EXPECTED VISITS OF BALAFREJ AND EL FASSI TO NEW YORK

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CIA-RDP82-00457R014300400008-5
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 14, 2016
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February 6, 2002
Sequence Number: 
8
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Publication Date: 
October 7, 1952
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Approved For Release 2002/08/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO14300400008-5 ru ^v. !51 r+Mig FER 19Sa w.. CENTRAL INTELL:.IGENGE AGENCY SECR:ET1'c014-78 oL .- U. SS OFFIGTAL3 OI,Y 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. PLACE ACQUIRED NO, OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 25X1A 25X1X 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 25X1A 25X,1A 25X1A 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 Co=aent. Unevaluated reports I 25X1A Approved For Release 2002/08/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO14300400008-5