrangement: In chronological order

Extent: 284 items

1/13 Summer 1945 Al Kaf al Aswad (The Black Hand) Society 1 page 2/13 Nov. 1, 1945 The Kidnapping of Khairi al Ka’ki 1 page 3/13 March 13, 1946 An Islamic Meeting in Lebanon 2 pages 4/13 July 10, 1946 Complaint against a Police Officer 3 pages 5/13 July 30, 1946 Report about Tripoli’s Political Party 2 pages 6/13 October 7, 1946 Lebanese Efforts to Release Kawokji 1 page 7/13 October 7, 1946 News from Lebanon 1 page 8/13 Nov. 21, 1946 The National Bloc Party 1 page 9/13 Sept. 25, 1948 Activities by Supporters of Greater Syria 7 pages 10/13 October 16, 1948 An Officer Smuggles Arms 1 page 11/13 Nov. 25, 1948 News from Lebanon 1 page 12/13 February 1, 1949 Information about Jewish Personalities 1 page 13/13 February 9, 1949 An Officer Selling Arms 1 page 14/13 July 1, 1949 A Plan to Rob a Jewellery Store 3 pages 15/13 October 7, 1949 Meeting of the National Liberation Bloc 1 page 16/13 May 8, 1950 Meeting in Jumblat’s House 1 page 17/13 June 1, 1950 Activities of the Arab Nationalists 1 page 18/13 June 8, 1950 About Fouad Chehab 1 page 19/13 June 23, 1950 Salim al Khoury’s Activities 1 page 20/13 June 23, 1950 Salim al Khoury’s Activities 1 page 21/13 June 24, 1950 Salim al Khoury’s Activities 1 page 22/13 June 24, 1950 Salim al Khoury’s Activities 1 page 23/13 June 24, 1950 Salim al Khoury’s Activities 1 page 24/13 June 26, 1950 Salim al Khoury’s Activities 1 page 25/13 June 28, 1950 Salim al Khoury’s Activities 1 page 26/13 June 28, 1950 Afif al Taibi’s Relationships with Embassies 1 page 27/13 July 3, 1950 Al Kawokji’s Activities in Beirut 1 page 28/13 July 3, 1950 Salim al Khoury’s Activities 1 page 29/13 July 4, 1950 Salim al Khoury’s Activities 1 page 30/13 July 5, 1950 Salim al Khoury’s Activities 1 page 31/13 July 8, 1950 Salim al Khoury’s Activities 1 page 32/13 July 10, 1950 Salim al Khoury’s Activities 1 page 33/13 July 10, 1950 Salim al Khoury’s Activities 1 page 34/13 July 28, 1950 The Interrogation of Nasser Raad 1 page 35/13 July 28, 1950 Salim al Khoury’s Activities 1 page

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36/13 August 7, 1950 Al Kawokji’s Activities in Lebanon 1 page 37/13 September 1950 News from Lebanon 2 pages (missing) 38/13 October 28, 1950 Information Regarding a Lebanese Officer 1 page 39/13 Nov. 7, 1950 The Assyrians’ Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 40/13 Dec. 2, 1950 Lebanese Newspapers and Dr. Rowaiha 1 page 41/13 January 1951 Pacifists in Lebanon 1 page 42/13 March 30, 1951 News from Lebanon 1 page 43/13 April 17, 1951 Problems in ‘Ain Ibel 3 pages (card) 44/13 May 30, 1951 Situation in Lebanon 1 page 45/13 July 10, 1951 Riyad al Solh’s Invitation to Amman 2 pages 46/13 July 20, 1951 Regarding Riyad al Solh’s Assassination 1 page 47/13 July 25, 1951 News from Lebanon 1 page 48/13 August 24, 1951 Regarding the Assassination of King Abdallah 1 page 49/13 October 26, 1951 News from Lebanon 1 page 50/13 Nov. 15, 1951 News from Lebanon 1 page 51/13 November 1951 News from Lebanon 1 page 52/13 Dec. 10, 1951 The American University of Beirut 4 pages 53/13 Dec. 10, 1951 News from Lebanon 1 page 54/13 February 1952 Activities of the Higher National Council 1 page 55/13 February 1952 Pakistani Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 56/13 June 1952 Jumblat’s Activities in the Opposition 5 pages 57/13 July 12, 1952 News from Lebanon 2 pages 58/13 July 28, 1952 Miscellaneous News 4 pages 59/13 August 29, 1952 A General Security Officer’s Accusation 2 pages 60/13 August 30, 1952 Report about Adnan al Hakim 3 pages 61/13 September 1952 Summary of the Popular Front’s History 15 pages 6213 Sept. 3, 1952 A Plot to Overthrow the Regime 3 pages 63/13 October 20, 1952 Tahiya Karyoka’s Asylum Seeking 1 page 64/13 Dec. 18, 1952 Report about a Lebanese Informer 1 page 65/13 1952 The Popular Front’s Charter 1 page 66/13 Nov. 30, 1952 Report Regarding the Events in Tripoli 8 pages 67/13 1952 Report about Tripoli Personalities 21 page 68/13 January 19, 1953 Meeting of the National Liberation Movement 1 page 69/13 January 19, 1953 National Liberation Movement Committee 1 page 70/13 Febuary 18, 1953 “Al Ahad” Magazine and the Campaign against Syria 2 pages 71/13 March 5, 1953 Said Ramadan’s Lecture in Beirut 1 page 72/13 March 22, 1953 Melhem Karam’s Student Activities 1 page 73/13 March 25, 1953 The Unveiling of an Israeli Spy Network 6 pages 74/13 April 1953 The Disagreement between Chamoun and Jumblat 2 pages 75/13 June 17, 1953 Parliamentary Candidates 2 pages 76/13 June 17, 1953 German Activities in Beirut 1 page 77/13 June 18, 1953 News about Jumblat 1 page 78/13 June 22, 1953 News from Lebanon 1 page 79/13 June 23, 1953 News from Lebanon 1 page 80/13 June 23, 1953 News from Lebanon 1 page 81/13 June 26, 1953 News from Lebanon 1 page 82/13 August 19, 1953 Monitoring an Iranian Individual 2 pages 83/13 September 1953 Al Kawokji’s Activities 1 page

