Key Information
Reference code
FIFTY YEARS WAR 4/15
Title
Transcript of interview, 1997, with Adel Sabit, former Arab League information officer
Date(s)
- 1997 Feb 23 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
36pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Adel Sabit, information officer in the Arab League 1948, describing the Arab arguments against the partition of Israel including meetings of Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, Secretary General of League of Arab States 1945–1954, with George C Marshall, US Secretary of State 1947-1949, (1947); the Arab role in the UN Security Council debates (1947); Arab nations agreement to take up Palestinian cause; Gen Edward Spears meeting with Egyptian leaders (1948); reasons for withdrawal of the Egyptian army from Ashdod (1948); and the deposing of King Farouk, (1952). 36pp