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Date(s)
- 1997 Jul 1 (Creation)
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Item
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20pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of translated interview with Khalad Fahoum, Palestinian official based in Syria, describing events of the Conference of Arab Foreign Ministers, Jul 1967 and the Arab Summit, at Khartoum, Sudan, Sep 1967, in the aftermath of the Six Day War, (Jun 1967); the role of Ahmed Shuquairy, Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) at the Summit, and his resignation as PLO Chairman (1968). Also discusses the transfer of the PLO headquarter from Lebanon to Tunisia following the Israeli attack on Beirut (OPERATION GRAPES OF WRATH, 1982); the attitude of Hafez al-Assad, Syrian President 1971-2000, to the PLO; and the role of Philip Habib, US Special Envoy to Middle East, in negotiating a ceasefire in Lebanon, (1982). 20pp