FISCAL AFFAIRS OF THE LEBANESE COMMUNIST PARTY

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CIA-RDP82-00457R002300110001-7
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November 24, 1998
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January 31, 1949
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REPORT
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CLASSIFI ION SECT' INFORMlOTI Approved For ReC1? L~I~R COUNTRY Lebano ll'ranoe/WM SUBJECT PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF INF Fiscal Affairs of the Lebaneese Cornnist Party 25X1A6a of, nV CCNTEHTS In A84 itANi3EN TO all WIIAfRN6&I28i eaRfOA I~ PGa 82-0041 ORT CD NO. DATE DISTR. 31 -Tau* 1949 NO. OF PAGES 1 NO. OF ENM. (LIVED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 25X1X6 to The fiscal affairs of the Lebanese 0=vn1st Party are managed by the Secretaries of the Quarters Sections (firgah)a each of hon is responsible for his am section's financesp and for the submission of a detailed report of receipts and etitpeaditures to the Secretary of the Local CoLzaitteeo Under no- circucstances can the eacpenditures be more than me-fifth of the receipts, unless the Local Coim ittoe has approved such empenditurese 20 The Secretary of the Local Coxmittes supervises the Wenditures of his committee and the Quarter Section under his jurisdiction, submitting a comprehensive financial report to the Secretary Gworal of Finance of the Coim st Party, Mmlid Baghdaah, who has hold this position since 199144; his predecessors were Aron Lwa ioyan and Fora j 11ah flthio 3. Baghdaah distributes extra funds to the financial secretaries of the local district camittees only when the Co=nist Party is compelled to spend money for political coapaigns or parliamentary elections o 1O From 1933 to 1939 the Lebanese Commnist Party received funds from the Retch Corcnrni st Party through Llad zee Leovater, Gabriel do la Pyne9 Axthm Tabit9 Ami.1 Qaah'amt and Jirgi Qazan, the father of Fu'ad Qazan, Funds were also receiver, for a short time thrA one of the officials of the for! French High Cor iesion in the Lunt, states, 25X1 X6 5a Following the outbreak of World Tlar II, these funds from France were discontinued, and foreign funds were not received by the Communist Party until 19)43, with the establishment of the Soviet Nations in Deirat and Damascus. In May 1913 the Soviet Legation in Beirut- gave ~ Dag1 ash a find large enougJa to cover en ex renditure of 1L 22,000 -2 O0O foi the political campaign in ],9139 'then rarcjaflah Hi1.u, Nicola Shansi., and Anton Tabit were att& ting to win seats in the Chanter of Deputies. It also covered the salaries of approximtely fifty Party leaders and employees9 as well Mdi for Co nunist publications and certain clandestine 25X1 A6a affairs* Comcent? It has been previously reported that the Conianist p spend approh iate1y 3L 259O0O for the elections in 19)43, but that it actually spent only--LL 13,0009 as the Party called off its campaign and withdrew its candidates,) WARNING NOTICE: TF[rSTRIBUTioN LISTING MUST WE This document is re,'-)v regreddcd to C0Nr iDENTIAL is ^,CO_C."...^n 1'?.':;l , ?ctlcr ^cior cf C Of Fcr wed for Release :)I'Tr L IJ S. OFFIC old OIZy 25X1 A2 25X1X6 ffm