FIELD TRIP REPORT OF REGIONAL PUBLICATIONS OFFICER, CAIRO

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• Publication Date: March 15, 1961
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FIELD TRIP REPORT OF REGIONAL PUBLICATIONS OFFICER, CAIRO
February 20-March 3.5, 1961
I. ADEN -Aden
A. Official Contacts
1, Stephen J. Campbell, Consul;
2. Gregory Gay, Part-time Pdblications Officer.
B. BoOkstores Visited
Several bookstores were visitediAall sections
C. lames of Useful Contacts to PO'PrIfas
1. Mr. 4A11;
2. American Consilate,
D, Comments
Practically nothing is pubj4shed in Aden except for a few items
Which were forwarded to the Deparpment. A list of newspapers and
Periodicals published here 'is attached (Attachiant A). Arabic book-
stores display Egyptian and Lebanese books, newspapers, and periodicals?
The Egyptian publications, JUHRDIMET1 and AL-MASA', and the Lebanese,:
AL.EIFAH.,, are banned.
11. 4A4px ARABIA . Jidda
A. Official Contacts
14 Donald R. Heath, A. E. and P. of Embassy;
2. Richard H. Hawkins, Jr., DCH Of Embassy;
3. Coradino E. Gatti, Part-time Publications Officer;
4. tea IC. Sabbagh, PAO, USIA;
5. Jean Hnjaylan, Director-General of Saudi Press, Information &
Broadcasting;
6. Muhammad Husayn al-Asbabani, Director-General of Asbahani?9
House for Printing& Publishing;
I. Iihthammad Thaeayn Zaydan, Chief Editor of AL-BILAD AS-SAUD/TA;
8. Aziz Diyal? Director-General-of Press, Printing Se' POlishing
House*
9. Shayk Ahmad 4Attar, Chief Editor of 'UKAZ and well-known
Saudi author.
B. Names of Useful
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B. Names of Useful Contacts to PONFrogram
Above-named Saudis.
C. Comments
The Director-General of Saudi Press, Information & Broadcasting
was extremely cooperative, promising to forward to the Part-time PO
at the EMbassy copies of everything published by the Government.
Asbahani and Diya2 gave samples of practically all their publications
to the RPO. No Soviet or Soviet Bloc publications could be seen
anywhere in Saudi Arabia. Most available publications in Jidda, in-
cluding dailies and periodicals, are from the UAR and Lebanon.
III. SAUDI ARABIA - Dhahran
A. Official Contacts
1. Walter K. Schwinn? Consul-General;
2. Walter M. McClelland;
3. Samuel C. Keiter - Part-time Publications Officer;
4, Mr. Mulligan, Chief of ARAMCO Publications.
B. Bookstores Visited
Ramadan closed the doors of practically all bookstores in Saudi Arabia.
C. Dames of Useful Contactalanimme
1. Mr. (William?) Mulligan, ARO.
D. Comments
No Saudi publications are issued in Dhahran. ABM*, on the
other hand, issues quite a few useful publications, a list of which
is enclosed (Attachment B). Mr. Mulligan promised to give the Con-
sulate General as many copies as needed. Egyptian and Lebanese news-
papers and other publications are available.
IV. KUWAIT Kuwait
A. Official Contacts
1. James E. Akins, Consul;
2. Richard P. Mitchell;
3. Badr Khalik
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3. Bads Khalid al-Badr, Director of Kuwait's Printing and Publishing
Department.
B. Bookstores Visited
1. An-Nahdah Bookstore;
2. Bort Savid Bookstore;
3. Aahraf Bookstore;
4. Egypt Bookstore;
5. The Bookstore.
C. Names of Useful Contacts to PO Program
1. Abd-al-Karim S. Saad, Owner of An-Nahdah, P. O. Box 1944,
Kuwait. (Saad wishes to stock Franklin Publications.)
D. Comments
Practically nothing is published privately in Kuwait. All pUbli-
cations are issued by the Government of Kuwait. Shayth Badr informed
the RPO that the Press Law has been passed and within the next week
(approximately March 11) seven dailies and weeklies, already approved,
will be announced. The Consulate said that he would report on them.
Badr gave samples of his department's publications to the RPO and was
extremely cordial. Re also presented him with three copies of Lillian--
thal!s "There Goes the Middle East," which the Kuwaiti Government appears
to be handing out as a gift.
V. IRAQ - Basra
A. Official Contacts
1. John A. Billings, Consul;
2. Noble N. Nelencamp - Part-time PO.
B. Bookstores Visited
1. Farjo Bookstore - comparatively large, but disarranged. Mostly
English bodice;
2. Ash-Shara Bookstore - tedium size; mostly English books;
3. Lil-Jami' (for all) Bookstore - largest in Basra; well-stocked
in all Arabic publications.
