FISCAL AFFAIRS OF THE LEBANESE COMMUNIST PARTY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002300110001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 24, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 31, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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
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DATE DISTR. 31 -Tau* 1949
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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,)
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