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84/13 Sept. 20, 1953 Jumblat and the Khoury Family 1 page 85/13 1953 The Progressive Party’s Decisions against a Number of Officials 13 pages 86/13 October 10, 1953 Fadlallah Talhouq and Jumblat 1 page 87/13 October 10, 1953 Ahmad al As’ad and Jumblat 1 page 88/13 October 21, 1953 Plan of a Military Coup 1 page 89/13 October 27, 1953 Jumblat and the Khoury Family 1 page 90/13 Dec. 29, 1953 Jumblat’s Visit to Yougoslavia 1 page 91/13 January 7, 1954 Egyptian Activities in Lebanon 1 page 92/13 March 22, 1954 Kamal Jumblat’s Activities 2 pages 93/13 June 25, 1954 News from Lebanon 2 pages 94/13 June 30, 1954 News from Lebanon 1 page 95/13 July 2, 1954 News from Lebanon 1 page 96/13 August 4, 1954 News from Lebanon 2 pages 97/13 October 30, 1954 News from Lebanon 1 page 98/13 Nov. 12, 1954 Sheikh Aqel al Druze 1 page 99/13 Dec. 17, 1954 Regarding Nassib al Metni 2 pages 100/13 Dec. 20, 1954 News from Lebanon 1 page 101/13 1954 Information about ‘Azar ‘Artoul (Spy) 2 pages 102/13 1954 Information about ‘Azar ‘Artoul (Spy) 2 pages 103/13 1954 Information about ‘Azar ‘Artoul (Spy) 1 page 104/13 1954 Information about ‘Azar ‘Artoul (Spy) 2 pages 105/13 January 21, 1954 ‘Aflaq, al Hourani, and Jumblat 1 page 106/13 March 1955 Incidents on the Border with Palestine 2 pages 107/13 March 6, 1955 Salah Salem’s Visit 4 pages 108/13 March 7, 1955 Said Ramadan’s Visit 1 page 109/13 April 1955 Elections of the Islamic Endowment 3 pages 110/13 April 1955 The Political Situation in Lebanon 4 pages 111/13 May 13, 1955 Meeting of the Islamic Council 5 pages 112/13 May 30, 1955 Miscellaneous News 1 page 113/13 June 11, 1955 Report about Khairi al Ka’ki 1 page 114/13 July 1955 Names of Saudi Exiles 1 page 115/13 August 25, 1955 Adnan al Hakim’s Statements 1 page 116/13 October 18, 1955 National Conference for Lebanese Political Parties 3 pages 117/13 Nov. 11, 1955 Ahmad al As’ad in Damascus 1 page 118/13 Dec. 2, 1955 A Lebanese Spy Ring 2 pages 119/13 Dec. 2, 1955 An American Ring (missing) 1 page 120/13 Dec. 9, 1955 A Lebanese Spy Ring 3 pages 121/13 January 2, 1956 A Lebanese Spy Ring 1 page 122/13 January 8, 1956 A Lebanese Spy Ring 2 pages 123/13 January 9, 1956 American Economic Activities in Lebanon 2 pages 124/13 January 9, 1956 Al Azhar’s Religious Leaders in Lebanon 2 pages 125/13 February 1956 A Lebanese Spy Ring 6 pages 126/13 March 22, 1956 Lebanese Communist Activities 1 page 127/13 April 20, 1956 The Political Situation in Lebanon 2 pages 128/13 May 30, 1956 George Maasri and the Egyptians 6 pages 129/13 July 11, 1956 Egypt Finances al Najjadah Newspaper 1 page 130/13 July 14, 1956 Egyptian Intelligence Activities 1 page 131/13 July 25, 1956 Arab Movements In Lebanon 12 pages

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132/13 August 15, 1956 News from Lebanon 1 page 133/13 October 23, 1956 A Lebanese Agent for Egypt 1 page 134/13 Nov. 1, 1956 Egyptian Activities in Lebanon 1 page 135/13 November 1956 A Journalist’s Accusation against Hanna Ghosn 3 pages 136/13 November 1956 An Islamist Meeting in Beirut 2 pages 137/13 December 1956 Activities of an Iraqi Opposition Member in Lebanon 5 pages 138/13 Dec. 21, 1956 Activities of the Syrian Military Intelligence 1 page 139/13 January 1957 Meeting against the Eisenhower Project 4 pages 140/13 January 1957 Meeting against the Eisenhower Project (2nd copy) 4 pages 141/13 January 1957 The Electoral Race in Lebanon 5 pages 142/13 January 7, 1957 Arab Interference in the Elections 3 pages 143/13 January 8, 1957 Israeli Radio and the Plot against Syria 1 pages 144/13 January 14, 1957 The Saudi Ambassador and the Election 3 pages 145/13 March 1957 The Situation in Lebanon 4 pages 146/13 April 3, 1957 Report about al Sharq Newspaper 4 pages 147/13 April 16, 1957 News from Lebanon 2 pages 148/13 May 10, 1957 Egyptian Activities 1 page 149/13 June 8, 1957 Activities of the Syrian Military Intelligence 1 page 150/13 June 8, 1957 Egyptian Activity 2 pages 151/13 June 8, 1957 Activities of the Syrian Military Intelligence 1 page 152/13 June 17, 1957 Egyptian Activity 3 pages 153/13 August 30, 1957 Kamal Jumblat’s Movements 3 pages 154/13 Sept. 21, 1957 General Political News 4 pages 155/13 October 15, 1957 Activities of the Syrian Military Intelligence 2 pages 156/13 October 20, 1957 Arrest of the Jordanian Abou Hijla 3 pages 157/13 October 24, 1957 Jordanian Report about Abou Hijla 1 page 158/13 Nov. 2, 1957 Operations of the Syrian Military Intelligence 4 pages 159/13 Nov. 4, 1957 The Third Front in Lebanon 1 page 160/13 Nov. 4, 1957 A Coup Plot in Lebanon 1 page 161/13 January 4, 1958 Abou Hijla’s Trial 1 page 162/13 January 7, 1958 Abou Hijla’s Trial 1 page (missing) 163/13 January 30, 1958 Abou Hijla’s Trial 7 pages 164/13 January 1958 Judgement against Abou Hijla’s 2 pages 165/13 March 3, 1958 Military Movements in the Beqa’ Valley 1 page 166/13 March 3, 1958 Destructive Network in the Beqa’ Valley 1 page 167/13 March 3, 1958 Information about a Number of People 1 page 168/13 March 9, 1958 Celebration in the Saudi Cell 4 pages 169/13 April 25, 1958 Declaration of the National Union Front 3 pages 170/13 April 26, 1958 News from Lebanon 3 pages 171/13 May 8, 1958 A Declaration by the Opposition 1 page 172/13 May 11, 1958 A Terrorist Operation 1 page 173/13 May 30, 1958 Information from the Western Beqa’ Valley 1 page (missing) 174/13 June 4, 1958 Security Information 1 page 175/13 June 4, 1958 Security Information 6 pages 176/13 June 8, 1958 Request for Information about a Detainee 1 page 177/13 June 13, 1958 Record of a Detainee’s Interrogation 5 pages 178/13 June 13, 1958 Security Report 2 pages

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179/13 June 16, 1958 Security Report 2 pages 180/13 June 17, 1958 Report from Syria 1 page 181/13 June 18, 1958 Ahmad al As’ad in Syria 1 page 182/13 June 19, 1958 Security Report 2 pages 183/13 June 23, 1958 Security Information 2 pages 184/13 June 24, 1958 Political Report 1 page 185/13 June 24, 1958 Security Information 1 page 186/13 June 24, 1958 Security Information 1 page 187/13 June 25, 1958 Security Information 2 pages 188/13 June 29, 1958 The Security Situation in Tripoli 1 page 189/13 June 30, 1958 Monitoring the Opposition’s Radio Station 5 pages 190/13 June 30, 1958 Security Information 1 page 191/13 June 30, 1958 Security Information 2 pages 192/13 June 30, 1958 Security Report 6 pages 193/13 July 1, 1958 Security Report 2 pages 194/13 July 1, 1958 Security Report 3 pages 195/13 July 1, 1958 Security Report 2 pages 196/13 July 1, 1958 Security Report 1 page 197/13 July 1, 1958 Plan to Attack the Presidential Palace 1 page 198/13 July 1, 1958 Security Report 1 page 199/13 July 2, 1958 Security Report 1 page 200/13 July 3, 1958 Security Report 3 pages 201/13 July 3, 1958 Security Report 1 page 202/13 July 3, 1958 Security Report 1 page 203/13 July 3, 1958 Security Report 3 pages 204/13 July 4, 1958 Security Report 1 page 205/13 July 5, 1958 Security Report 3 pages 206/13 July 5, 1958 Security Report 1 page 207/13 July 5, 1958 Security Report 1 page 208/13 July 5, 1958 Security Report 4 pages 209/13 July 8, 1958 Record of a Detainee’s Interrogation 4 pages 210/13 July 9, 1958 Security Report 1 page 211/13 July 12, 1958 Security Report 1 page 212/13 July 12, 1958 Security Report 4 pages 213/13 July 12, 1958 Security Report 2 pages 214/13 July 13, 1958 Security Report 1 page 215/13 July 15, 1958 Security Report 1 page 216/13 July 15, 1958 Security Report 1 page 217/13 July 15, 1958 Security Report 4 pages 218/13 July 14, 1958 Security Report (missing) 1 page 219/13 July 14, 1958 Continuation of the Interrogation Record 1 page 220/13 July 16, 1958 Security Report 4 pages 221/13 July 16, 1958 Security Report 4 pages 222/13 July 17, 1958 Security Report 2 pages 223/13 July 17, 1958 Security Report 1 page 224/13 July 17, 1958 Security Report 4 pages (+ declaration) 225/13 July 17, 1958 Security Report (2nd copy) 4 pages 226/13 July 18, 1958 Security Report 2 pages 227/13 July 18, 1958 Security Report (2nd copy) 3 pages 228/13 July 18, 1958 Security Report 1 page