C. Comments
Basra has no bookstores other than those mentioned above, but can
boast of many sidewalk newestamds featuring newspapers, periodicals,
and cheap books.
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and cheap books. Most of the material is from Cairo and Beirut. One
heartening aspect is the almost complete absence of Communist publics.
ammo except for a couple Arabic periodicals from Bulgaria which
could be seen on the newsstands and for a few Soviet Communist
theoretical works in the bookstores. No Soviet or Chinese periodi.
cals could be found anywhere. A few publications and samples of
newspapers published in Basra have been sent to the Department.
V/. IRAQ - Baghdad
A. Official Contacts
1. Robert H. Munn, 2nd Secretary.;
? 2. George X. Adams newly-named Part-time PO;
? 3. Dr. Baeir Director-denerel. of Public Relations, Foreign
Ministry;
I. Eishan al.Tabagehali, Director, DiplOmatic'Corps, Protocol
Department, Foreign Mtnistry;
5. Dr. Abd al-Raszaq Director-General of Cultural Affairs,
Ministry of Education;
6. Dr. Tabs al-Raj Elias, Director-General of Technical Affairs,
Miiistry of Education; '-' ? ?
7. Bald Abd al-Wahab Nadir, Director of Textbooks and Curricula,
Ministry of Education;
8. Nihad Abd al:441d, Director of Public and School Libraries,
Ministry of Education.
9. Dr. Abd Al-Muttalib Abd al-RahmanI Director of Editing and
Translation Ministry of Education;
10. EUsayn WahhIbil Director of the Central Public Library, Baghdad;
11. Abd al-Karim al-Amin, Director of the Mobile Library;
12. Dr. Kish= al-Shawwaf, Director of the Central Library, Baghdad
University (would like to receive a few textbook lists of
'various universities which are used for teaching scientific and
technical material);
13. Miss Zahids, Chief Librarian.
B. Bookstores Visited
1. Al.Ahliyyah Bookstore;
2. Al-Maarif Bookstore;
5. Al.'Ulum Bookstore;
4 An-Nahdah Bookstore;
5. Al-lAsrlyyah Bookstore;
6. Al-Mhthannh Bookstore.
C. Names of Useful Contacts to PO Program
1. Miss Zahida? Chief Librarian, Central Library of Baghdad University;
2. 'Yahmud
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2. Mahmud Rilmi, owner of A.1-0Asriyysh Bookstore.
D. Comments
The RPO, accompanied by Messrs, Munn and Adams, spent two
mornings seeing various officials of the Foreign Ministry and
Ministry of Education (as listed above). Great effort was expended
in obtaining textbooks presently used at all school levels, plus vari-
ous government publications. The officials promised to deliver the
textbooks to Mr. Adams that weekend (March 11, 12) for pouching to
the Department. In order to effect the acquisition of government
publications and textbooks, the RPO sent a formal note to the Foreign
Ministry and a letter, copy of which is attached (Attachment C), was
to be hand-earried by Kr. Adams when he picked up the promised ma-
terial. The RPO also visited. the Central Library of Baghdad Uni-
versity. This institution is the depository for all government pub-
lications, some of which be was able to obtain here. One particular
publication which is believed to be of utmost interest and which, Vaa
airmailed to the Department, is entitled "Communications and. Bridges
of Iraq." Lists of publications available for exchange and theses
available at Baghdad University Central Library are attached (Attach-
ments D and E).
This visit to the various offices of the Education, Ministry,
aside from being fruitful to the publication acquisition operation,
uncovered a significant fact, according to Mr. Munn, which is that
the new officers are all newly-appointed to the positions, replacing
the Communists who have been purged from the Ministry of Education.
A separate report on this will be forthcoming by Mr. Munn.
Another indication that the Communists are losing favor in Baghdad
is the few Communist publications available. This is in contrast to
the tremendous amount of Communist material noted by the RPO on his
last visit to this city over a year ago.
VII. LEBANON - Beirut
Bince the MB:lbw:lame ill at Beirut, no formal trip report was forwarded
for this post. The following comments were contained in a recent letter
from hie:
"As for Beirut, it seems to be fortiamgabead rapidly in the pub-
lications field. Many new publications were purchased there and have
been sent. Of course, Beirut, as you well know, offers all sorts
of pocket-book series, etc. A great amount of the output of the new
publications seems to be translations of American and European his-
torical, biographic, political, and scientific works."
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ATTACHMENT A: List of Newspapers and Periodicals Published in Aden
Reuters - English daily bulletin issued by the Arab News
The Recorder - English weekly
Editor: Muhammad Ali Basharaheel
Address: Front Bay, Crater, Aden.
