DAILY REVIEW OF THE SYRIAN PRESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R005200120010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 28, 2004
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: May 5, 1950
• Content Type: PREL

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BANNING OF LEIiaNESA PAYVRS :
A]. Avvarn Director of Police Major Ahmad a1-.1Azle issued a
- rcula.F instruction prohibiting the entry into Syria of the
following Lebanese newspapers and magazines:
Raqib al-Ahwal, Al Nida' g Al Zaman, Al Diyar, Beirut al-
Iasa', Al 'Ahid, Al Ruwad, Al Hadaf, Al ' Amal, al Sayyad,
Al Tayya.r, Al Telegraph, and Al Nida'?a.1 Watano
Other Lebanese papers may be sold in Syria,,
CONFUSION IN SYRIA DENIED:
.Al Balad: It is reported from Cairo that a responsible spokesman
=,:ra'i'rrian Legation there has denied a report by Al Ahr,
Egyptiar, daily, that the mounting confusion there may .ea'Wto
a new coup. He asserted that stability prevails in Syria and
that close cooperation exists between the Army and the Government
As to the resignation of the Defense Minister the spokesman
stated fi he t it is a result of disagreement between. him and
certain -::W his colleagues in the Cabinet over specific provisions
in the new constitution. He added that the resignation of the
Minister had not yet been accepted, and concluded, "By resignining
the Defense Minister hoped to have more freedoit to defend his
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,NATIONALIST PARTY CELEBRATION IN HOMS,
ja: Qabas: t?~:. martyrs, Day, Ma,, 6, the Nationalist Party will
celebrate in Horns, tomorrow, Saturday. Several Party leaders
will speak at the celebration ceremonies.
SOVIkETMINISTER'S ACTIVITIvS
Al Jaba ; Mr. Solodq the Soviet Minister in Syria and Lebanon,
`~`iaaking preparations to leave for his new appointment in the
Soviet Foreign Ministry. He has made several official and
unofficial approaches in Damascus with the view to encouraging
Syria to purchase arms from Russia 'and other Eastern satellite
countries. He has reportedly promised to recommend to his
Government the sale of all types of arms to Syria and other
Arab states in exchange for Syrian product. The Russian Minister
'however, conditons that Syria should not join either of the two
conflicting camps.
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a.`I'RGNGLY r' OiMW NUTS tD Lk,FSANUN :
AA l Nidal : In a strongly-worded note addressers to the the
t.~eVaI'nese Government Syria protests against the recent Lebanese
decree prohibiting the registration of property belonging to
Syrians resident in Lebanon in the Real Estate Bepartmento
AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION:
Al N4&sa': Letters of support and appreciation are received
;tailyThy Minister` Economy, I4a?ruf al-Dawalibi, for his
important speech which he had made in Cairo. A letter signed
by certain Mukhtar a].Ani stated that "American public opinion,
Fi-And particularly official opinion, has begun feeling conscious
stricken about the erroneous American policy which has been
followed by responsible statesmen and which has resulted in the
loss of the Arabs respect and confidence in America ."
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