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229/13 July 19, 1958 Security Report 3 pages 230/13 July 19, 1958 Security Report 1 page 231/13 July 20, 1958 Security Report 1 page 232/13 July 20, 1958 Security Report 2 pages 233/13 July 21, 1958 Security Report 2 pages 234/13 July 21, 1958 Security Report 3 pages 235/13 July 22, 1958 Security Report 3 pages 236/13 July 22, 1958 Security Report 4 pages 237/13 July 22, 1958 Security Report (2nd copy) 4 pages 238/13 July 23, 1958 Security Report 5 pages 239/13 July 23, 1958 Security Report (2nd copy) 5 pages 240/13 July 24, 1958 Security Report 1 page 241/13 July 24, 1958 Security Report 1 page 242/13 July 24, 1958 Security Report 1 page 243/13 July 24, 1958 Security Report 4 pages 244/13 July 28, 1958 Security Report 9 pages 245/13 July 28, 1958 Security Report (2nd copy) 9 pages 246/13 July 29, 1958 Security Report 2 pages 247/13 July 30, 1958 Security Report 4 pages 248/13 July 30, 1958 Security Report (2nd copy) 4 pages 249/13 July 31, 1958 Return of Deputies from Damascus 1 page 250/13 August 8, 1958 Jumblat’s Movements 2 pages 251/13 August 9, 1958 Attempt against the Life of Sami al Solh 4 pages 252/13 August 9, 1958 Security Report 2 pages 253/13 August 11, 1958 Security Report 4 pages 254/13 August 14, 1958 Security Report 4 pages 255/13 August 17, 1958 Jumblat’s Movements 5 pages 256/13 August 17, 1958 Jumblat’s Movements 1 page 257/13 August 17, 1958 Syrian Movements in Lebanon 3 pages 258/13 August 18, 1958 Security Report 1 page 259/13 August 18, 1958 Security Report 2 pages 260/13 August 18, 1958 Security Report 6 pages 261/13 August 22, 1958 Sa’eb Salam Goes to Damascus 1 page 262/13 August 23, 1958 Security Report 2 pages 263/13 August 23, 1958 Security Report 4 pages 264/13 August 23, 1958 Security Report 3 pages 265/13 August 29, 1958 Security Report 3 pages 266/13 August 7, 1970 Candidature of Franjieh to the Presidency 2 pages 267/13 August 19, 1970 Franjieh wins the Presidency 3 pages 268/13 1980 Security Report about Fateh 1 page 269/13 1980 Security Report about Fateh 1 page 270/13 Sept. 25, 1980 Information about Palestinian Intelligence Services 3 pages 271/13 Sept. 30, 1980 Information about Palestinian Intelligence Services 2 pages 272/13 October 9, 1980 Information about a Communist 1 page 273/13 October 25, 1980 A Palestinian Economic Institution 1 page 274/13 April 26, 1983 Communist Report about National Parties 17 pages 275/13 May 4, 1983 Information about “Amal” Elements 1 page 276/13 May 10, 1983 The Lebanese National Resistance Front 4 pages

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277/13 Sept. 29, 1980 A Passport Forgery Gang 6 pages 278/13 Undated Muslims Arm Themselves in Response to Bishop Mubarak 1 page 279/13 Undated Younes al Bahri and his Mission in Beirut 2 pages 280/13 Undated The Lands of Yousef Cherbel 2 pages 281/13 Undated News from Lebanon 1 page 282/13 Undated Political Meeting 1 page 283/13 Undated News from Lebanon 1 page 284/13 Undated The Problem of Expatriates in Lebanon 9 pages

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BOX 14 Lebanon, 1956-1983

Scope and Content: Mainly undated reports covering political developments in

Lebanon including elections, the splintering of political parties, emergency law and

security reports for 1958

System of arrangement: Mainly chronological

Extent: 77 items

1/14 Undated Information about Newspapers 6 pages 2/14 Undated Stories about al Prince Farid 5 pages 3/14 Undated The National Bloc and King Abdallah 1 page 4/14 Undated The Socialist Progressive Party 2 pages 5/14 Undated The Lebanese al Kata’eb (Phalangist) Party 12 pages 6/14 Undated Information about an Opposition Figure 2 pages 7/14 Undated Information about Certain Individuals 1 page 8/14 Undated Information about Nassif Majdalani 1 page 9/14 Undated Meeting of the Kata’eb and the National Council 1 page 10/14 Undated Chamoun’s Visit to Jordan 2 pages 11/14 Undated Complaint against the Director of Education 1 page 12/14 Undated Situation of Lebanese Newspapers 6 pages 13/14 Undated Islamic Boycott of Chamoun 1 page 14/14 Undated Activities of the Saudi Ambassador 1 page 15/14 Undated Arrest of Deputy Rif’at Qaz’oun 2 pages 16/14 Undated Adnan al Hakim’s Movements 2 pages 17/14 Undated (1956) The Parliamentary Election Race 3 pages 18/14 Undated (1956) Information about Sa’eb Salam 4 pages 19/14 Undated Information about Louis Maksoud 1 page (missing) 20/14 Undated (1956) The Political Situation in Lebanon 2 pages 21/14 Undated (1956) The Situation in Lebanon 2 pages 22/14 Undated (1956) The Opposition in Lebanon 2 pages 23/14 Undated (1956) Egyptian Movement in Lebanon 2 pages 24/14 Undated (1956) Bishara al Khoury’s Activities 1 page 25/14 Undated (1956) The Political Situation in Lebanon 3 pages 26/14 Undated (1956) The Political Situation in Lebanon 4 pages 27/14 Undated (1956) Sami al Solh’s Illness 1 page 28/14 Undated National Action League 2 pages 29/14 Undated (1956) Elections in Lebanon 3 pages 30/14 Undated (1956) Emergency Law in Lebanon 4 pages 31/14 Undated (1956) Development of the Situation in Lebanon 4 pages 32/14 Undated State of Muslims in Lebanon 2 pages 33/14 Undated (1956) The Parliamentary Elections 3 pages 34/14 Undated (1956) News from Lebanon 2 pages 35/14 Undated (1956) Movements of the Opposition in Lebanon 1 page 36/14 Undated The Situation in Lebanon 6 pages

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37/14 Undated (1956) The Splintering of Political Parties 5 pages 38/14 Undated (1956) Information about Bishara al Khoury 2 pages 39/14 July 5, 1952 Activities of the Socialist Front 3 pages 40/14 Undated (1952) Trial of “al Dustour” Newspaper 1 page 41/14 March 31, 1954 Formation of the National Front 2 pages 42/14 Undated National Action League 1 page 43/14 Undated Saudi-Egyptian Activities in Lebanon 5 pages 44/14 Undated Names of the Egyptian Group 1 page 45/14 Undated Real Estate Bribe 1 page 46/14 Undated News from Lebanon 1 page 47/14 Undated Information about Sheikh Abdallah al ‘Alayli 3 pages 48/14 Undated News from Lebanon 1 page 49/14 Undated News from Lebanon 1 page (missing) 50/14 Undated Information about a Jordanian Citizen 1 page 51/14 Undated Activities of the Syrian Military Intelligence 1 page 52/14 Undated The Islamist Movement in Lebanon 1 page (missing) 53/14 Undated (1956) Sa’eb Salam and Said Freiha 5 pages 54/14 Undated (1956) Al Oweini, al Yafi, and Salam’s Visit to Damascus 2 pages 55/14 Undated (1947) Communist Activities in Lebanon 1 page (missing) 56/14 Undated (1952) News from Lebanon 4 pages 57/14 Undated (1958) Security Report 2 pages 58/14 Undated (1958) Security Report 2 pages 59/14 Undated (1958) Security Report 1 page 60/14 Undated (1958) Jumblat’s Movements 1 page 61/14 Undated (1958) Security Report 2 pages 62/14 Undated (1958) Security Report 1 page 63/14 Undated (1958) Security Report 2 pages 64/14 Undated (1958) Security Report 1 page 65/14 Undated (1958) Security Report 1 page 66/14 Undated (1958) Security Report 1 page 67/14 Undated (1958) Security Report 1 page 68/14 Undated (1958) Security Report 1 page 69/14 Undated (1958) Security Report 1 page 70/14 Undated (1958) Security Report 1 page 71/14 Undated (1958) Security Report 1 page 72/14 Undated (1970) A Communist Organisation 1 page 73/14 Undated (1970) List of Communists’ Names 2 pages 74/14 Undated (1970) List of Communists’ Names 1 page 75/14 Undated (1970) List of Communists’ Names 2 pages 76/14 Undated (1983) Security Reports about Fateh 5 pages 77/14 Undated Report about al Kata’eb and al Najjadah 7 pages

