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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 13, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 24, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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be quoted nor attri.bi.zted to the Legation,
e f`~ c~1^.riri is an infernal digest of material from the local Arabic Preens,
end tv y to be' considered as an official tra .slat.-i,on. It sdpuld not
}s ;; zc~~a 110 ~r:WL o I MCJ~.RY 28, 19401.
saa..~..m~e.smrsr,u~fr,wovssc+~s ?ws~?n ~.wm~..r i...#a.w~war~.m
Al if lie 4 r #;T` s A 7:'ta.yha Al $&. ad 44liww.rr
,,,,I llama Barsada, Al Ta ;ir, Al 01 D.~oab3 sd D moo ? a
it.. Sabai $ Al Tnszea 9 hi ;,abav, , aad
a, -~?affi
4.?ww-mooo ?t,*br'ti.7.LJU Vas' Cl .L
Al, ? ; .ado Biaaediateiy after the ad jourrerlaerxt of the 3rd
Gyro-Lebanese neeti n ; in Beirut, 3's ino "' Aillis ter 011
Lebanon.' lyad Bey al )ulh made a stafie:ient to the press
bra vux eh he ea pressed his satisfaotioxi vvith the zautu; l
Luiu:arsta.ndiiig. 41a-'_0i has over`whe .i;aeU the a;'a$eIAn&, and
particularly with the extent of the kl:,yx i.: n ": xvern :ent ? s
readiness for the urideret? naing of the Lebanese view=
points a spirit ?'.Nhiohi h=ad never- been witnes. ed before
,: ce the death of 8sFit ~E# l ah al 1ubiri,"
Al-_" ;,: irais .; r of Public I- struct3.o a ):chain Bey
Darast has :Left for Cairo reportedly on a special mission
onvoid by the 6yriexa- GovaAzii exztn possibly to discus: vita
the oomp tent rub authorities on Arab iffairso
From r4i1iuhle sources bur roporterlea.r?ns that
oo .aunic tion.s het:z:eerr4 the eirab sr?tates ovur t; ae future
of the Xnciaz rArmy is under way, unu tliuL it was the topic
of\ co.nvu.rs atioar. al ,.art and ~~iyad 5al-15ulh.o
``hcr?d a ze all ind. c t.On.s thit this army t?ill be placed
undor the supervision and the filL*nce of tho :rub League.
Cu;
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On jNLo e;ic; D aruuscus paper's bitt r1y c iticizud the
crab ~ erxu:tents and 1 a: cier; placing th?era res;p(aisi.1il.e
1"o: the actual t ru E dies of iale8tiz1e and 1'or the truce-
a e bE.rai; v,11, i.:h yrss siFSneu by the L, ;yptiane urnd the Jews
in Uiacdes on Thursday, ifobruaty 24, .19499
i ditor ha j tib a1-i,,.Ayyis 0':;11S the defeat a t'raorale,"
and riot military ux1C a-rid writs ~; iri 117.3 u,),,,.x, .~.1 t o
inter alif:
It is most : laa: fu s:c_ ;irii'u7 that tie 0:3 are
ind .vidua1.i.y loosin ,, "he be r the and not
mil t tri.iy,p `'' ~,s.`-ib` ieader3
.fie. a'..1 :i~'}~E3 ).mac ~ E' `S " Pori ~ilt.1?.f'!
Ci7.n}S9 }?Z'aarws~ .A-~ ali ti:zr p anti ; eputies have, buea riii;:elly
defe?atod ,.a front of the Jdw2 v of e poteritialiti us arid
frames ua;'e ttiforio' to those of the nabs, they have ?1_osi~
d Ill thertisa:lveso ? o
the batt1F, 4, t: the log:: of ~ioxre.. V .`~,' 1 1X)t+ inis e s
to say ;;~ to t ,a :h7':::ii> 1:
f;`cJ.c1
that `g a i' You urc .r? to pxotoot US; lauVe Liae
to us ar
Under a j~.tct a" i to iIi fi:?' e %.gr :at 0 ,'Uru,uc tile
ti8~'i~l" ere C3
t o Lih.3 i C3~`'~ t).A.~3 i- i.rad.j.t . the
all the defeated it ?.X op ar i ",1 .e .frflti. d EIT'uSEt"i h Ij &rt3_CdF~
"J 'ites the 7~L~'1_~U~ .t.~.s; and Ili LUaY'~3Si 1e hor7e '. i t lasts
Thursday, is eb< ;,Aould be tiie day .,J ail,:tr to that Evheia
i ales i; _ai o o ? ?
