Item FIFTY YEARS WAR 4/1 - Transcript of interview, 1997, with former Egyptian War Minister Shams el-din Badran

Typescript transcript of filmed translated interview with Shams el-din Badran, former Egyptian army officer (1948) and Egyptian War Minister 1967, discussing events leading up to the Six Day War, Jun 1967, including Soviet intelligence reports of Israeli troop concentration on the Syrian border, visit of an Egyptian delegation to Moscow, Egypt's relationship with other Arab states, mobilisation of Egyptian army, and the visit of U Thant, United Nations Secretary General 1961-1971; resignation and death of Abdul Hakim Amer, Egyptian Deputy Supreme Commander of Armed forces (1967); Arab Summit at Khartoum, Sudan, Aug-Sep 1967; his experiences in an Egyptian brigade besieged at al-Faluga (Gaza strip) during Israel's War of Independence, 1948; meeting Israeli troops following the signing of the Israeli Egyptian Armistice Agreement at Rhodes, 24 Feb 1949. 51pp