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BOX 15 Lebanon, Syria and General Middle East, 1950-1957

Scope and Content: Photocopied documents containing reports of activities of

political parties and movements in Lebanon and Syria including Labour

Conferences, Baath Party, Syrian Tribal Movements, electoral activities in Syria

with a small amount of material on political developments in Jordan in 1954. A

section of ‘miscellaneous’ documents covering general Middle East News and

British, French and American policy in the Middle East.

System of Arrangement: A. Photocopied Documents

B. Miscellaneous

Extent: 132 items

A. Photocopied Documents

1A/15 Undated (1950) Signatures of Pacifists 1 page 2A/15 Undated (1950) Jumblat and a Labour Conference 1 page 3A/15 August 18, 1950 Jumblat and a Labour Conference 3 pages 4A/15 Sept. 3, 1950 The Union of Construction Workers 2 pages 5A/15 Sept. 3, 1950 The Union of Printing Press Workers 2 pages 6A/15 Undated (1950) The Unemployment Draft Law 3 pages 7A/15 October 13, 1950 Plot to Assassinate al Shishakli 4 pages (film) 8A/15 Feb. 22, 1952 Trial of Protesters 8 pages (film) 9A/15 March 15, 1953 Commercial Receipts 7 pages 10A/15 March 1, 1954 A Military Meeting in Aleppo 1 page 11A/15 March 20, 1954 The Situation within the Syrian Army 2 pages 12A/15 June 1954 Miscellaneous News from Aleppo 1 page 13A/15 June 1, 1954 Political Activities in Aleppo 1 page 14A/15 June 1, 1954 The Parti Populaire Syrien 1 page 15A/15 June 1, 1954 The Socialists’ Activities in Aleppo 1 page 16A/15 June 7, 1954 The Arab Liberation Movement in Aleppo 2 pages 17A/15 June 8, 1954 Disagreements within the National Party in Aleppo 3 pages 18A/15 June 9, 1954 Adnan al Malki 3 pages 19A/15 June 9, 1954 The Socialists’ Activities in Aleppo 1 page 20A/15 June 15, 1954 News about Moroccan Organisations 10 pages 21A/15 June 30, 1954 Commercial Agreement between Lebanon and Syria 2 pages 22A/15 July 1954 The American Ambassador in Aleppo 1 page 23A/15 July 1954 Miscellaneous News from Aleppo 3 pages 24A/15 July 1954 Turkish Activities in Aleppo 2 pages 25A/15 July 1954 Khaled al ‘Athem’s Statement 1 page 26A/15 July 1954 The National Party and the National Party 1 page 27A/15 July 1954 Electoral Activities in Aleppo 1 page

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28A/15 July 1954 Electoral Activities in Syria 1 page 29A/15 July 1954 Electoral Activities in Syria 1 page 30A/15 July 1954 Labour Strike in Syria 2 pages 31A/15 July 1954 News from Syria 3 pages 32A/15 July 1954 Speech of the National Party Leader-Aleppo 2 pages 33A/15 July 1954 The People’s Party Conference in Baalbek 1 page 34A/15 July 4, 1954 The Political Situation in Lebanon 1 page 35A/15 July 4, 1954 Said Ramadan’s Activities 2 pages 36A/15 July 9, 1954 Akram al Hourani’s Speech 3 pages 37A/15 July 15, 1954 Akram al Hourani in Aleppo 3 pages 38A/15 July 15, 1954 Turkish Activities in Aleppo 2 pages 39A/15 July 15, 1954 The Syrian Jihadists’ Conference 1 page 40A/15 July 17, 1954 News from Aleppo 1 page 41A/15 July 17, 1954 The National Party in Aleppo 1 page 42A/15 July 17, 1954 An Independent Front in Aleppo 1 page 43A/15 July 17, 1954 The Baath Party in Aleppo 1 page 44A/15 July 17, 1954 Political Activities in Aleppo 1 page 45A/15 July 18, 1954 Political Activities in Aleppo 2 pages 46A/15 July 18, 1954 Syrian Tribal Movements 1 page 47A/15 July 1954 Syrian Tribal Conference 1 page 48A/15 July 1954 Syrian Tribal Conference 1 page 49A/15 July 26, 1954 Communist Activities in Aleppo 1 page 50A/15 July 27, 1954 Political Parties in Aleppo 4 pages 51A/15 July 27, 1954 The Elections in Syria 17 pages 52A/15 July 27, 1954 News from Syria 4 pages 53A/15 July 27, 1954 Al Hudaibi’s Visit to Aleppo 1 page 54A/15 July 27, 1954 News from Syria 1 page 55A/15 1954 British Forces in Jordan 1 page 56A/15 1954 King Faisal’s Visit to Jordan 1 page 57A/15 1954 Communist Activities in Jordan 1 page 58A/15 1954 The Crises in Syria and Lebanon 2 pages 59A/15 1954 The Crisis in Syria 3 pages 60A/15 1954 The Situation in Lebanon 1 page 61A/15 1954 The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan 1 page 62A/15 1954 Al Nabulsi’s Arrest in Jordan 1 page 63A/15 1954 A British Official’s Visit to Amman 1 page 64A/15 1954 Syrian Activities in Amman 1 page 65A/15 1954 America, Britain, and Jordan 2 pages 66A/15 Nov. 27, 1954 Demonstrations in Jordan 1 page 67A/15 Dec. 1, 1954 The Syrian Governmental Crisis 1 page 68A/15 Dec. 2, 1954 The Situation in Jordan 2 pages 69A/15 Dec. 5, 1954 The Pacifists’ Conference in Damascus 1 page B. Miscellaneous 1B/15 Undated (1946) The Jews’ Claims in Palestine 7 pages 2B/15 Nov. 13, 1948 Bishop Mubarak’s Letter to King Abdallah 1 page (+ envelope) 3B/15 June 18, 1949 A Lebanese Medal for Henri La Bleu 1 page 4B/15 Nov. 1, 1949 Letter of Recommendation from