Adeu Chronicle - English weekly
Editor: Muhammad Ali Lugman
Address: Esplanade Road, Crater, Aden.
Al-Qalam al-,Adani - Arabic weekly
Editor: Ali Muhammad Lugman'
Address: Esplanade Road, Crater, Aden.
Fatat al-Jazira - Arabic daily
Editor: Muhammad All /*pan
Address: Esplanade Road, Crater, Aden.
Al-Ayyam - Arabic daily
Editor: Muhammad Ali Basharaheel
Address: Front Bay, Crater, Aden.
Al-Yaapa - Arabic daily
Editor: Abdul Rahman Girgira
Address: P. 0. Box 200, Crater, Aden.
Fatat Shamsan - Arabic monthly magazine for women
Editor: Mrs. Mahya Naguib Ahmed
Address: P. 0. Box 1193, Aden.
Al-Kifah - Arabic daily
Editor: Husain All Bayoomi
Address: P. 0. Box 520, Tagil& Road, Crater, Aden.
Angham - Arabic monthly magazine
Editor: Ali Aman
Address: c/o BP (Aden) Ltd., Steamer Point, Aden.
Al-Fagr Al-Gadeed - Arabic monthly magazine
Editor: Muhammad Abdulla Hassan
Address:
A1-linstama6 - Arabic Social monthly magazine
Editor: Ahmad Ibrahim Almas
Address: Front Bay, Crater, Aden.
Agency
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DEPARTMUTAL PUBLICCIONS
Aden Press Service - Arabic/English daily contains Govt. communiques
Aden News Letter - Arabic monthly, published by the Public Relations Department.
Federal Press Service - Arabic/English, irregular, published by the Federation
of Arab Amirates of the South
Aden Colony Gazette - English/Arabic weekly,
- official gazette of the Baihan Amirate? published every month.
English weekly published for the employees by the British Petroleum
Refinery (Aden) Ltd.
Al-Nasall - Arabic weekly published for employees by BP Refinery (Aden) Ltd.
Al-Naft - Arabic weekly published for employees by BP (Aden) Ltd. - bunkering
-section.
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ATTACHMENT B: List of ARAIWorit,
1. Current Affairs Radio Broadcasts -- daily from all Middle East radio
stations
2. Extracts From the Saudi Press -- almost daily from Saudi weekly and
daily newspapers
3. *Weekly Digest -- material from non-Saudi press about Saudi Arabia
4. *Monthly Labor Review -- labor activities throughout the Middle East
5. *Quarterly Education Review -- items on education throughout the Middle
East
6. *Middle East Economic Survey -- by subscription from Beirut
7. Developments and Trends -- monthly summary of highlights of the month
8. Monthly News Chronology -. events within Saudi Arabia in notes with source
9. Directory of Saudi Officials -- supplements and revisions turned out
from time to time.
*Prepared in Beirut by Middle East Research and Publishing Center, Fuad Itayim
and sponsored by ARMCO.
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ATTACHMENT Cs
Baghdad, March 8, 1961.
Dear Dr. Elias:
With reference to our conversation of March 70 1961, I wish to thank
you for your assistance and cooperation. It was indeed fortunate that
Dr. Nasir al-Nani, Director General of Public Relations at the Foreign Ministry,
referred me to you for help in our program of broadening American understanding
of Iraq and the Arab countries, and of studying the ways in which we might
be of assistance in encouraging the publication of technical, scientific and
vocational text and reference material in forms which may be of greater assis-
tance to all Arab educational institutions.
As I mentioned, the Publications Department of the Department of State,
Which works closely with the Library of Congress and other similar inatitu-
tions, vill greatly appreciate receiving copies of the text books being used
currently in Iraqi primary, intermediate and secondary schools. These will
be made available to scholars and others in the general interest of encour-
aging understanding, but perhaps more importantly, a study of these and
similar materials from other Arab countries will enable us to determine where
and bow we Can be of the most assistance in producing low-cost text and ref-
erence material tailored to be of use to students in the Middle East, with-
out duplicating the materials which you and others may already have prepared.
Copies of the textbooks in duplicate if possible, will be picked up by my
local assistant, Mr. Adams, who will see that they are promptly forwarded to
Washington.
One of your officials asked whether or not my request was "official."
I assure you that it is. Not only does the Cultural Agreement between our
countries provide for and encourage the exiChange of such materials, but also
my first act upon arrival in Baghdad was to present myself in my official
capacity of Regional Publications Officer at the Foreign Ministry, where I
explained tne purpose of my visit to Dr. Rani and was assured of his coopersm
tion. The Eibassy in Baghdad is sending the Foreign Ministry a formal note
on the matter in addition, since calls on other Ministries and offices will
be made.
