DISSATISFACTION OF ASSYRIANS IN THE JAZIRAH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000800690009-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: August 28, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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., It is believed that a delegation of reportedly pro-French Assyrian. s,
living in the Jazirah (Northern Sy-ria), recently came to Beirut where;,
t'l?ey conferred with Cardinal Tappuni, Syrian Catholic Patriarch, Th,,:
delegation included:
'ashoy Hanna Ibrihim
Addis 'aduli
George (Jirjius) Jabuxki.
Sal id ;uhdi.
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population, would protest,,
"u..h, through Georges . y aari.g Chef as Cabinet of the President of d et anon,
to allow the Assjrians 1-wing in the Ja%i.rah to move to Lebanon, suf a
avoided a reply,,
In addition ,r, Antun ArLda, Maronite Patriarch in Lebanon, had reque3ted
President Bisharah Khurni to permit the ant" of these Assyrians e, Khu :i
had answered tha'r, the .Lebanese Moslems , fearing an. increased Chr$ ati z i
2~ The Assyrians camp,-ained, as they had on previous occasions, of the i rsh
treatment meted out to than by the Syrian Govern lent and of the hosti lay
attitude dispi< yad by tie=:e Beduin tribesmen. As a result of these co,-11.tions,
the delegates expressed a, desire to immigrate to Lebanon,
i o Tappuni reportedly stated, that two weeks previously he had asked Prey. * Riyrad
Cardinal Tappun:. is belie ved to have advised the Assyrian delegation :`.o
wait until the :i of t v year, by which time conditions would probab -y improve o
On the evening of 11 July-.q following the delegation's visit to him,, Tappuni
called on Daniel SoiLid, Soviet sister to the Leva.ut, and described `" o hin
the position of the,Asns;y :.. in northern Syria,, Solod assured Tappu .. of
his help, and offered to : ssist the Assyrians in iaigrating to the S. - e::.et
Union if they so dens irre,d.:.
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