Item COLD WAR 8/1 - Transcript of interview with General Saad El Din El Shazly, 1997

Typescript transcript of interview with Gen Saad El Din El Shazly, Egyptian army commander of special task force 1967, and Chief of Staff (1972-1973), relating to Egyptian relations with the Soviet Union during the 1960s and 1970s, including Soviet supplied of military equipment to Egypt; his involvement in the Six Day War, Jun 1967; the visit of Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt 1954-1970, to Moscow, 1972; the presence of Soviet military advisors in Egypt, 1970-1973; his experience during the Yom Kippur War, Oct 1967; negotiation of the ceasefire between Egypt and Israel. 72pp