Thank you again,
Dr. Teha al-Haj Elias,
Director General of Technical Affairs,
Ministry of Education,
Baghdad.
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Thank you again, Dr. Elias, and please convey my thanks also to Dr. Jelin,
Dr. Abd al-Rahman, Mr. Abd al-Majid, and Mr. Bead Nadir, all of whom were most
cordial and helpful.
Very truly yours,
- Anthony E. Lewis
Regional Publications Officer
Department of State
Address: American Embassy, Cairo
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ATTAbHMEAT D: Publications Available on Exchanel
Books printed in Arabic:
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3.
Sharif Asseran
Noun i Al-Befidh
fthi Al-Din !malt
Hygiene. 2 vole
Secondary Education in Iraq
Theory of Numbers and its history. 2 vols.
4.
Jasim Muhammvi Al-Khalaf
The Natural Basis of the Geography of /mg.
5,
Kama' Ibrahim
Uadat Al-Saruf (Arabic Grammar)
6.
Muhammad Mahdi Al-Baster
In the Abbasian Literature
7.
Jabir Al-Shukri
Organic Chemistry-Prectical part.
8.
Tahsin Ibrahim
Physical Chemistry
9.
Abdul Jabbar Abdullah
The Sound
10.
Muhammad Mahdi Al-Baster
? ;t tune in Mean
11.
Tabs Bawer
An Iintroduction to the Ancient Civilizations.
2 vols.
12,
Mustafa Kamil
Quantitative Analysis
13.
Tahsin Ibrahim
Qualitative Analysis
14.
Urea Nashat Ibrahim
Criminal Investigation Agency
15.
Ibn Al-/nbari
Nuzhat Al-Alibea Pi Tabakat Al-Udabaa
16.
Husain Ali-Mahfouz
Al-Mutanabi & Wadi, the influence of Arabic Poet
Al-Mutanabl on Saudi the Persian
17.
Salah A1.Din Al-NW
Iraqi Commercial Law. 3 vols.
18.
Fadhil Zaki Muhammad
Diplomacy in theory and practice
19.
University of Baghdad
University of Baghdad Directory
20.
Jwad Ahmed. Alwash
Saffi Al-Din Al-Rilli's Poetry
21.
Mood Salooum
Al-Jahies Systematic Criticism
22.
Saji Marduf
An Introduction to the Arabic Civilization
23.
MahdiAl-Makhzoomi
Al-Khalil Ibn Ahmed Al-Farehidi
24.
AbdUlMajid Al-Hakim
Iraqi Civil Law. vol 1. (Obligations)
25.
Salah Al-Din A1-.Nabi
A collection of Commercial Laws in Iraq and other
Arab Countries.
26.
Tousif Et.41-Din
The Modern Iraqi Poetry and the influence of the
Political and Social trends on it.
27.
Ali Jewad AI-Tahir
The Arabic Poetry in Iraq, and Persia in Saldjokos
times.
28.
Ministry of Society Affairs.
Women Reformatories Legislations
29.
Legislation of Aged Welfare
30.N
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Social Welfare Law
310
91 It It
Prostitution Prevention Law
32*
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Blind Welfare Legislation
33.
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Youth Welfare Legislation
34.
Al-Latiffiya; Abdul Karla. Town
35,
Industrial Bank
Profit & Lose Report. 1957/58-1958/59.
36.
Iraqi Atomic Energy Commiseion
Report of the Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission
37.
Ministry of Guidance
Folklore
38.
It II SI
The Revolution of 14th July in its second year
39.
Ministry of Commerce
The Activities of the Iraqi Commercial Delegation
to the Fifth Meeting of the Arab League
Ministry of Finance
The Budget of the Iraqi Republic 1959
,40.
41.
Ratidain Bank
Annual Report 1959
42.
The Mortgage Bank
Annual Report 1959
43.
Akram Nashat Ibrahim
Criminal Psychology
44. Ministry of
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44. Ministry of Education
45. Basher Al-Loose
Books in Eaglish
1. S. M. Al-Shamma
2. Ministry of Guidance
3. tt fltt
4. Ministry of Planning
5. Ministry of Education
6. Ministry of Guidance
A14tualim Al-Jadid (The Mew Teacher) a periodical
The Iraqi Birds.
The Etical System Underlaying the Kortan
The Revolution of 14th July in its second year
New Iraq. A pictorial magazine
Statistical Abstracts 1959.
Report on the Educational Progress in Iraq
Objectives of Iraq, Revolution
The above available for exchange at Central Library, Galversity of Baghdad.
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