Key Information
Reference code
FIFTY YEARS WAR 6/4
Title
Transcript of interview, 1997, with politician Hussein Husseini
Date(s)
- 1997 Feb 20 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
24pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Hussein Husseini, Lebanese politician, describing Lebanese relations with Palestinians following the Six Day War (Jun 1967), and with the Arab states; sectarian conflicts within Lebanon; Lebanese response to the assassination of Palestinian leaders, Kamal Nasser, Kamal Adwan (and Mohammad Youseff Najjar) by Israeli forces (Apr 1973), visit of Henry Alfred Kissinger, US Secretary of State 1973-1977, to Lebanon, Jun 1973; role of Yasir Arafat, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), in Lebanon, and deterioration of Palestinians Lebanese relations leading up to Israeli invasion (1978). 24pp