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Date(s)
- 1997 Feb 28 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
58pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of filmed interview with General Muhammed Fawzi, Egyptian Chief of Staff 1967 and Defence Minister 1968-1971 discussing events surrounding the Six Day War, June 1967, including Israeli threats against Syria; Soviet intelligence reports of Israeli troop concentration on Syrian border, May 1967; his visit to Syrian border, 14 May 1967; Egyptian mobilisation, May 1967; Egyptian instructions to the United Nations Emergency Force at Gaza, Shu Mashak and the Suez Canal; closure of the Straits of Tiran (May 1967); war preparations of the Egyptian forces; Israeli attack on Egypt, 5 Jun 1967; and the withdrawal of Egyptian forces from Sinai. Also comments on the role of Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer, Egyptian General Commander of the Armed Forces 1967, his resignation and suicide; popular support for Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian President 1954-1970, following the war; and relations between Nasser and Amer. 58pp