EXPECTED VISITS OF BALAFREJ AND EL FASSI TO NEW YORK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014300400008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 6, 2002
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 7, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELL:.IGENGE AGENCY
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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMON. ' T REPORT NO.
CD NO.
COUNTRY Morocco DATTE DISTR. 7 October 1952
SUBJECT Expected i.s s3 of Ba,lafre.i nd el. Fat3si NO.'OF PAGES to New Fork
2 DATE OF
INFO.
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ACQUIRED
NO, OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
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Ahmed Balafrej, Seeretary-General of the Istiglal (Independence) Party
and chai?Y ,n 'of the Jo..t at, strategy committee of the tour Moroccan nationalist
parties, is to arrive s.za NEB " ora~ d&rirt the creek of 6 October .19
Mohammed. ben Abdu7lah Allal el Fasssi, leader of the Tstiglal Party and
spiritual head, of the Moroccan nationalist movement,. also is to arrive in
New York by air during t '; e : 'eek of 6 October .1952:,2'
Fassi has met w th off:fcials of the Foreign Offices of Argentina, Brazil,
and. Chile in an attempt to gain. thir? support .for that Moroccan case before
the United Nations
4. Balafrej and el Fas i.t are tao remain in New.) oxk during the sessions of the
Jnited Nations Genera! Asse ,1,ly a n4 will act in an 44visory capacity to the
committee of cab. As3ien ec>>.n rier3 congerned with the.` presentation of the
Moroccan case
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tot Pa *`rc j : ay be the bearer of Tara: ira TTActiona from the
Sultan concerning the conduct of the Moroccan. case In the UK. In any
event,, .the Iatt4l.al ecr?etary is a man of considerable political experience
who should be of great Lis to the Moroccan dele, ation in the United States.
Although B 1aafrej was arrested and ex lled fresp Morocco by the French
during the! last tsar he. i noted ?or his lack of !bitterness and for his
belief that his country can recover its independence by, peaceful means .
CoAmie-rit El 3!'aFSai as Worts in oath A rice have been successful
m s point of view, as wa? his publicity tor of .3weden before that.
CLASS I F I CATION 8.0R' ICQNTFO.L - U.S a OFFICIALS ONIy
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