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Bishop Mubarak 1 page (+ envelope) 5B/15 1948 A Letter to Fakhri Bek regarding Palestine 2 pages 6B/15 1948 A Letter to Fakhri Bek regarding Palestine 4 pages 7B/15 1948 A Letter to Fakhri Bek regarding Palestine 2 pages 8B/15 Undated Information about a Palace in al Hadath 3 pages 9B/15 Undated General News 1 page (missing) 10B/15 Undated Turkish Activities 1 page 11B/15 Undated Abdel Hamid Karami 1 page 12B/15 Undated General News 1 page 13B/15 Undated Names of Supporters of Greater Syria 1 page 14B/15 Undated List of Names 1 page 15B/15 Undated General News 1 page (missing) 16B/15 Undated Officers in the Syrian Army 1 page 17B/15 Undated German Officers in the Region 1 page 18B/15 Undated General News 2 pages 19B/15 October 13, 1951 General News 5 pages 20B/15 Dec. 14, 1951 General News 1 page 21B/15 March 17, 1952 Letter from Alfred Hanna to Captain Evans 1 page 22B/15 June 30, 1952 General News 1 pages 23B/15 July 25, 1953 General News 3 pages 24B/15 June 23, 1953 General News 1 page 25B/15 July 25, 1953 General News 1 page 26B/15 March 18, 1955 Kamel Mroue 1 page 27B/15 March 18, 1955 General News 1 page 28B/15 February 1956 Qadri Qal’aji 1 page 29B/15 Undated (1956) English Policy in the Middle East 2 pages 30B/15 Undated (1956) Situation of Arab Politics 2 pages 31B/15 Undated (1956) Union Project among the Arab Countries 4 pages 32B/15 Undated (1956) Haj Amin al Husseini’s Activities 2 pages 33B/15 1953 German Activities 2 pages 34B/15 Undated Islamist Conference in Mecca 2 pages 35B/15 September 1957 American Policy in the Middle East 5 pages 36B/15 February 4, 1956 Receipt from Baheej “Eleywan 1 page 37B/15 April 2, 1956 Frances Policy in the Middle East 2 pages 38B/15 1957 American Policy in the Middle East 4 pages 39B/15 1956 The Struggle over Petrol in the Middle East 2 pages 40B/15 1956 The Tunisians’ Activities 2 pages (missing) 41B/15 Nov. 2, 1957 General News 1 page 42B/15 Nov. 2, 1957 General News 1 page 43B/15 1958 Recommendation Card from Chibli al ‘Aryan 1 page 44B/15 1983 Parliamentary Mutual Support Fund 2 pages 45B/15 Undated Names of Lebanese Employees 1 page 46B/15 Undated Information about Certain Individuals 3 pages 47B/15 Undated Lebanese Families 9 pages 48B/15 Undated Study about the Lebanese Situation 9 pages 49B/15 Undated Classification of Lebanese Christian Families 2 pages 50B/15 March 31, 1949 Jordanian-Israeli Contacts 6 pages 51B/15 Nov. 16, 1949 Letter to Yousef Cherbel 1 page 52B/15 Undated Request for an Urgent Meeting 1 page 53B/15 July 1958 List of Names 19 pages

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54B/15 Undated General News 1 page 55B/15 Undated The Muslim Brotherhood 2 pages 56B/15 Undated The Youth Conference in Vienna 3 page 57B/15 Undated Telegram from Salah al Assir 1 page 58B/15 Undated A Book’s Cover 1 page 59B/15 Undated Number of Letters 1 page 60B/15 Undated Confessions of a Spy 2 pages 61B/15 Undated Changes in the Police 1 page 62B/15 Undated A News Item in a Newspaper 1 page 63B/15 June 1969 Syria and the Fedayeen 8 pages

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BOX 16 Syrian and Lebanese News, 1948-1981

Scope and Content: Reports on Syrian and Lebanese political developments

including reports on individuals such as Sa’eb Salam, Fouad Chehab and Emile al

Bustani.

System of Arrangement: Mainly chronological

Extent: 127 items

1/16 Undated Syria’s Situation 2 pages 2/16 Undated Parti Populaire Syrien 2 pages 3/16 Undated Miscellaneous 2 pages (missing) 4/16 Undated Miscellaneous 2 pages (missing) 5/16 Undated Syria’s Situation 2 pages (missing) 6/16 Undated Syria’s Situation 2 pages 7/16 Undated Miscellaneous 1 page (missing) 8/16 Undated Syria’s Situation 3 pages (missing) 9/16 Undated Syria’s Situation 2 pages (missing) 10/16 Undated Miscellaneous 1 page 11/16 Undated Jewish Informer 1 page 12/16 Undated Lebanese Situation 1 page 13/16 Undated Miscellaneous 1 page 14/16 Undated Miscellaneous 2 pages 15/16 Undated Miscellaneous 2 pages 1616 Undated Miscellaneous 1 page 17/16 Undated Miscellaneous 1 page 1816 Undated Miscellaneous 2 pages 19/16 Undated Lebanese Situation 2 pages 20/16 Undated Said Freiha 1 page 21/16 Undated Miscellaneous Names 2 pages 22/16 Undated Miscellaneous 1 page 23/16 Undated Syrian News 4 pages 24/16 Undated Miscellaneous News 1 page 25/16 Undated The Lebanese Army 2 pages 26/16 Undated Miscellaneous 2 pages 27/16 Undated Camille Chamoun 2 pages 28/16 Undated Lebanese News 2 pages 29/16 Undated Syrian News 2 pages 30/16 Undated Miscellaneous 1 page 31/16 Undated Lebanese News 2 pages 32/16 Undated Syrian News 2 pages 33/16 Undated Miscellaneous 1 page 34/16 Undated Syrian News 2 pages 35/16 Undated Syrian News 2 pages 36/16 Undated The Kurdish Communists 2 pages 37/16 Undated Miscellaneous 5 pages

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38/16 Undated Miscellaneous 1 page 39/16 Undated Miscellaneous 1 page 40/16 Undated Syrian News 3 pages 41/16 Undated Miscellaneous 1 page 42/16 Undated Miscellaneous 2 pages 43/16 Undated Abdulrahman al Shahbandar 2 pages 44/16 Undated Maarouf al Dawalibi 1 page 45/16 Undated The Syrian Parliament 2 pages 46/16 Undated Syrian News 1 page 47/16 Undated Sa’eb Salam and Fouad Chehab 4 pages 48/16 Undated Fouad Lahoud 3 pages 49/16 Undated Generals Naufal and Chehab 6 pages 50/16 Undated Miscellaneous 1 page 51/16 Undated Emile al Bustani 2 pages 52/16 Undated De Martel 1 page 53/16 Undated Bishara al Khoury and Fouad Chehab 3 pages 54/16 Undated Lebanese News 2 pages 55/16 Undated Lebanese News 1 page 56/16 Undated Syrian News 1 page 57/16 Undated Miscellaneous 1 page 58/16 Undated Miscellaneous 1 page 59/16 Undated Miscellaneous 3 pages 60/16 Undated Miscellaneous 2 pages 61/16 Undated Fouad Jalal 1 page 62/16 Undated Miscellaneous 2 pages 63/16 Undated Miscellaneous 4 pages 64/16 Undated ‘Aref Ghareeb 1 page 65/16 Undated Miscellaneous 2 pages 66/16 Undated Chamoun, Chehab, and al Helou 4 pages 67/16 Undated Miscellaneous 2 pages 68/16 Undated Lebanese News 2 pages 69/16 Undated Lebanese News 4 pages 70/16 Undated Names of Journalists 5 pages 71/16 Undated Lebanese News 1 page 72/16 Undated The Lebanese Communist Party 2 pages 73/16 Undated Miscellaneous 1 page 74/16 Undated Lebanese News 4 pages 75/16 Undated Lebanese News 2 pages 76/16 Undated Lebanese News 2 pages 77/16 Undated Lebanese News 2 pages 78/16 Undated Lebanese News 3 pages 79/16 Undated Al Ma’ouchi and Chamoun 4 pages 80/16 Undated Lebanese News 2 pages 81/16 Undated Adeeb al Shishakli 3 pages (missing) 82/16 Undated Adeeb al Shishakli (2nd copy) 7 pages 83/16 Undated Various Names 2 pages 84/16 Undated Various Names 1 pages 85/16 Undated Syria’s Situation 3 pages 86/16 Undated Miscellaneous 2 pages 87/16 Undated Syria’s Situation 1 page

