USSR AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FRANJIYAH, SUPPORTS ARAB CAUSE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-184-6-64-1
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: October 9, 1973
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02: LOC-HAK-184-6-64-1
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USSR AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FRANJIYAH, SUPPORTS ARAB CAUSE
1iZ9 1340 BAGHDAD INA IN ARABIC 1315 GMT 9 OCT 73 M
(TEXT) BEIRUT--SOVIET AMBASSADOR AZIMOV MET TODAY FOR 72
II1N"TES WITH LEBANESE PRESIDENT SUULAYt1AN FRANJIYAH. PRIME MINISTER
TAOIY AD-DIN AS-SULH ATTENDED.
THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR REAFFIRMED TO PRESIDENT FRANJIYAH
Td:Ai THE SOVIET UNION SIDES WITH THE ARABS AND THEIR WAR ON THE
iJ1 SjERN AND NOHTH.RN FRONTS AGAINST ISRAEL. HE ALSO SUBMITTED
TO TH PTh SIDENIT THE SOVIET UNION'S STATEMENT IN THIS REGARD.
ANSWERING THE JOI.RNALISTS nUESTIONS, AS-SULH SAID THAT THE
EN.MY PLANES TOD^Y STRAFED THE LEBANESE RADAR NETWORK. HE ADDED
TddAT THERE ARE HOSTILE MOVEMENTS OPPOSITE SOUTHERN LEBANON AND
THAT HE DOES NOT RILE OTT A POSSIBLE ISRAELI AGGRESSIVE ATTACK.
THE LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER ALSO SAID THAT DURING TODAY'S
P':.TING HE ACQUAINTED THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR WITH THE THREATS
THAT ISRAEL HAS MADE AGAINST LEBANON.
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/02: LOC-HAK-184-6-64-1