Item FIFTY YEARS WAR 4/13 - Transcript of interview, 1997, with General Bahey Edin Noufal, Egyptian Army

Typescript transcripts of filmed interview with Gen Bahey Edin Noufal, Egyptian army, and Chief of Operations for the Federal Command (1973), discussing Marshal Abdul Hakim Amer, Egyptian First Vice President 1967, order for withdrawal of United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) from Sinai and closure of the Straits of Tiran, May 1967; the surprise Israeli attack of Egyptian airfields (5 Jun 1967); Egyptian preparations for Badra Operation – Yom Kippur War, Oct 1973, including secret meetings between Egyptian and Syrian military commanders, (Aug 1973), and announcement of the date of attack Syrian Defence Minister, (3 Oct 1973), and warning of possible action given to Gen Shakar, Jordanian Chief of Staff (4 Oct 1973). 44pp