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88/16 Undated Syrian Situation 2 pages 89/16 Undated Communist Espionage 1 page 90/16 Undated Miscellaneous 1 page 91/16 Undated Chapter of a Book about Lebanon 9 pages 92/16 July 3, 1948 Syrian News 1 page 93/16 Dec. 6, 1948 Miscellaneous 4 pages 94/16 January 3, 1949 Miscellaneous 1 page (missing) 95/16 February 1949 Miscellaneous 1 page 96/16 March 1949 Miscellaneous 3 pages 97/16 October 1949 Miscellaneous 2 pages (missing) 98/16 October 1949 Miscellaneous 2 pages 99/16 May 1950 Miscellaneous 2 pages 100/16 August 1950 Miscellaneous 5 pages (missing) 101/16 September 1950 Miscellaneous 1 page (missing) 102/16 November 1950 Communist Parties 2 pages 103/16 December 1951 Miscellaneous 2 pages 104/16 February 1951 Fawzi al Qawokji 1 page 105/16 February 1951 Miscellaneous 2 pages 107/16 March 1981 Miscellaneous 3 pages 108/16 Undated Miscellaneous 12 pages 109/16 Undated Miscellaneous 17 pages 110/16 Undated Miscellaneous 17 pages 111/16 Undated Miscellaneous 14 pages 112/16 Undated Miscellaneous 35 pages 113/16 Undated Miscellaneous 23 pages 114/16 Undated Miscellaneous 10 pages 115/16 Undated Miscellaneous 16 pages 116/16 Undated Miscellaneous 20 pages 117/16 Undated Miscellaneous 20 pages 118/16 Undated Miscellaneous 17 pages 119/16 Undated Miscellaneous 14 pages 120/16 Undated Miscellaneous 30 pages 121/16 Undated Miscellaneous 23 pages 122/16 Undated Miscellaneous 6 pages 123/16 Undated Miscellaneous 6 pages 124/16 Undated Miscellaneous 8 pages 125/16 Undated Miscellaneous 7 pages 126/16 Undated Miscellaneous 6 pages 127/16 Undated Miscellaneous 3 pages

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BOX 17 Police, Security, receipts and Correspondence, 1930-1983

Scope and Content: Reports, receipts and correspondence covering numerous

subjects including many reports on Prince Farid (his movements, rumours and

press campaigns against him and meetings with English and American diplomats)

and the departure of the Jews from Lebanon, Lebanese-Syrian Security

Agreements in 1948 and 1949 and re-organisation of the General Security

Department in 1950.

System of Arrangement: In chronological order

Extent: 289 items

1/17 August 6, 1930 Resignation from the Directorate of Posts 4 pages 2/17 July 1, 1939 Request for a Break of Absence from the Police 1 page 3/17 January 23, 1944 The Police Lauds Prince Farid 2 pages 4/17 August 24, 1945 Military Organisation of the Lebanese Territory 2 pages 5/17 Sept. 12, 1945 Cooperation with the Military Intelligence 1 page 6/17 Feb. 22, 1946 British Congratulations for Uncovering Thefts 2 pages 7/17 Feb. 27, 1946 British Congratulations for Uncovering Thefts 1 page 8/17 March 1, 1946 British Congratulations for Uncovering Thefts 1 page 9/17 Nov. 14, 1946 Coordination with the Palestinian Police 1 page 10/17 June 5, 1946 The Uncovering of a Murder 1 page 11/17 June 7, 1946 Gratitude for Uncovering a Theft 2 pages 12/17 June 29, 1946 British Gratitude 1 page 13/17 July 2, 1946 Uncovering a Murder 1 page 14/17 July 5, 1946 Gratitude for Uncovering a Murder 1 page 15/17 October 31, 1946 Lauding the Police’s Efforts 1 page 1617 Undated Names and Crimes 2 pages 17/17 April 9, 1947 Arrest of a Gang 4 pages 18/17 April 22, 1947 Transfer of a Telephone Line 1 page 19/17 July 22, 1947 Report about a Murder 1 page 20/17 July 22, 1947 Report about a Murder (2nd copy) 1 page 21/17 Feb. 12 1948 A Visit to London 1 page 22/17 Nov. 27, 1947 Appointing Prince Farid Governor of the Beqa’ 1 page 23/17 Feb. 9, 1948 Lauding the Governor’s Efforts 1 page 24/17 July 31, 1948 Lauding the Governor’s Efforts 2 pages 25/17 Feb. 24, 1948 Letter of Recommendation 1 page 26/17 Sept. 16, 1948 Permit for Georges Chami 1 page 27/17 Sept. 20 1948 Congratulating Syria 1 page 28/17 Sept. 26, 1948 Security Agreement between Lebanon and Syria 4 pages 29/17 October 23, 1948 Recommendation from Nathira Jumblat 1 page 30/17 October 28, 1948 Permission to Travel to Cairo 1 page

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31/17 October 18, 1948 Security Reports 3 pages 32/17 Nov. 17, 1948 Offer of Services 1 page 33/17 Nov. 25, 1948 Payment to ‘Afif al Tibi 1 page 34/17 1948 List of Payments 3 pages 35/17 January 19, 1949 Prince Farid’s Movements 1 page (missing) 36/17 January 24, 1949 Receipt 1 page 37/17 January 27, 1949 Request for Employment 1 page 38/17 February 1, 1949 Request for a Weapons Permit 1 page 39/17 February 3, 1949 Telegram from Husni al Za’eem 1 page 40/17 February 4, 1949 Telegram from Husni al Za’eem 1 page 41/17 February 9, 1949 Establishing an Intelligence Office 2 pages 42/17 Feb. 11, 1949 Elias Gheryafi against Prince Farid 2 pages 43/17 Feb. 25, 1949 A Lebanese-Syrian Security Agreement 1 page 44/17 April 11, 1949 Permission to Meet with Husni al Za’eem 1 page 45/17 April 21, 1949 Receipt 1 page 46/17 May 30, 1949 Letter from Mohammad abu al ‘Ula 3 pages 47/17 June 23, 1949 Delegating the Prince to Attend Expatriate Meetings 2 pages 48/17 July 6, 1949 Letter form Mousa al Najmi 1 page 49/17 August 5, 1949 Resignation Letter 1 page 50/17 Sept. 8, 1949 Request for Names of Party Members 2 pages 51/17 October 8, 1949 Receipt 1 page 52/17 Dec. 17, 1949 Admonition Letter from Ahmad al As’ad 2 pages 53/17 Dec. 20, 1949 A Jordanian Medal for Prince Farid 1 page (envelope) 54/17 January 17, 1950 Receipt 1 page 55/17 January 1950 List of Secret Expenses 1 page 56/17 Feb. 11, 1950 Receipt 1 page 57/17 Feb. 11, 1950 Employment Request 1 page 58/17 Feb. 25, 1950 Report from Commissioner Ma’rouf Sa’d 2 pages 59/17 Feb. 28, 1950 Security Report 1 page 60/17 April 11, 1950 Receipt 1 page 61/17 April 14, 1950 Request for a Loan 2 pages 62/17 May 16, 1950 A Security Contact from Egypt 1 page (envelope) 63/17 June 2, 1950 Reshuffle in the Police 1 page 64/17 June 5, 1950 Disagreement with the Police 2 pages 65/17 June 6, 1950 Meeting between Prince Farid and English Diplomats 1 page 66/17 June 6, 1950 Information about Prince Farid 3 pages 67/17 June 7, 1950 Prince Farid and Horsemanship 1 page 68/17 July 4, 1950 Report about Duke of Edinburgh’s Visit 3 pages 69/17 July 5, 1950 Attachment to the Previous Report 1 page 70/17 July 10, 1950 Gratitude from Riyad al Solh 1 page 71/17 July 15, 1950 Letter from Riyad al Solh about Combating Communism 1 page 72/17 July 15, 1950 Letter from Riyad al Solh about Combating Communism 1 page 73/17 July 16, 1950 Combating Communism 1 page 74/17 July 14, 1950 Invitation to Visit Aramco 2 pages 75/17 July 19, 1950 Honorary Member in the “Shell” Club 1 page 76/17 August 2, 1950 Security Report 1 page

