Item FIFTY YEARS WAR 4/9 - Transcript of interview, 1997, with Mohsein Abdel Khalek, Director of President Nasser's office for political affairs

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Mohsein Abdel Khalek, Director of President Nasser's office for political affairs, describing his activities as a volunteer assisting the Palestinian resistance after the UN partition vote (1947); the Egyptian response to news of the Israeli attack on Deir Yassin (April 1948); withdrawal of Egyptian forces from Ashdod during Israeli War of Independence; his relationship with Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian President 1954-1970; Egyptian US relations; Free Officers revolution and the deposing of King Farouk (July 1952); trial of Egyptian Jews involved in bombing activities (Unit 131, Lavon Affair) (1954); the Egyptian response to Israeli forces raid on Gaza 1955; Nasser's visit to China for the Bandung Conference and his decision to obtain arms from Soviet states (April 1955). 28pp