%ia iia-a! - #i? C()k.i' ??.'.:i the C 'L sad'er:i Of
i3ut ziher of this Generution,, and
is the army o
6uriday lab 21, Loss de per
into the subject I.i1.RK~` a "Black Day" ao a title of the
co.l,u.,in o after 'ad:xti,:.1"t to ?t all the r'ab :~tiates are
res.: .tisi'Ib ' e for b en. concluded in S,iaocte=s
between till 3 c~: s ali:l the i~ ;yp tiara a it crairns the .;yrian
c.':n Vile Lebanese uCl'+T:...i:.li? ent; of the threats inslnue t ect by
10she ..'hertul. urace tririte s in p? rt.,
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ode would tiKe to paint out the danger hidden behind
the Rhodes ne;otiaatioa:~s unG confrontirl:.; the .grabs. By
nee aatiaatin.;1 di th the 'y ptisrly individually, the Jews,
have Succeeded in s 3eci n dissension a.~lorid the ,,rubs.
The. iaEive also a;3r)ra,aot.ed the Sa'udi oxubian i. ingdom with
a vicar of donduutint, siIllar talks e Arabia, nevertheless
has dool inera' '.znci.il~.; no ju'stit'icftfiion for such talks, as
"its boundaries _:rc not udjaceaJi with to t of l:arael."
There are all indications Lxapa~''aelil. i,1 tde the futt:re is
only a suh eot c aont@i&-,apt a1iu ecorno 'They vrill continue
to be so au io ie . S the iiethO(Af; ',hick `AUde u:3 1o,,ie the
V, ar . uro hei;xi::; repeated every day on the sat&i o of
'ifltexnt. _., uIl t xtcrnal ppolic.' of the ,.rub acuritries.
.18.1.,ef"i H Yr 9i i~tt .a N....c,{:.,L' tlt! i.at.l. ,~i R u% i:+.y.~t- o
I
? Al ova r: t Cairo #epci t of the status that the AL
U.78 zec eiVe0, 4eo:v4 treat the Zion?-st (. "c cc)xicerit:t tjtl?
t elz f'or cF"s " ~ g s.3
,~.;~. ~ Nr7.k'tritC: )'il ad+~l~.1.E:@ F: .~.pti~u -iilE~~-~lYT3.n
bdundarp-, said th.t foou a icd , ar -;later ia]_ tare pouring
every day r to',Iorr:ze7 Q ,in -rL b pilot txa_, informs d the
AL that tie sir CrO;.t th :air about 16 . sthipc iroae;euirt to
'u1 st3.z~i 7 tt ::,ssc seci iii .i or hi ., sheep p
aeeordittl? to fro,,;, the Uf':t'ioer of ;iayr-til:-ior Tribes
to the aL.ttlldrit.'a;,,,
Invest E atio ,)r ovud What the F,, gvtryssors belonged to the
RA .zah tr:'ibe y -uc t:.n t ti). ey i j.(3d to the ut3st lo`.tvirtr heh iid
the ski o? era she `)p 0
tti3El t~ ~} N' _il x{,~CF? .~.t `yks \Ji.; Wo
.ftl3 i~.~',:k,y .t?tIf o!,:E;t'r:LGt' L'3:CJ:i.t3i, a:.,lai E ysaia.?4 izc.d the
1aecus atio: ,,:, ad, i J1 la he local p}. ess .b Vf.7ar3.in
1
;,.ktk:..a'_.,,E.'Il.i~~ in {2irlE3 of t;..rJile .~.. .I.lc~ f i.t~.,
the l3i~ta E.~ 5f,lt9..a e~,?,!_... 9eM *r {oiiis4.
Tile , r c~ ' e'~i,.s tie cZ,Ty~.{S~i.~'Lr~3f ~1ot'~i~. +EzVl { i~..-.-{
'J
!~'~e.i. sr.~.~rC.:i rv~al~k;.'?~ ~ t C~ ~~fi lG'~ 5.. a~
1~a the r~L'.~}t.i of t'. {-r ~_1.L.i ..I'{?..; siC
'tis~.t.~t ~--e~~~ tti .t fUa.r .i.. r~:'?:`i..~iL; u.i :It-i~.v i}t1I2tAi~C:~t:td.
.6 W1 OiziCi arc li :x.'7Y ili Ox
ai ~? utl a-'i -%1f`icer's C; .'3aP" orovui, a ad tilsoorltctit wit', the
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SlhVt is GOLD T U Th.6 JJYx iS 01' ALE '1'0 r.