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77/17 August 18, 1950 Combating Communism 1 page (film) 78/17 August 29, 1950 Letter from the Syrian General Security Services 1 page 79/17 Sept. 4, 1950 Reorganising the General Security Department 3 pages 80/17 Sept. 12, 1950 Request for Assistance 1 page 81/17 Sept. 15, 1950 Request for Assistance from Sami al Solh 1 page 82/17 Sept. 26, 1950 Weapons Permit 1 page 83/17 Sept. 26, 1950 Weapons Permit 1 page 84/17 Sept. 26, 1950 Weapons Permit 1 page 85/17 Sept. 26, 1950 Weapons Permit 1 page 86/17 Sept. 27, 1950 Weapons Permit 1 page 87/17 October 2, 1950 Prince Farid’s Meeting with an American Diplomat 1 page 88/17 October 20, 1950 Prince Farid’s Meeting with an American Diplomat 1 page 89/17 Nov. 6, 1950 Departure of the Jews from Lebanon 3 pages 90/17 Dec. 2, 1950 List of the Foreigners in Lebanon 1 page 91/17 Undated General Security Inspector’s Report 2 pages 92/17 Undated Informer’s File 3 pages 93/17 January 3, 1951 Celebration of the General Security Department 3 pages 94/17 January 8, 1951 A Press Campaign against the Prince 2 pages 95/17 February 9, 1951 Letter from the Kuwaiti General Security Department 1 page (envelope) 96/17 Feb. 23, 1951 Combating Communism 1 page 97/17 Feb. 26, 1951 Letter from the Egyptian General Security Department 1 page 98/17 April 18, 1951 The Police and the General Security Department 2 pages 99/17 April 23, 1951 Request for Assistance from Sami al Solh 1 page 100/17 April 23, 1951 Travel Permission for Prince Farid 1 page 101/17 May 2, 1951 Receipt 1 page 102/17 July 21, 1951 A Threat to Kill Prince Farid 1 page (missing) 103/17 Nov. 12, 1951 Information about the Parti Populaire Syrien 1 page 104/17 Dec. 7, 1952 King Talal’s Visit 1 page 105/17 January 27, 1952 Kamal Jumblat and Prince Faraid 1 page 106/17 Feb. 12, 1952 A Telegram from Mohammad Shuqair 1 page 107/17 March 18, 1952 Request for a Passport 1 page 108/17 May 8, 1952 Request for Assistance 1 page 109/17 May 16, 1952 Prince Farid’s Leave 1 page 110/17 June 17, 1952 Employment Request 1 page 111/17 Sept. 1, 1952 Request to Bar an Iraqi Citizen from Entering Lebanon 1 page 112/17 October 4, 1952 Accusation against a General Security Department Employee 1 page 113/17 Nov. 17, 1952 A Protocol Letter 1 page 114/17 January 2, 1953 The General Security Department Celebration 3 pages 115/17 Feb. 18, 1953 Campaign against Prince Farid 2 pages 116/17 Feb. 26, 1953 Article against Prince Faarid 1 page

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118/17 Feb. 7, 1953 Receipt 1 page 119/17 March 15, 1953 Letter from Abdallah al Mubarak al Sabbah 1 page (envelope) 120/17 April 17, 1953 Information about a Currency Counterfeit Operation 1 page 121/17 April 27, 1953 Telegram from Abdallah al Mubarak al Sabbah 1 page 122/17 June 12, 1953 Letter from Omar abu al Nasr 1 page 123/17 July 10, 1953 Meeting of the Iraqi-Lebanese Committee 2 pages 124/17 August 6, 1951 Letter from Abdallah al Mubarak 1 page 125/17 August 29, 1951 Request for a Residence Permit from Sami al Solh 4 pages 126/17 Sept. 22, 1953 Gratitude from the Jordanian Authorities 1 page 127/17 October 2, 1953 Rumours about Prince Farid 1 page 128/17 Nov. 11, 1953 Letter from Abdallah al Mubarak 1 page 129/17 Dec. 12, 1953 Campaign against Prince Farid 2 pages 130/17 May 25, 1954 Letter from Abdallah al Mubarak 1 page 131/17 June 9, 1954 Scandals of the Military Intelligence Dept. 1 page 132/17 June 9, 1954 Receipt 1 page 133/17 July 12, 1954 Receipt 1 page 134/17 October 10, 1954 Letter from a Libyan Official 1 page 13517 October 15, 1954 Letter from a Former Syrian Official 1 page 136/17 January 4, 1955 Letter of Recommendation 1 page 137/17 January 19, 1955 Agreement to Combat Communism and Zionism 4 pages 138/17 January 19, 1955 Agreement to Combat Communism and Zionism (2nd copy) 4 pages 139/17 Feb. 10, 1955 Plan of a Visit to Egypt 3 pages 140/17 June 27, 1955 Trip to London 1 page 141/17 August 31 1955 Information about a Female Journalist 1 page 142/17 Sept. 9, 1955 Letter from the Arab Students 2 pages 143/17 Dec. 23, 1955 Granting a Visa to a French Woman 1 page 144/17 1956 Letter from Bishop Niven 1 page 145/17 January 26, 1956 Letter from the Saudi Interior Ministry 1 page 146/17 Feb. 21, 1956 The Arab Drugs Conference 13 pages 147/17 Feb. 24, 1956 Syrian-Lebanese Security Cooperation 1 page 148/17 March 18, 1956 Telegram from Shaker al Antaki 1 page 149/17 June 4, 1956 Mission to Austria 1 page 150/17 June 22, 1956 Letter from an Iraqi Official 1 page 151/17 July 3, 1956 Thank You Letter from Georges Shukur 1 page 152/17 July 12, 1956 Thank You Letter from Saudi Arabia 1 page (envelope) 153/17 July 24, 1956 Letter asking for Sympathy 2 pages 154/17 August 1956 Letter from Major Omar al Barazi 3 pages 155/17 Dec. 31, 1956 Recommendation Card from Bishop Bassilios 1 page 156/17 1956 Decision to Refuse a Residence Permit 1 page 157/17 Dec. 27, 1956 Rumours about Prince Farid 1 page 158/17 January 8, 1957 A Syrian Campaign against Prince Farid 2 pages 159/17 January 18, 1957 Names of Prince Abdallah’s Visitors 1 page 160/17 April 27, 1957 Recommendation from Sami al Solh 1 page 161/17 May 31, 1957 Charging a Committee with Information Gathering 1 page 162/17 June 5, 1957 Receipt 1 page

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163/17 July 4, 1957 Letter from a Jordanian Citizen 3 pages 164/17 June 7, 1957 Request for Instructions 1 page 165/17 July 11, 1957 Telegram from Chief Mohammad al Zantouti 1 page 166/17 October 2, 1957 Request for Financial Aid 1 page 167/17 Nov. 5, 1957 Provision of Information 1 page 168/17 Dec. 24, 1957 Request to Hand-over a Passport 1 page 169/17 Feb. 14, 1958 Request to Appoint an Employee 1 page 170/17 March 11, 1958 Congratulating an Iraqi Minister 1 page 171/17 March 12, 1958 Response to the Iraqi Minister’s Congratulations 1 page 172/17 March 12, 1958 Charged with a Mission in Paris and London 1 page 173/17 March 12, 1958 Charged with a Mission in Paris and London (2nd copy) 1 page 174/17 March 12, 1958 Payment of the Mission’s Expenses 2 pages 175/17 March 24, 1958 Letter from Mutassaref of Baghdad 1 page 176/17 May 17, 1958 Letter from Emile al Boustani 1 page 177/17 June 13, 1958 Committee to Accompany the International Observers 1 page 178/17 June 25, 1958 Cancelling al Yafi’s Children’s Permit 2 pages 179/17 July 9, 1958 Provision of Information 1 page 180/17 July 10, 1958 Commissioner Nadim Matarji 2 pages 181/17 July 17, 1958 Committee for the Defence of Employees 1 page 182/17 August 2, 1958 Official Mission to London 1 page 183/17 August 7, 1958 Receipt 1 page 184/17 Nov. 10, 1958 Office Inventory 1 page 185/17 Undated Letter from Prince Sultan 2 pages (envelope) 186/17 Undated Speech about the General Security Department 3 pages 187/17 Sept. 8, 1952 Campaign against Prince Farid 2 pages 188/17 Undated Speech Welcoming Prince Farid 1 page 189/17 Undated Information about the Former Director General 4 pages (missing) 190/17 Undated Campaign against Prince Farid 1 page 191/17 Undated Corrupt Employees in the General Security Department 2 pages 192/17 Undated Corrupt Employees in the General Security Department 1 page 193/17 Undated Report Regarding Prince Farid 1 page 194/17 Undated ‘Adel Malak and the General Security Department 1 page 195/17 Undated List of Payments 1 page 196/17 Undated List of Payments 1 page 197/17 Undated Speech at the General Security Department’s Celebration 2 pages 198/17 Undated Request for Residence from Tahiya Karyoka 1 page 199/17 Undated Invitation to Jordan 1 page 200/17 Undated Press Campaign against Prince Farid 1 page 201/17 Undated Request for Assistance 1 page 202/17 Undated Nasser Raad and Prince Farid 4 pages

