TRANSMITTAL OF LITERATURE

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• Publication Date: December 20, 1948
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FORM1 NNO. ~I.6lp CLASSIFICATION REST1 .ICT D
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
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The attached material is being sent for your retention in the belief
that it Llay be of interest;
Daily I,evie!'r of the w,.Yrian press or 24 and 26 -L!ovwiber 1940.
These attachments are of a free classification.
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The following is an inferral direst of material from the local Arabic Press,
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be quoted nor attributed to the Legation.
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GLS'r No.224~ SEDNESDAY, NOVhAB.&R 2L 191x8-
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r Al 1 anar, Al Insha' , Al Yea l'ah
Alef . a' , t.l Fayha , An Nazir, ad?-Duha
Al Balad, Al i.,abas, Al Ayyam,
and Al J abal.
xscLL_ LANE ou4, N24,V Own
CIA Librar j,
VERY .1IS2 STEY ! . .
Alef Ha'' The economic meeting summoned bya h hinster
National L'conowY was held yesterday The Cant'ereea discussed
in t the Finance sinisterrs UffiCe`ht of the Lebanese newly
the economic situation in the rketg The meeting which recessed
established free currency to further'
at 7 : 30 I~ ? m ? will be resumed at k:OD ,m ? a tfree e furGe
discuss the advisability of establishing
market in Syria along with Lebanona
RAISL~ OF GUST OF LIVING IN g~RIA: as the
Alef Bat : The Council of Ministers has decided to ray
`maces of bread by 2.5, 5, and 10 Yiaaterae ationyJr kilo
according to its quality, hence a new augur
in the cost of living is effected.
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CAi?I E T .RESHUFFLE?-
t'a1z ' :e Heub? ift . well ry C t Lr IL?[~,
u.,?1.. ?i;Fi %.w3 A
ir~cc. to -OMPly with the rAquest', ;~f the Ir -11dent of
the Republic to t'orr;, stron n a t i o n a l P. a .net:. V -1c, Fo p;;.i.a 5
state that they have not yet official? y approt shed on the
subject - They prF:pared to study'
Proposal pres`--nt ed to tchr.?it] and then either comply with it
when consistent, or refuse It when contrary'.
'` ront very reliable sources comes tho news that, a 'atron.,-
understandin, exists between the Nationalist utnd hc?tpuh1.U'`an
leaders and the Loner b.s prepared to so- ;port the k rose?1L
Ca'C,ia t; in all. casesr whsi.?her par lairs tinF- in it or not.,
AM PT To BLOW UP AN NA3R :
A't 1arxar: A beige colored :iorr-y stopped in front of An asr?'s
printing Office at 2;3O ..m,, yea terday and a bomb
Tile ex.
in jua ed cortaiti einpioyeas and damaged the
windows.
The lorry then drop t'wards Beirut, Tina
hra.wring berm informed by teiei.'ione the
i ec der~~., attemptld to stole the lorry, but -. 'er
e
Irod on and
sv.:_ftly passed.
Minute inquiries into the incident arfo carrieni aut
by the Security Depar^,ment as it causMd a rao.t d.i4cont ;nt
in the city,
ARESST U? N,1TIUNALS ? W:
Manar: According to maws from itmman, the Trarasj orctan
authorities have laid hand on and imprisoned nuir>,b:,r of
Liberal Nationals, including; Day1 B,-'al.-rlamrad, R-tib
l)arwaza, Mahmud al-4?.utala k, bashir Khattab, and Ore !' abih
al-.Rushaydat
3ELECT ON OF FABA.a,- DRUM DEPUTIES:
Al Kifah: The following were selected to represent Jabal
rd.ze "in the present Chamber of Deputies:
Jarall Abu ASali, Da Tud al-Hindi, Nayof Nasr, } usayn a3 -
Shawgi, for Jabal Dr?uze, and Agla al-Qutami for the mi lorities.
).n the ???.
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In the Thursday rrre=2t. ink; of ?the afore-
mentioned persons will be nor:linated as deputies and then
sent- to Damascus. They are most
( TIKIDITY
Al +.cabc.s. under this headica, the Nationalist p:a-lp , l N,: w
writes in art
:
We reiterate to-day that the back of t.purri_shments.F and
particularly administrative Luni hments are, the i'~act;)rs which
encou.raae the crimes and attacks., The Incident of t-,n N:.sr
;gave a new proof that certai.ra citizens no more care ' 1',co resort
to Goiir?t but prefer to take their revenges with their own
hands.
WILh the release of those who c.r:,nduct,a an attack on
the Nationalist Party Office, those who had led
the +:ti raa,aay>.r~ .T
tors in 1939 against the t'ational rte ,thee with the assi arks
of the Frernch.; with the release of those who were
}.p'_?`tral,.tt e
by the Directorates of the Police to reach the
Ot'.ii ce, we reiterate that the, signs of downfall which was
-commenced it, .1.939 with the protection of the French is today
ai; earLr~,w in a hi? zer form.
when the l4"ationa.l.i.,t Party Office was attacked yesterday,
and. An Nasr to-day, and when the insti,-;ators and they attackers
are tolerated and appologically rsleased, there would came a
day l,.,hen they will Launch an attack on the office of the.
President Of the Council o" Slirtisteps, fir the nerves Qf
the leaders are weak o
JE iSH CLAIMS tt EPRODUCED Iir A ':&:,' ICAi' FiiPE S:
Alef Ba' : The followin- was broadcast by the Damascus Radio:
"The American 'New York Sunday' has pubiisheid a re;:ort
among its misleading news that. th,~ Uruzes are participatiri:;
in the fight in Palestine on the side of the Zionist
that they are in contact with then and other similar,
alle a.tions insinuated by the, Zionists through the
Amaric Gsca
and Foreign press correspondents.
