FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES OF THE LEBANESE COMMUNIST PARTY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002600550009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 20, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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1< Since the boginning of 19119, financial aid from the Soviet Ingation 1n
Beirut has not been sufficient to defray the expenses of the Lebanese
Communist Tarty,, Party leaders have instructed the section ohms to
require that every member of the'Cotuinist Party contribute a minirm
of two Lebanese pounds per month; the actual amount to be paid by each
member will be detezined by the individual a in oo?e0 For exile,
wealthy members such as Anton Tabi t a ?Abdul ah Adrao fyas ]sitar and
Dr0 Sani h AL=,a1.Din would each pay botrmen &L 200 - a months, in
.addition to fluids which they are expected to contribute in tie of need,
source asserts,
2? Source states that the Soviet Legation has announced that the
decrease in its financial aid to the Party is because of difficulties
connected with bringing Honey into the country,
3 ,, Hasan Qurayki 1, a ComT.nist Party leader.. has been made "General Responsible
Offi_cex of the Party, Source adds that all funds collected by and
contributed to the Party are spent by the Central Cormrii tteo as it sees fit;
expenditures are not checked by anyone outside of the Central Com itteeo
CLASSIFICAT1ON ~?
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This document is hereby r to-
CONFIDENTIAL In acc?rdAnte With th@
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligent* to the
Archivist of the United StId0l,
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