Key Information
Reference code
FIFTY YEARS WAR 4/17
Title
Transcript of interview, 1997, with diplomat Abdel Rahman Sadeq
Date(s)
- 1997 Feb 22 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
56pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of filmed translated interview with Abdel Rahman Sadeq, press attaché, Egyptian Embassy in Paris, (1951-1954), describing his contacts with Ziamah Divon, Israeli diplomat, in Paris (1951) including his first meeting, development of contacts, instructions from Nasser concerning the contacts (1952); arranging visit of foreign journalists to Egypt, Jan 1953; discussions concerning British evacuation from Egypt; Suez Canal traffic regulations; Israeli raids on Gaza and the West Bank; relations between hardliners and moderates in Israel, and the cessation of the talks following the Lavon Affair, 1954. 56pp