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203/17 Undated The General Security’s Mission 9 pages 204/17 Undated The General Security’s Mission (2nd copy) 2 pages 205/17 Undated Card from Nasri al Maalouf 1 page 206/17 Undated Letter of Gratitude 1 page 207/17 January 20, 1959 The Embassy in Akra 1 page 208/17 August 3, 1959 Circular Letter to the Ambassadors 2 pages 209/17 August 9, 1959 Resignation from the Embassy 2 pages 210/17 August 25, 1959 Protest against the Ambassador 2 pages 211/17 Sept. 1, 1959 Expression of Gratitude to an Egyptian Diplomat 1 page 212/17 Sept. 24, 1959 The Embassy’s Requests 1 page 213/17 October 27, 1959 Appreciation from the Foreign Ministry 1 page 214/17 March 19, 1960 The Embassy in Ghana 1 page 215/17 March 23, 1960 Request to Confer a Medal 1 page 218/17 April 9, 1960 Letter from Fouad Chehab 1 page (envelope) 219/17 April 9, 1960 Referral to the Disciplinary Council 2 pages 220/17 April 24, 1960 Letter about the Situation of Prince Farid 2pages 221/17 May 9, 1960 Letter from Elias Sarkis 1 page 222/17 May 23, 1960 Letter from Sabbah Salem al Sabbah 1 page (envelope) 223/17 June 18, 1960 Letter from Elias Sarkis 1 page (envelope) 224/17 May 27, 1960 The Embassy in Cameroun 1 page 225/17 June 27, 1960 Referral to the Central Inspection 2 pages 226/17 July 7, 1960 The Embassy in Cameroon’s Credentials Letter 1 page 227/17 July 7, 1960 The Embassy in Ghana’s Credentials Letter 1 page 228/17 August 3, 1960 Request for Information for the Security Forces 2 pages 229/17 October 7, 1960 Request to Deliver Letters from the President 1 page 230/17 Nov. 25, 1960 A Celebration in Cameroon 3 pages 231/17 Feb. 23, 1960 Letter from a Former Informer 2 pages 232/17 March 8, 1960 Letter from a Former Informer 1 page 233/17 March 26, 1960 Letter from a Former Informer 2 pages 234/17 March 29, 1960 Letter from a Former Informer 1 page (envelope) 235/17 April 5, 1960 Letter from a Former Informer 1 page 236/17 April 17, 1960 Letter from a Former Informer 2 pages (telegram) 237/17 April 19 1960 Letter from a Former Informer 4 pages 238/17 July 28, 1960 Letter from a Former Informer 4 pages 239/17 Sept. 31, 1960 Letter from a Former Informer 5 pages 240/17 August 8, 1961 Letter from Othman al Dana 1 page 241/17 Dec. 21, 1961 Letter to Draw Attention from the Foreign Ministry 1 page 242/17 Dec. 24, 1961 Response to the Foreign Ministry 1 page 243/17 May 22, 1962 Request for Port Payments 1 page 244/17 June 6, 1961 Gratitude for a Reception in Tunis 1 page 245/17 June 10, 1963 Gratitude for a Reception in Tunis 1 page 246/17 June 28, 1962 Request for Assistance from an Ambassador 1 page (envelope) 247/17 August 27, 1962 Gratitude for a Reception in Tunis 1 page 248/17 Sept. 26, 1962 Regrets for not Holding a Reception 1 page 249/17 August 30, 1962 Request for Port Payments 1 page 250/17 October 25, 1962 Letter from Prince Mohammad bin Saud 2 pages

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251/17 January 2, 1963 Letter of Gratitude from “al ’Awasef” 1 page 252/17 Feb. 8, 1963 Request for a Leave of Absesnce 1 page 253/17 August 12, 1963 Gratitude from the Mufti of Tunis 1 page 254/17 Sept. 18, 1963 Letter from Mohammad Fayyad 1 page (cuttings) 255/17 October 5, 1963 Reply to Mohammad Fayyad 1 page 256/17 October 31, 1963 Expression of Gratitude from the Tunisian President 1 page 257/17 Nov. 4, 1963 Gratitude from the Lebanese Exhibition 1 page 258/17 Nov. 11, 1963 Expression of Gratitude from the Tunisian President 1 page 259/17 Dec. 31, 1963 Gratitude from Zuhdi Yakan 1 page 260/17 March 16, 1964 Approval of a Leave of Absence 2 pages 261/17 April 22, 1964 Congratulating the Mufti of Tunisia on the Occasion of the Feast 1 page 262/17 May 9, 1964 Congratulating the Mufti of Tunisia on the Occasion of the Feast 1 page 263/17 Undated Congratulating the Mufti of Tunisia on the Occasion of the Feast 1 page 264/17 Undated Congratulating the President of Tunisia 1 page 265/17 June 25, 1964 Gratitude from Tunisia 1 page 266/17 June 27, 1964 Gratitude from the Football Federation 1 page 267/17 August 12, 1964 Leave of Absence for Health Reasons 1 page 268/17 Nov. 9, 1964 Gratitude from the Kata’eb (Phalangist) Party 3 pages 269/17 July 15, 1965 Congratulating the Director of the Tunisian General Security Department 1 page 270/17 July 29, 1965 Reply from the Director of the Tunisian General Security Department 1 page 271/17 Nov. 30, 1965 Gratitude from Tunisia 1 page 272/17 Undated A Word of Farewell in Tunisia 2 pages 273/17 Feb. 18, 1967 The Keys to the Embassy in Tunisia 1 page 274/17 Dec. 7, 1968 Education Stipends to Ambassadors’ Children 1 page 275/17 1968 Compensation to the Military Personnel 2 pages (card) 276/17 Sept. 1, 1968 Letter from Rushdi al Hamed 1 page (envelope) 277/17 August 10, 1970 Letter of Recommendation 1 page (envelope) 278/17 July 20, 1972 Services of a Driver 2 pages 279/17 June 26, 1974 Accounts of the Embassy in Tunisia 4 pages 280/17 October 1975 Syrian Travel Permission 1 page 281/17 March 9, 1976 Syrian Travel Permission 1 page 282/17 April 16, 1976 Syrian Travel Permission 1 page 283/17 1977-1983 Minutes of the Club’s Meetings 19 pages 284/17 April 14, 1978 Letter from Saif al Suwedi 1 page 285/17 May 19, 1978 Participating in a Magazine 1 page 286/17 March 18, 1983 Subscription in a Magazine 1 page 287/17 April 22, 1983 Payment of Subscription Fees 1 page 288/17 Empty Envelopes 6 envelopes 289/17 Undated Miscellaneous 9 pages