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Date(s)
- 1997 Jul 3 (Creation)
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Item
Extent
38pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of translated interview with Gen Mustafa Tlas, Syrian Army, former tank Commander, Syrian Minister for Defence, 1972-2004, and Deputy Prime Minister, discussing the relations between Israel and Syria leading up to the Six Day War, Jun 1967; Soviet reports of Israeli military manouvres near the Syrian border, May 1967; agreed Egyptian and Syrian strategy for Yom Kippur War, the outbreak of war, and Arab relations (Oct 1973); the War of Attrition between Syrian and Israel; talks between Henry Alfred Kissinger, US Secretary of State 1973-1977, and Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria 1971-2000, concerning the Geneva Peace Conference (Dec 1973); meeting between Anwar al Sadat and Assad prior to Sadat's visit to Israel (1977); and Syrian military support for the Palestinian fedayeen during the uprising in Jordan, (Sep 1970). 38pp