"These unfounded reports which the Zionist;; Pres:> Dept-;.
spread indicate not only complete ignor;3nce in the ma uri+tv
of the Syrians and the nationalist feeling, of Syrian cit:izios,
but also the for,lish ;:ropaganda of the Zionists which meets w .t:
th,,, di. ;cast .. ,
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the di.agust Of the readers. Sl,m l.ar ly di sE:,ust1 are r rya
r~~f.,ort:~; and 4nt:rigues t:ubiished at.d ?zMo.zraced by the:
r.'ionist propagaendn circles. Undoubtedly, these only
add to the feelR.ng of hatred agai.na-t tla Je s end ~_ns : l3 I
the readers and a'zdie.tee t. despise :iaern.. r
}~ tlN 1'l J~ I ALS O TWO 1} A16SJc1,Cl.DiANIAN'S;
AJlef Ba' : A decree was issued grantiu.g the `,yriaa n'r:k.t Iiieda..:,
Tode_T, to the two Transjordanian not 1.hles: Sabri ?z~ ba
ai.Tabba' and l em a' ii Pasha al--J il.b ys i ?
La-tbv" ? STRIKE P GAIN NSTi L. CTR.1CITY QwCF r f I :
Alf ba' : A gx?etai:, number of industrial 1.abo:m_rs demonstr?nT Cjd
yesterday in the streets of the Capital In protest ag.jj,nst
cut Ling el actrir c,t,rr ,'fit; They mer the competent,
aut h t i us
and requested theiy' intervention for -uttizu an end to tiav,
d poti sm Of the c company, Particularly because 1j.
disturbs the coiner r,: especially the 4 extile , and food
production,, The demanbtrator, disso?iated after vcsw;~ wer
romiserJ that the
p:tOblei i wt'at.ld soon 9oivvedh
IAA;'.ION LIST I5 BITT ?. A'.r'a'AGtk (' ' ftAl IdYD, i
Al i+'a,~ha' : akin_ the lead in the attack on :err
1~ tiq"1~~.:Lst: paper writes in L'art :
urged Dr. ,Sam, 'Kabbara to disown the attack on tits:
Datx.orzalist Warty office if he was not the
lesst.'~f,t t;or?, 6, c,
courtesy to 40 and 20 Journalists, all his
col ~.e~~.t_:a.. s
and members of the ha.tionalist, Party, Instead he wrote .,h
.following:
Yesterday'; i.ucident was not an instir ax;a.a:;n, ;, i,".ixer
was that of 1939? .
The :ooula., un raised in 1939 anai. t you
conspiracy and against Prsnch colonization and
1. .'
sll u!ace. had there not been that anger In 1.1:x,
country would have been ceded to the French and t h
Independence w aich you alone benefit of had not b=T- ,:
tab ,ained0 . .
You destroyed the country until you bana_;ahed the
Independence and lost k'alestined. ,
Decaurse you are interested in tt;e i:c ndanc e o '
the country's p p ,nd funds, and not -Its
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sov reignL , even &t the :ost of its rr.'.ZYrni? z 1. ~..~.f}:
\v not. c ncern you Ue.L 1936. ? 1.
.our s1dent, 1943 and L,
rorii; o '"htr Pol,ulac ~}3tzt '~~1e -1'!= { ~ii~E!s r);' x'36 llu1d
not be repeated and 7vis,l. tit ;~Jt t Sri.
Ga^~ she i936 :KAvo not returned Eft:{
your 1,e!"r'i.i i a(''t i1>l:,:i .Ia 1941^l948 macie t.le o")7 %u t 7 ., `n
for-;?at; ttlfe rrfistakes 1936. ? . ,__ G
Editor 'I'ii.1awa ;4tn:.~~~iALS:
how cornjarai.:iZ,re i-5 the. year of 194,8 wi.t:h 1939 when
thos?. ' -unzsters t dr'ive' for Cr'lrfi c1. 3t1 r st the Nat ic]iZal. s
CreLiLed false a~1.eta ion ,C3 bariis the, ! lance and its
7,,u 1 .lenient .;. They Gijp the NatAun ii ,t e;:'tro ed
the epublican re ;irtie, the F rl.ialrl*,nt.ary life, and, dispev,,3ed
the ~~ata:.n.alis:
t~%U5?'1.#J3 of t~r8
emu; t w.c4ri!'rZt.3 of the A"L.iance of 19316, to---dry tNwy have the,
L roblem of Pal s: irie ? .. 'What have they done for Pain itjrr ;? . ,.
Havre they Volunteered for ..~a.t,d, contri;)ut.a:Jt for the cause
Or distr"ibutec' brag?. to tho di. ;p r;~c?!1 Pal ~:i.i ra .Manr', f .. .
Ivo, they hare not done anythin`a of the so 1; ? . 4 , for the
countries fu ur ee does not
The editor then roas on to .'gait e the popu clv.
disgust. of the attack on he tyuti_ana1.l .,t Party jiff;;,:=ew A
number of thea., have ranea on the President, of th;y
expre sin- their disaj_F;roval.
So did a 3F'aP?.i:er a' Nati.oanalist LDef,u _i,.:x t'rb.u ~~c3. i't i.~ ua.'.i.~d ??,~
j.resented to the President a letter of p~rotre.5t
` t).e uar,:dscus r'aricn of the I t3.r}ti~~? ::. a v + ?<
+I+k?f';: Pr' tdent and presented. hi re .Y' t st , ~i o
Cables r .4 !is"rf-t 'have bo ci r. t~ Mitred by t e E' ~.l ?_?
',j ,riou:- 5yriart i?.i.iCt::i_fa.a