Item FIFTY YEARS WAR 4/6 - Transcript of interview, 1997, with Field Marshal Abdel Ghany al Gamassy

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with FM Abdel Ghany al Gamassy, Egyptian Army, Chief of Operations 1973, describing the Egyptian strategy for the Yom Kippur War, and meetings between Egyptian and Syrian High Command to coordinate the attack on Israel, Oct 1973; evacuation of Soviet citizens from Egypt, Oct 1973; progress of the Egyptian operation; participating in ceasefire negotiations with Israeli Generals Aharon Yariv and Yisrael Tal, at Kilometre 101 on the Cairo-Suez Road, and the response of Anwar Al Sadat, Egyptian President 1970-1981, to the negotiations. Also comments on the outbreak of the Six Day War, 5 Jun 1967, Egyptian strategy and their army's retreat. 37pp