1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
Middle East
1908- 1985
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Lebanon
1903- 1979
February 1, 1951
Three Turkish missions will visit Syria in February to study Syrian history, culture, and social development. As well, Turkey has asked the U.S. to send troops to protect Syria and Lebanon.
December 28, 1950
Report on Turkish collaboration with Arab countries in a common defense against Russia and Turkish journalists acting as Israeli agents.
1950
Demographic report on the Kurds in Syria, Iraq and Turkey.
1951
Document describes the development of the Kurdish nationalist movement in northern Syria and its links to the Soviet Union and Communist Party.
1949
Document describes a meeting between a Russian official and an unnamed Kurdish man who is a Kurdish nationalist. They exchange information on 'army secrets.'
Document describes several Kurdish political parties including the Kurdish communists. Describes their political goals, their leadership, and their influence.
August 1955
Describes Mustafa al-Barazani's activities in Northern Syria- his contact with various Kurdish groups and information that he sought regarding Turkish military movements on the border with Syria.
August 8, 1949
A meeting of Communist Parties endorses future activities and plans to counter Turkish, Syrian, and other regional anti-communist plans.
August 3, 1949
The Russian Commission is showing interest in the Middle East, especially in Turkish-Syrian collaboration and American and British support for a Turkish fight against communism.
June 27, 1949
A memo detailing communist activities indicates Russian ties in Beirut, smuggling along the Syrian-Turkish border, and Russian contact with the Kurdish Democratic Party.