Al Nazir, +avi.n learrled of the arrival of u quantity, of
? eit b1ocks~ and. a rau.r;:ber of cold sovereign pounds,, the
Syrian Police 141 iileppo raided the shop of ?,,:Oise Jai al
J w1# h merchant in i hun al. Uumz'ok, the main ooa:lanereial
center of 'Ileppoa 'bout 3 toxi~ of silve.- and 10001 golden.
Pounds have been Toanidrn the possession of Isra r~.abban.ij,
traanag r of the shop, they have, been confiuouted pend.in6 th;::
receipt bf the docutaento relative to ';Jiis shipment., -,hioh
'iabbani all'Jged. v er.: In Beirut 4 th the pr'o~prieter, ;4oisc
Jainr3 o It is rk'ortii i.ianv m Cids_i i'1 that a1r. o aiiial has presented
half-aGniillion 'ourici guarantee i'oi' the x.)laase of the
' shipaen't
Ci ?i O1iS1a i 't a: L:ti.s'iiuH.i~~1 :s ~~LISill o
Al .ifah The Ministry of National Defense hag sur jested to
the 'ou ici? ,of Minister he abolition of censorship imposed
on telephone conv ezsation betvveun 11aur. an and other parts
of Syria, in viet>r of` the termixwtirn of all reasoris which
has necessitated such iueasures.,
:azW
Al Xifah? In a letter to the Council of xr inisters the
iVkinistry C}i }' 1%leirice Loa ests the cowplete abolition of lira
the 4heat i:ionopoly Organization,,
6i Ji 9 41S 4"1I ~k~Az "a
Barada: Accordirle. to this pa per I S rcpor ter , the.Ciao!; em.en t
of smuggling Jewish ~eal.th has , t,pr ared clearly during the
past two wvvei' s in the j eww!isih .lij'dICL' O
a
Bar'ada m it2i tr,y of i e en4e i1c, F~ tioelded, rlri(1 notified
the iyt rli t;r r Of Interior .d
Abu-al-ia ayr nil-Ustuwani ex-j luins that the is not
merely a con;w,ierea.:_.. fix"xt, b,.t a pro j~;ct sup~)orted by the.
1tmeri.can Govei r~.,:i rlt, to mate ria.li ~e its foreign policy in
the countries hroa,:,h ' h the piipelS.rre,y c=ross, An agreeiaent
existent bets e r the `t'crpline and the Llaerican uoveu.uant
through the Petroleuir1 he:;serve Ors anization presided by iJIr.
Harold Ikes' provides tji-at thee TAPLINi1 resa rve be million barrels
for the =overnirldut :rd Mbstain fro_; selling petrolau:,l to
any Country unap l-atied. of by xxaei ica. The coiuliinist here
in.yuixes if th,:-, provision is the a ,r.oei,ienw vv.hiuh provides
the
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the selli'nq` of 200,,00) tons of crude oil to Syriu can be
stop led should the US Covs4rlrx-ent so desire f , should :iyria
not s Sree'with its foreign policy.
Bajaaa.. This paper condemns the instigation of the students
by some deputies to organize antiTaplir a deaonetrations in
the streets. The paper advises the deputies to abstain from
suoh actions and to wait oar Parlianent's meeting when they
will have ample time to discuss the project.
SHIFT TO IiAI 'A
Ba The N ;BS Corresuondent in Beirut r;,ports . that
foll.owin3 the Anti-Tapline demonstrations recently organized
in Damascus, the Company in question has threatened to move
its pipelines to Haifa. The Lebanese Govern Gsnt is roported
to have hastily contacted the Company's myna ers in the view
of calran.ing -theta down and pr=1si..Ing to Intercede, with the
Syrian Govea-r ment in the hope of persuadinf it to urge the
Parliament's ratification of the Company as soon as possible,
The Saudi .: rabia n Legati oar in Beirut is also reported to
have intervened with the T:piine Office in Beirut and asked
the Company to _;ive Qp its threats d
Al Shatb reports thtnt the Lebanese Govei-runent has :requested
th$` Syrian to ssubside the uproar created in Dem.a; cus against
.the TA 'LIlF in order t .at the lgr a `'nen t be ti i s cus:; eti in an
atnospher ? of quietness o
LNI LCOTIOI tC POLICY m'-N. Timp 13 ~1 ~kl watl t:
Al Nasr: jet a press confereiice held Tur,sday' (March 1) noon
attended by car: