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 CHRONOLOGY*
June 1, 1966-August 31, 1966

General was reportedlydirectedat Faysaland Jordan'sKing

Husayn.
July 29: The Arab Engineers'Associationformed a
1966 committeeto study the possibilityof establishinga
June 1: A Brazilianprivate businessand agricultural unifiedArabpowergrid.
mission left for a 3 week tour of the Middle East July 30: Al-Akhb2r,of Cairo, called for revolutions
aimedat increasingtrade. in Jordanand SaudiArabia.
June 2: UAR pressreportsassertedthat US armswere Aug. 5: Pakistanhas establisheda special department
"pouringinto Saudi Arabia"and some being sent in the ExportPromotionBureauto deal with trade
to Yemeni Royalists. with Arabstates,it was reported.
June 4: Broadcastingleaders in the 4 Maghribstates The summit conference was indefinitely post-
decided to exchangeradio and television programs. poned with the approvalof 8 Arab Leaguemember
June 6: The ConsultativeCommitteeof the Maghrib states.
states met for the firsttime in Tunis. Ministerial representativesof 4 OPEC states,
June 15: UAR PresidentNasir said further coopera- Iran, Libya,SaudiArabiaand Qatar,decidedto ne-
tion with "reactionary"Arab states against Israel gotiate for a revision of the royalty expensing
was futile, and said "we were deceivedin 1964 and agreementconcludedin late 1964.
1965." Aug. 19: The UN, Saudi Arabiaand Kuwaytwill es-
June 16: A US trade and investmentmission will tablish a developmentfund to help the "poorer"
visit Libya, Tunisia and Morocco November 12- Gulf states.
December10, it was announced. Aug. 22: Religious and governmentrepresentatives
June 18: Algerian FLN leaders chargedthat the US cabled appealsto Nasir to commutethe death sen-
was installing "bases of aggression"in Morocco tencesof 7 convictedMuslimBrotherhoodmembers.
and Tunisia which menacedAlgeria's security. Aug. 27: Talks on the disputedcontinentalshelf area
June 22: Newspapersin Beirut, Damascus,Cairoand resumedin Tehran.
Baghdad denounced Saudi Arabian King Faysal,
who is visiting the US. Afghanistan
July 10: Kuwayt, Saudi Arabia and Iran began talks 1966
on definingthe limits of the continentalshelf.
July 13: Iraq assertedthat it had rights in the Gulf June 22: Polish Foreign MinisterAdam Rapackibe-
and should participatein any agreementconcerning gan a 4 day visit. Premier MohammadHashim
the area. Maiwandwalacceptedan invitationto visit Poland.
July 15: The Gulf talks ended without a conclusive June 25: An agreementfor the first railwaylink with
agreement. Pakistanwas signed.
July 25: The UAR formallyaskedfor a postponement July 8: US AID granteda $2m loan to encouragepri-
of the 4th Arabsummitconference. vate enterprise in agricultureand industry. The
July 26: Nasir accused "Arab reactionaries"of trea- agreement provides for supplies of foreign ex-
son to the cause of defeating Israel because "they change and technical assistanceand specifies that
hate us more than they hate Israel." His criticism importedequipmentmust go to privatefirms.

* The quarterlychronologyof the Journalis compiled from a large numberof sources;somewhatmore than
half of the items are drawn from the New York Times; other sources include Mideast Mirror of Beirut,
Middle East Economic Digest of London, Daily Report of Foreign Broadcast Information Service of
Washington,Arab News and Views of New York, bulletins of the United Nations Officeof Public Infor-
mation, United Nations, New York, United Nations Newsletter, Middle East Economic Survey of Beirut,
Economic Intelligence of the Chamber of Commerce of Washington, International Financial News Survey
of the IMF in Washington, Middle East Economist and Financial Service, and Middle East Newsletter of
New York, regularand occasionalbulletinsfrom the offices of press attachesof Middle EasternEmbassies
in Washington, Pakistan Affairs of Washington, Pakistan News Digest of Karachi and The Maghreb Digest
of the School of InternationalRelations,Universityof SouthernCaliforniain Los Angeles.

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July lo: Indian Vice PresidentZakir Husain began a
5 day visit. In June, it was reported,a technical
and economic assistancemission visited and India
agreedto help build a children'shospital in Kabul
and to send expertsto studythe possibilityof estab-
lishing a textile mill and thermalpower plant.
July 12: CrownPrinceAhmad Shah began an 11 day
visit in the USSR.
July 29: Economic, trade and cultural agreements
were signed with the USSR, it was reported.
A tradeagreementwas signed with Poland.
A delegation is visiting Peking to discuss CPR
aid for the Third DevelopmentPlan.
In an extension of the US Food for Peace aid
program, $605,000 worth of wheat, vegetable oil
and dried milk for schools was promised.
Aug. 6: An agreementwas signed with the CPR for
the constructionof 6 projectswith a $28m loan.
Aug. 19: A total of $790,000 in Food for Peace aid
was grantedto assist in ruraldevelopmentprograms.
Algeria
(See also, General,Morocco,SAF, Syria)
1966
June 1: The governmentnationalizedthe Sacitet Al-
gerienne d'Assurances,which had a 39 per cent
UAR holding and 61 per cent Algerian.
June 4: Authorities have reportedly dispatched 6
leading left-wing political prisonerswho spent 16
days on a hungerstrike at AnnabahHospitalto dif-
ferentprisonsin the country.
A directair link with Romewas opened.
June 6: Joseph Palmer, US Assistant Secretaryof
State for African Affairs, arrivedfor a 1 day visit.
June 7: A scientificand technicalcooperationagree-
ment was signed with Albania.
The governmentpresenteda flag and funds to
the South Vietnam National Liberation Front
(NLF).
The governmentannouncedagreementin prin-
ciple with Franceon their oil dispute.
June 10: A decreewas issued for the formationof a
Higher Council of Hydrocarbons,Mines and En-
ergy, it was reported.
June 11: The Organization of Popular Resistance
(ORP) attacked'Uliud'Umizyin, SecretaryGeneral
of the AlgerianWorkers'Union (UGTA) for urg-
ing workers to support the governmentin a May
Day speech.
June 13: President Houari (IIawarl) Boumedienne
(Bui-Midyan)signed a decreeformallyestablishing
the NationalBank.
June 15: Studentsat the AfricanHydrocarbonsCenter
at Bou Merdes launcheda strike demandinga spe-
cial statute and improvedsocial welfare conditions.
June 16: The governmentannounceda new penal
code introducingstiff penaltiesfor economiccrimes.
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June 17: The Bou Merdes Centertemporarilyclosed.
June 18: The Ministry of Religious Affairs installed
a 30 man High Islamic Council "to preserveand
promoteIslam in Algeria."
June 19: The FLN launcheda campaignagainstfor-
eign spies reportedly"crawlingall over the coun-
try."
Boumediennerejectedborderclaims by Morocco
and Tunisia, saying the frontiers were not nego-
tiable.
June 20: Boumediennewill pay an officialvisit to the
UAR, it was announced.
June 21: A special court for economic crimes was
formed.
June 24: An economic delegation is in Washington
for talkswith World Bankofficials.
June 26: Boumediennecalled for the long term re-
placementof foreign teachersby Algerians.
June 27: Technical meetings of the long term Bul-
garian loan agreement,concludedin August 1964,
ended in Algiers.
June 28: Tran Hoai Nam, of the South Vietnamese
NLF, arrived to take over the Viet Cong mission
in Algiers.
June 30: The governmentexchangedmessages with
the CPR.
July 3: Union Gene'raledes TravailleursAlgeriens
has lost about 14,000 memberssince 1964, it was
disclosed.
July 5: Niger's PresidentHamani Diori left Algiers
after talks with Boumedienne on a Tunisian/
Senegaleseproposalof a Frenchspeakingcommon-
wealth, which the governmentrejects.
The remains of Amir 'Abd al-Qddir were re-
buried in Algiers in a ceremonyhighlighting the
3 day celebrationsfor the state's4th anniversary.
July 8: Police are holding 25 unionists for question-
ing 21/2weeks after the governmentstartedan anti-
opposition campaign.
The Franco-AlgerianCooperative Association
(Ascop) allocated $22m for its 1966 budget and
program.
July 9: The governmentwill build 3 super touristre-
sorts costing over ?23m along the Mediterranean
coast.
July 11: The governmentwill requirean extra700,000
tons of wheat worth about $50m in the year begin-
ning in August, it was reported.
Ascop has begun its first drilling operationsin
the Sahara.
July 12: A Soviet agriculturaldelegation arrivedin
Oran.
July 13: FLN and union officialsbegandiscussionson
the arrest of 36 local and regional union leaders
over the last 16 days.
A 3 man scientificdelegationleft for Peking.
July 16: The AlgerianNews Agencyreportedan arms
seizureby police at Blida.
July 19: SharifBilqasim,highest FLN official,left for
talkswith UAR leadersin Cairo.
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July 20: Talks were held with French officials in
Algiers on the possibilityof resumingfinancialne-
gotiations.
July 22: The Coca-Colaplant and Phenix Biere, both
French-owned,were closed in Algiers for non-
paymentof taxes.
A 12 man Italian delegationrepresenting8 com-
panies arrivedin Algiers.
The Ministryof Agricultureembarkedon a proj-
ect to reutilizevineyards,it was reported.
July 28: The governmentsigned an ?18m agreement
with a Franco-Americanconsortiumfor the con-
structionof a petrochemicalplant at Arzew.
Aug. 10: The firstNational Conferenceon Emigration
met in Algiers to discuss the problem of Algerian
emigrationfor employment.
Aug. 18: The government launched a month-long
campaignto explain its proposalsfor municipaland
agriculturalreforms.
Aug. 19: An economic and cultural protocol was
signedwith Mauritania.
Aug. 20: War veteranspledged support for Boume-
dienne's economic policies at a conference in
Algiers.
Aug. 24: The Food and AgriculturalOrganization
(FAO) signed an agreementfor the afforestation
and reclamationof 20,000 hectares; it will con-
tribute$7.75m.
Aug. 26: France agreed to supply 80,000 tons of
wheat to the government.
Aug. 29: The People's ResistanceOrganizationsaid
15 membersdetainedin September1965 had been
released, but 3 of its leaders were still in prison.
Cyprus
1966
June 1: The governmentblamedTurkishCypriotsfor
bombingsin the GreekCypriotarea of Nicosia and
orderedthe Turkish sector sealed off. The Turks July 16: French President Charles de Gaulle will
deniedthe charge.
June 2: There were 2 bomb blasts in the Greek Cyp-
riot area of Nicosia, but they causedno injuriesor July 22: EmperorHiila Silassehas receivedan invita-
serious damage.
June 4: PresidentMakariosended the blockadeof the July 29: US AID announceda $21.7m loan for the
Turkishsector.
June 11: UN SecretaryGeneralU Thant said tension
was increasingin Cyprusand asked for a 6 month
extensionof the UN peacekeepingforce beyondthe
end of its presentmandateon June 26. Thant said
his personal representative,Carlos A. Bernardes,
had madeno progressin mediationefforts.
June 16: The UN SecurityCouncilunanimouslyvoted
to extend the UN force's term until December26.
June 20: The governmentreimposedthe blockadeon
the Turkish sector in Nicosia without warning.
Turkey notified Greece it would take "counter- Aug. 27: Presidentde Gaulle arrivedin Addis Ababa
measures" unless the blockade was immediately
lifted. After Athens informedthe Cypriotgovern-
ment of the warning, the message was relayed to
U Thantby the UN peacekeepingforce.
June 23: At U Thant'stelephonedrequest,Makarios
agreedto withdrawthe blockade.
July 4: The UN peacekeepingforce offered a peace
plan to settle a disputedarea northeastof Nicosia.
July 10: UN Under Secretaryfor SpecialPoliticalAf-
fairs, Ralph J. Bunche, arrived in Nicosia for 2
days of talks with governmentand TurkishCypriot
officials.
July 21: U Thant appealedto the SecurityCouncilto
orderUN Cyprusforcesto occupythe disputedarea
and so render the conditions of the peace plan
effective.
July 26: The House of Representativespassed a bill
extending its own life and Makarios'tenure for
anotheryear.
Aug. 7: In 40 minutesof scatteredfiringaroundLim-
mitis (Turkish Cypriot), a Greek Cypriotnational
guardsmanwas wounded.
Ethiopia
(See also, Somalia)
1966
June 9: The UN SpecialCommitteeon Ending Colo-
nialism concludedits 4 day sessionin Addis Ababa.
June 15: US SenatorRobert F. Kennedy arrivedin
Addis Ababa for a 2 day visit during an 11 day
Africantour.
June 17: The governmentgranted Esso Exploration
EthiopiaInc. a half interestin the concession-held
by Mobil PetroleumInc.
Draft agreementshave been signed for an air
link with India and Pakistan,it was reported.
June 26: Joint ministerial talks with Sudan ended
with both sides agreeing to respect the present
frontier.
make a 3 day state visit on August 27, it was an-
nounced.
tion to visit Moscow, it was reported.
constructionof a hydro-electricpower station on
the Finchaa River. AID also granted $272,000
to the Haila Silasse I University for a vocational
training scheme and 3 other grants to be adminis-
tered by the Economic and Technical Assistance
Board.
An eye hospital will be built at Addis Ababaat
a cost of Eth$ 150-200,000.
The Ministryof Mines will expand its technical
departmentin order to supply more reliable infor-
mationto prospectiveinvestors.
and reportedly offered French financing in con-
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Aug. 28: The Emperor decided against signing a July 1: The governmentwill buy 200,000 tons of
treaty of friendshipwith France"for the time be- wheat on the internationalmarket,it was reported.
ing," it was reported. The Planning Council allocated a further Rs
Aug. 29: In a final communique,de Gaulle and the 300m for the machine tools plant being built at
Emperorpledgedcloserties betweenthe 2 countries. Tabriz.
The IranianOil OperatingCompaniesdiscovered
oil 24 miles northeastof Ahwaz.
Iran July 3: Operationof the US/Iranianjoint Cyanamid/
KBC plant in Tehranwas inaugurated.
(See calso,General,Morocco,Turkey)
July 11: PremierAbbas Hoveida announcedhis first
1966 majorCabinetreshuffle.The changeswere:
Abdul RezaAnsari:Interior
June 3: French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville JavadSadir (formerMinisterof Interior):Justice
recently led a delegation to Tehran to discuss the Gholam Reza Nickpay (retaining the Deputy
use of a $60m credit negotiated in 1963, it was Premier portfolio): State
learned. Hushang Ansari: Information
The Ministryof Economygrantedpermitsfor the July 12: RumanianPremierIon GheorgheMaurerar-
establishmentof 5 food processing and packing rivedin Tehranfor tradetalks.
plants involving an investmentof Rs 100m. July 15: A British firm, Ruston and HornsbyLtd. of
A $1m fish-mealfactory will be establishedin Lincoln,won a ?1.6m contractto supply 13 genera-
the south with the cooperationof a Japanesefirm, tors to providepower for 5 towns.
it was reported. StandardTelephonesand Cables of Londonwas
The bill to set up a stock exchangewas ratified. awarded?500,000 worth of contractsto supplycon-
June 6: The High Plan Council allocatedRs 2,785m trol equipmentfor developmentat BandarMashur,
to build and equip 10 internationalairportscapable which will replaceAbadanas the majorrefinedoil
of receivingthe "heaviest"aircraft. productsport.
June 8: The governmentannouncedmarketsfor Na- The governmentdecidedto build a plant to pro-
tional Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) crude oil duce piping requiredfor the proposedsouth Iran/
have been found in Argentina,India and Japan. USSRgas pipeline,it was reported.
June 11: The governmentsigned a draft agreement The Plan Organizationallocated a further Rs
with Pakistan and the Reynolds Company,of the 11.47mfor mineralsurveys.
US, for the constructionof a 20,000 ton aluminum July 20: The World Bank approveda $25m loan to
plant in Dezful. the Industrialand Mining Development Bank of
Shah MulhammadRiza Pahlavi ended an 8 day Iran (IMDBI) to meet foreign exchangecosts of
officialvisit to Yugoslavia. projectsit will financeover the next 2 years.
June 14: Denmarkagreed to invest jointly with the July 22: The Higher Planning Council allocatedan
governmentin a model farm and a cattle breeding additionalRs 762m for the FarahnazDam project,
station. bringingthe total allocationto Rs 2,900m.
June 17: Economicnegotiationswere held with the July 29: TorranceSpecialtyFixtures,of the US, won
CeyloneseMinisterof Commerce. a $10m contractto supply a mill to roll pipe for
Iran Pan American Oil Companydiscovered a the trans-Iraniannaturalgas line, it was reported.
productivefield 12 miles south of the Cyprusfield. Aug. 5: Bank Melli will open a branchin London.
The Plan Organizationapprovedseveralprojects: French companies have won contracts for the
railwayimprovements,establishmentof a geological supply and installation of a television transmitter
centerand the constructionof a cementfactory. and the constructionof a 230,000-voltelectriclink
June 19: A Soviet delegation arrived in Tehran to betweenTehran,Mazandaranand Gorgan.
discuss the iron and steel works to be built near Aug. 8: Rumaniaagreed to supply $40m worth of
Isfahanwith Sovietaid. tractorsand ploughs and to exchangeanother$52m
The Majlis passeda bill transferringthe General worth of goods over the next 5 years.
Departmentof Breadand Cerealsfrom the Ministry Aug. 19: The National Iranian PetrochemicalCor-
of Financeto the Ministryof Industry. poration (NIPC) is to form a joint company-the
June 23: A contractwas signed with a British com- ShaputChemicalCompany-with Allied Chemicals
pany, MirrleesNational, to supply 8 generatorsto of New York to exploit naturalgas reserves.
providepower for Mazandaranand Kashan. As a result of the 1963 creditnegotiations,it was
June 25: A 17 man mission from the TehranCham- agreed a French firm will build the Shah Abbas
ber of Commercearrivedin London for a 12 day Kabir dam on the Ziyandrudriver.
visit during which they will tour Birmingham, A trade mission has begun a tour of Bulgaria,
Liverpooland Manchester. Hungary,Czechoslovakiaand Poland.
June 30: Rail freight rates were cut by as much as Aug. 26: The governmentplaced an order for 5 de-
50 per cent as a move to strengthen the State stroyers, surface to air missiles and patrol boats
Railways. with Britainfor an estimated?22-?36m.

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Aug. 27: NIOC signed a "revolutionary"oil agree-
ment with Entreprise Franfaise des Recherches et
d'Activitees Petrolieres (ERAP), of France, under
which ERAPwill be a contractorto the government
ratherthan a concessionaireor partner.
The government agreed to send im doses of
anti-choleravaccine to Syria to help prevent the
spread of the disease from Iraq to which vaccine
was alreadysent.
Iraq
(See also, Iran, Kuwayt)
1966
June 1: A culturalcooperationagreementwas signed
with the USSR.
June 3: The governmenthas receivedfrom the USSR
about ?1.5m worth of equipmentfor 3 vocational
trainingcenters.
A ?2,093,270 contractfor consultingengineering
servicesregardingthe Kirkukirrigationprojectwas
awarded to Societe Grenobloise d'.tudes Applica-
tions Hydrauliques (SOGREAH) of France.
June 4: A broadcastingand television cooperation
protocolwas signed with the CPR.
June 5: BaghdadRadio reportedthat discussionswith
Syria concerningthe Euphrateswaters had ended
without agreement.
June 6: The trial of 319 alleged conspiratorshad a
hearing before the first state securitycourt before
adjourninguntil next month.
June 7: Minister of Defense ShakirMalhmadShuqri
said armed forces recently "liberated800 square
kilometresof land from the Kurdish insurgents."
June 8: A Ceylonesetrade delegation arrived for a
4 day visit.
June 10: The governmentasked 0. H. Brandi, of
West Germany,to undertakepreliminarystudies
for the building of a radio and television station
near Baghdad. West Germanyalso agreedto build
a leather goods manufacturingplant, it was re-
ported.
June 11: A CPRcivil aviationdelegationleft Baghdad
after a 3 day visit.
June 15: Premier 'Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz an-
nouncedthe governmentwas preparinga new com-
prehensiveplan to settle the Kurdishproblem.
June 17: Trade talks with India were held in New
Delhi, it was reported.
June 18: BaghdadRadioannouncedthat Bazzaz would
visit Turkeyon July 1 and Moscowon July 27.
A ?28,600 contributionto the UN budget was
announced.
June 20: Decrees were issued reducingthe sentences
of 43 people convicted of resisting the February
1963 revolution.
June 21: North Vietnam closed its trade office in
Baghdad"for financialreasons."
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499
Al-Akhbh, of Baghdad,reportedthat fightingbe-
tween Kurdsand governmentforces had stoppedin
the north. Al-Thawrahal-'Arabiyyabsaid that an
"important"Kurdish delegation had arrived in
Baghdadin responseto Bazzaz'sappealfor a settle-
ment.
June 25: A delegation which toured the US and
Canadato promotedate sales returnedto Baghdad.
June 28: President'Abd al-Rahma.n 'Arif will hold an
"important"meeting with PresidentNasir in Cairo
on September1, it was reported.
June 29: A culturaland scientificcooperationprotocol
was signedwith East Germany.
Bazzaz announceda 12-point peace plan to end
the civil war in the north. BaghdadRadioreported
that 'Arif and Bazzaz had receivedtelegramsfrom
Mustafaal-Barzaniapprovingthe plan.
Al-Man4r said that an investigationwas being
held to determineresponsibilityfor a seriousfinan-
cial loss incurredby the General Organizationof
Banks 'owing to haste in nationalizingcommercial
banks."
June 30: 'Arif, supportedby the armyand presiden-
tial bodyguard,crushed an abortive coup led by
former premier 'Arif 'Abd al-Razzaq. Reportedly,
8 soldiers were killed and 14 wounded. A curfew
was imposedin Baghdad.
July 1: Baghdadnewspapersreportedthe coup leaders
were arrestedin Fallujah,nearthe capital.
July 3: Bazzazled a delegationto Ankarafor a 7 day
visit.
July 6: A tourist agreementwas signed with Turkey.
July 8: The World Bank announceda $23m loan for
a road constructionand maintenanceproject.
July 15: A ?1,720,000 contractfor building a drain-
age system in Baghdad was awarded to Techno-
exportstroy,of Bulgaria.
A sales agreement was signed with the Pye
Group,of Britain,it was reported.
July 16: 'Arif said that a "new progressivecoopera-
tion" would take place with Algeriathis year.
July 17: The state securitycourt sentenced'Abd al-
Qadir Isma'il al-Bustini to 6 years' "rigorousim-
prisonment"for allegedly participatingin secret
plans to recreatethe bannedIraqiCommunistParty.
July 18: The Ministryof Cultureand Guidancesus-
pendedthe newspaperSawt a1-'Arabfor 10 daysfor
reproducinga petition without official permission;
the suspensionwas reducedto 3 days.
July 21: The governmentagreedto establishrelations
at consularlevel with North Korea.
July 22: The Ministry of Economyapprovedthe es-
tablishmentof 3 privateindustrialcompanieswhich
will producenails and textiles, it was reported.
July 24: The Cabinetruled that ex-armyofficersand
former governmentofficials who both draw pen-
sions and receive oil companysalariesmust choose
betweenthe 2.
An Iraqi-Turkishfriendship associationwill be
formed,it was announced.
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A law was passed providingthat Soviet citizens
be made exemptfrom paying visa fees.
Bazzaz returnedfrom a 2 day visit to the UAR
and said that the Iraqi-UARleadershipwould meet
in September.
July 27: Bazzaz began a 7 day official visit to the
USSR.
July 31: The governmentagreedin principleto allow
Frenchcapitalto financethe economicdevelopment
plan throughunconditionalloans.
Aug. 3: A joint communiqueissued in Baghdadand
Moscow said that relations between the countries
would be increasedand tradeexpanded.
Aug. 6: Baghdad Radio announcedthat Bazzaz had
resignedand that Najih .Talibwas askedto form a
new Cabinet.
Aug. 8: Bazzaz will undergo medical treatmentin
Genevaand London,it was reported.
Aug. 9: After "intensive contacts" with political
groups, the new Cabinetwas formed:
Tllib: Premierand actingMinisterof Oil
Rajab'Abd al-Majid:Deputy Premier,Interior
'AdnanNchThchi:ForeignAffairs
'AbdallAhal-Naqshabandi:Finance
Sh5kirMahm-idShuqri:Defense
Muslih al-Naqshabandi:Justice
'Abd al-Rahmanal-Qaysi:Education
Farid Faty5n:Laborand Social Affairs
Fu';adIHasanGhAII:Health
Durayd Na'matallTh al-DamWIji:Culture and
Guidance
Isma'il Mustafa:Communications
Ahmad Mahdi al-Dulayji: AgrarianReform and
actingMinisterof Agriculture
MuhammadYa'quibal-Sa'idi:Planning
Qasim 'Abd al-Hamid:Economy
Khalid al-Shawl:Industry
Da'id Sarsam:Municipalitiesand Works
Gharbi al-Hajj AImad: Minister of State for
Union Affairs
AhImadKamal Qadir: Minister of State for De-
velopmentof the North
Aug. 13: Talib announcedthe purposeof his govern-
ment was to "rally all nationaland patrioticforces
for joint action."
Aug. 14: P%chThchi denied newspaperallegationsthat
Bazzaz'sgovernmenthad failed, had been in league
with reaction and imperialism,or had not been
loyal over the Yemen problem.
The Cabinetdecidedto release civilian detainees
arrestedfollowing the coup.
Aug. 20: The Health Ministry said authoritieswere
in completecontrol of a choleraoutbreak. Borders
were closed and 24-hourvaccinationfacilities oper-
ated, with 80 teams working in Baghdad. WHO
dispatcheddoctorsand vaccinefrom Geneva.
Aug. 21: More political prisonerswere released be-
cause of "lackof evidence"againstthem.
Talib said the Kurdish plan would be upheld
and expressedthe hope for unity with the UAR.
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Aug. 22: Majid began a 4 day visit to the UAR.
Aug. 28: Talib issued an order desequestratingprop-
erties and funds of 241 persons, which had been
impoundedduringhostilitieswith the Kurds.
Aug. 29: The governmentagreed with Syria to ex-
changeambassadors.
Officialsobjectedto anti-cholerameasuresadopted
by a joint Arabconferencein Ammanand predicted
economic repercussions.
Aug. 31: The governmentaskedthe US to settle out-
standing debts resulting from the presenceof US
forces in Iraq duringWorld War II.
Israel
(See also, General,PalestineProblem)
1966
June 3: Britainagreedin principleto help financethe
proposed nuclear seawater desalinationproject, it
was reported.
June 5: The US House Foreign Affairs Committee
approved a $1m grant toward constructionof an
additionto HadassahHospital in Jerusalem.
June 11: The governmentand banks will provide I?
15m working capitalfor the building industry.
June 12: Haifa port workersended a 6 week go-slow
strike estimatedto have cost the economy?7m.
June 17: An agreementfor the exchangeof technical
informationon the use of atomicenergywas signed
with Brazil in May, it was reported.
PresidentZalman Shazarleft for state visits to
4 LatinAmericancountries.
PremierLevi Eshkol returnedfrom a tour of 7
Africanstates.
June 18: Shazar will visit the US after his Latin
Americantour, it was announced.
June 19: British ParliamentaryUnder Secretaryto the
Board of Trade,Lord Rhodes,arrivedfor tradedis-
cussions.
June 24: The Belco PetroleumCorporationof New
York has requesteda license for onshoreoil pros-
pecting.
The Fish Breeders'Union requestedthe govern-
ment to set up a Productionand MarketingCouncil
to examinethe problemof over-production.
June 27: US Orthodoxrabbiswill establisha $3m re-
searchinstitutein Israel to promote"spiritualrela-
tionships" between religious communitiesof both
countries.
July 4: A memorialto PresidentKennedywas dedi-
catednearJerusalem.
July 9: The voluntarypay cut effort to fight inflation
has reportedlyfailed.
July 11: The $4.1m HarryS. TrumanCenterfor the
Advancementof Peace was inauguratedin Jeru-
salem.
July 15: Talks with the EuropeanEconomicCommu-
nity (EEC) were concluded.
The US Departmentof Agriculturehas signed 2
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Food for Peaceagreementsprovidingfor the sale of
$32m worth of agriculturalproducts.
The 20 per cent port surchargeimposedat Haifa
and Ashdod on May 30 was lifted.
July 17: The General Federationof Laborvoted to
waive increasesin cost-of-livingallowancesdue to
650,000 employeesunder escalatorclauses in wage
agreements.
July 22: Telecommunications Excofina,of France,won
the ?6m contractfor the cable link with France.
The Ministry of Finance presentedthe govern-
ment with a 3 year plan to cut the foreign trade
deficit,it was reported.
Aug. 3: The Knesset amendedthe passport law to
curb abuses made possible by the Law of the
Return.
On a 3 week Europeantour, Foreign Minister
AbbaEbanbeganan officialvisit to Denmark.
Aug. 5: An agreementwas signed with Mexico pro-
viding for technical cooperation in agriculture,
health, water desalinationand the exploitation of
atomicenergy.
The Inter-American Development Bank has
signed an agreementproviding$122,000 to finance
Israeli technicalaid for the rural developmentpro-
grams in 5 Latin American countries, it was re-
ported.
A tradeprotocolwas signed with Malagasy.
US AID granted a $10m loan to meet foreign
exchangecosts of developmentprojects.
Aug. 9: Ebanbegana visit to Iceland.
Aug. 14: A proposalby Eshkolfor a 3 yearfreeze on
incomes, prices, taxes and profitsis being debated.
Aug. 16: An Iraqi Air Force pilot defectedand flew
his Soviet-builtMIG-21 to Israel.
Aug. 18: Two newspaperssuggestedthe government
preventWesternstatesfrom inspectingthe MIG-21.
Aug. 19: The governmentdecidedthat the production
of all passengercars and commercialvehicles up to
2.5 tons be concentratedin a single company.
Aug. 30: The new building housing the Knessetwas
inauguratedin Jerusalem.
Jordan
(See also, General, Palestine Problem, Turkey)
1966
June 3: Ministerof EconomyHatim Zu'bi announced
that KFAED agreed to help finance 3 projects:
potash, the GreaterYarmuk River and phosphate
fertilizers.
June 10: The Cabinetapproveda JD lm loan from
the ArabBankto financeconstructionof the IHusayn
hospital and JD 500,000 for government school
buildings,it was reported.
June 12: A Braziliantrade mission left after a 1 day
visit.
June 13: A Royal decreeannouncedthe changingof
the name of the Mukhaybahdam to the Khilid Ibn
al-Walid dam.
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June 15: A 7 man parliamentary delegationarrivedin
London for an 8 day visit, after which they will
visit France,Italy, Holland, Turkeyand Greece.
June 17: The Amman MetropolitanMunicipalityis
purchasingJD 118,000 worth of Finnishequipment
for the second stage of the water systemproject.
June 18: SaudiArabiaagreedto grant an interestfree
loan of $14m for road construction.
The Arab League agreed to transfer?1,220,000
to the Jordan Waters Regional Organization
(JWRO) as part of the cost of the Khalid Ibn
al-Waliddam.
A communications delegationleft for Oslo.
June 19: A 7 man Britishpress delegationarrivedin
Amman.
June 20: US AID agreed to provide $6.8m to im-
prove the telecommunications network.
June 24: The government approved a plan of a
Frenchtourist organization,Cassiopee,to establish
an underwaterfishingcenterat Aqaba.
June 25: Zu'bi announcedthe governmentwould ap-
ply to the US for extra supplies of wheat in view
of this season'spoor crop.
June 26: The JWRO signed an agreementwith a
Dutch and Lebanese/Jordanianconsortiumfor an
economic, cultural and social study of a Jordan
valley developmentproject.
June 27: An agreementwas signed with the Lutheran
World Federationregardingits relief programs.
July 1: The JordanInvestmentPromotingOfficewas
establishedwithin the Ministryof Economyto pro-
vide economicinformation.
July 3: Zu'bi left for Washingtonto resumetalks on
financingthe potashproject.
A ban on "Beatle-typeforeigners"was broadcast,
with any now in Jordan to be immediatelyban-
ished. Local beatles, if any, were to be bound by
bail.
A 19 man Pakistani trade mission arrived. It
was later announced trade would increase with
Pakistan.
July 16: An extraordinarysession of the National As-
sembly convened to discuss progress in Palestine-
relatedactivities.
July 17: King IHusayninauguratedthe first stage of a
city developmentscheme in the Marka suburb of
Amman.
July 19: 1Husaynand PrincessMuna arrivedin Britain
for a 10 day officialvisit.
July 22: AID announceda $1.6m loan to help finance
a new Bethlehem/Jerusalem road.
July 24: A plan to promote and improve frontline
villages was launched.
Aug. 2: Zu'bi announcedthat the entire phosphate
outputfor the yearhad been sold.
Aug. 5: Britaingranteda ?800,000 interestfree loan
for the financing of water supply and electricity
projects.
Aug. 6: PremierWasfi al-Tall said the government
"insisted"on holding the 4th Arab summitconfer-
ence as scheduledon September5 in Algiers.
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Aug. 7: The governmentdecidedto assumecontrolof
the Palestine archeologicalmuseum operationsin
Jerusalem,directedfor 18 yearsby an international
boardof trustees.
Aug. 9: The governmentagreed to a Belgian/French
consortiumoffer to build an 840 bed hospital in
Ammancosting?2.6m.
Aug. 14: Zu'bi announcedthe opening of tradenego-
tiationswith Sudan.
Aug. 15: Husayn flew to Moroccofor 2 days of talks
on the Arabsummitpostponement.
Aug. 21: West Germanyagreedto presentthe Natu-
ral Resources Authority with geophysical instru-
ments used for exploiting oil and water, and will
trainJordaniansin their use.
Aug. 23: The state securitycourt sentenced3 men to
hard labor for 5 years after finding them guilty of
being CommunistParty membersand having held
Partyposts.
An Iraqi military delegation arrivedin Amman.
Aug. 24: The Cabinet approved 2 draft economic
agreementswith the US for the import of 60,000
tons of wheat and flour and 30,000 tons of fodder.
Aug. 29: The Jordanianpavilion at the Damascus
InternationalFair was closed in protest against
by Syrianofficialson Jordan."
"tattacks
Aug. 30: Prince 1Hasantoured southernregions and
inauguratedseveraldevelopmentand waterprojects.
Kashmir
1966
June 3: An Indianspokesmansaid discussionsthrough
diplomaticchannelsregardingthe "baseand level"
of talks on un-implementedportions of the Tash-
kent agreementwere proceedingwith Pakistan.
GeneralLuis TassaraGonzalezof Chile was ap-
pointed chief of the UN Military ObserverGroup
in India and Pakistan(UTNMOGIP).
June 16: The USSR dismissed as "baseless"allega-
tions that Pakistan has attemptedto move away
from the TashkentDeclaration.
June 19: New Delhi observersviewed the departure
of PakistaniForeign Minister ZulfikarAli Bhutto
as portendingan easing of relationswith Pakistan,
it was reported.
July 1: Pakistani Minister for Home and Kashmir
Affairs Ali Akbar said steps were being taken to
refer the Jammuand Kashmirissue backto the UN
SecurityCouncil.
2:
July India chargedthat Pakistan has nearlydoubled
its military strength in the Pakistani-heldpart of
Kashmirsince the war last September,and has in- 1966
creasedits armedforces elsewhere.
July 8: UN chief Gonzaleztook over as observerhead June 3: The governmentawardeda ?700,000 contract
in Rawalpindi.
July 9: In Srinigar,2 men accusedof being Pakistani for the installation of 5 automatictelephone ex-
agents sent to assassinateKashmirileaderswent on
trial.
July 10: The Jammuand KashmirNational Confer-
ence party was reborn at a convention of 5,000
political workersin Srinigar. The event markedthe
returnto active politics of BakshiGhulamMoham-
mad, Chief Minister for 10 years until 1963. In a
speech,BakshiassailedcurrentChief MinisterGhu-
lam MohammadSadiq.
July 12: The 2 accusedmen confessedto being Pakis-
tani agentsand denouncedPakistan.
July 21: The PakistaniCabinetmeetingin Rawalpindi
consideredan Indian proposalfor an official level
meeting.
July 23: In the reply to the Indianproposal,Pakistan
sought confirmationthat each side would be free to
raise any outstandingissues, particularlythe Kash-
mir dispute.
Aug. 5: PakistaniPresidentAyub denied Indian alle-
gations that Pakistanwas trainingNaga and Mizo
tribesin guerrillawarfare.
Aug. 6: Jay PrakashNarain, leader of the Indian
SarvodayaParty, met with Shaykh Abdullah in a
Madrasprison.
Aug. 8: IndianDefenseMinisterY. B. Chavancharged
that Pakistanposed a "long-termand grave threat"
by arming "at a frantic rate" largely with CPR
help.
Aug. 9: India warnedthe US of the dangerof supply-
ing Pakistanwith arms. Ayub accusedIndia of in-
creasingher armedforcesat an "alarmingrate."
"ShaykhAbdullahDay" was observedin Pakistan
and Kashmir.
Aug. 10: In Karachi,ForeignMinisterSyed Sharifud-
din Pirzada accused India of having expansionist
designs and that her arms buildup was compelling
Pakistan to take "appropriatemeasures in self-
defense."
Aug. 12: Mir Abdul Maqi Baloch, an Opposition
leaderand memberof the West PakistanAssembly,
was arrestedin Karachiunder the Defense of Pak-
istan Rules.
Aug. 21: Pirzada charged that India is instituting
measuresto integrateKashmirwith her administra-
tive, economic, political and judicial organization
in violation of SecurityCouncilresolutions.
Aug. 23: India denieda Pakistanichargethat she had
moved a full division of troopsto the borderoppo-
site the city of Sialkot.
Kuwayt
(See also, General,Jordan,Lebanon,Yemen)
to Telefonaktietbolaget L. M. Ericsson, of Sweden,
changes.
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Company,of Japan (AOC), and the Kuwait Na-
tional Oil Company(KNPC) on the sale of oil to
KNPC.
Foreign Minister Shaykh Sab5h al-Ahmad Al
$abahdeniedthat the governmenthad proposedthe
creationof a federationof Gulf shaykhdoms,it was
reported.
June 5: The Ministry of Electricityand Water an-
nouncedthat distillationplants were being built in
Shuwaikand Shuaiba.
A Japanesetrade delegationarrivedfor talks on
the establishmentof a steel pipe industry.
June 7: The AmIr, Shaykh$ab5.lhal-SalimAl Sab5h,
ended a 4 day state visit to Iraq during which
agreementwas reachedto form a bordercommittee,
and instrumentsof ratificationwere signed for the
economiccooperationagreement.
June 11: Premier Shaykh Jabir al-AhmadAl 5ab:h
reiteratedthe government'soppositionto "alliances
and pacts within the Arab nations."
June 24: The Amir ended a 4 day official visit in
Lebanon,but remainedin Beirut on a privatevisit.
June 25: The National Assemblypasseda bill increas-
ing the capital of the KFAED from ?100m to
?200m.
June 27: An amendednationalitydraft law limiting
the grantingof naturalizationpapersto a maximum
of 50 personsannuallywas passed.
Minister of Commerce and Industry Shaykh
'Abdallahal-JabirAl Sab1hled an economicdele-
gation on a tour through Poland, Czechoslovakia,
Hungary, the USSR, the CPR, Japan, France,
Britainand Italy.
July 3: A law was passedprovidingfor the establish-
ment of a General Board for South Arabian and
ArabianGulf states to coordinateKuwayti partici-
pation in their development.
July 4: KFAED agreed to grant Lebanon a $6.7m
loan to financethe second stage of the Litani dam.
July 8: Jan Thurfajell, of Sweden, was awarded a
?35m contractto constructhousing for 40,000 peo-
ple, it was reported.
July 10: 'Abd al-WahhabMuhammadwas appointed
Under Secretaryto the Ministryof Financeand Oil.
July 24: The governmentappealedto the UAR to re-
consider its decision not to attend the 4th Arab
summitconference.
July 26: The governmentdecided to sever relations
with Portugal because of its policies toward its
Africancolonies.
July 29: The US Export-ImportBank and the Chase
ManhattanBank will lend a total of $57.5m to
KNPC to help financethe Shuaibarefinery,it was
reported.
The Ministryof Financeand Oil was reorganized
into 2 majordepartmentsof oil and financialaffairs.
Aug. 2: The Ministryof Financeand Oil established
a committeeto draw up oil policy.
Minister of Public Works Khalid al-'Isa al-Salih
arrivedin Washingtonon a 30 day visit to the US.
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Aug. 4: The governmentagreed to the proposal for
a summitconferencepostponement.
Lebanon
(See also, General,Kuwayt,PalestineProblem)
1966
June 1: A Braziliantrademission arrived.
June 2: Al-Thawrah, of Beirut, called on Arabs to
sabotageUS Middle Easterninterestsin retaliation
for the US arms deal with Israel.
An Australiantrademission held talks with gov-
ernmentofficials.
June 3: Ministerof the InteriorPierreJumayyilheld
talks with US engineerson financingand executing
projectsin Beirut.
June 6: Authoritiesbanned23 books alleged to con-
tain CPR propaganda.
June 8: Civil aviation talks with Japan opened in
Beirut.
June 13: The Councilof Ministersratifieda plan for
state and privatesectorparticipationin the market-
ing of apples and other agriculturalproduce.
June 14: Premier 'Abdallahal-Yafi announcedsup-
port for conveningthe 4th Arab summitconference
in Algiers.
June 19: An East Germantrade delegationarrivedin
Beirut.
June 20: Middle East Airlines (MEA) reportedan
operatingprofitof ?lm for 1965.
June 22: CeyloneseMinisterof Trade and Commerce
M. V. P. Peiris arrivedfor a 4 day visit.
June 24: The Amir of Kuwaytcontributed?59,000 to
Lebanesecharities.
June 25: The Public Prosecutorcalled for the death
sentence for 4 men accused of complicityin the
murderof KamalMuruwwah,editor of al-IHayat.
June 27: The AmericanUniversityof Beirut (AUB)
celebratedits 100th anniversary.
July 6: The Kuwayti Amir donated ?35,300 to the
militaryacademy.
July 7: Beirut transportand water workerswent on
strike for more pay and betterworking conditions.
July 13: Yafi reportedlyagreed to the strikers'de-
mandsand the strikeended.
Regularair service between Beirut and Moscow
was initiated.
July 18: A tradeagreementwith the UAR was ratified.
July 26: The Chamberof Deputies passeda law lim-
iting the amountof land owned by a non-Lebanese
to 50,000 squaremeters,with the purchaserequir-
ing Cabinetapproval.
July 27: In Tripoli, 8 membersof the Arab Nation-
alist Movementarrestedon July 25 were released.
Aug. 5: The governmentauthorizedthe Wheat Office
to buy wheat from the US, Canadaand Australia.
Aug. 11: The Cabinetagreedto give all civil servants
a bonus of a week's salaryto meet the rise in liv-
ing costs this year.
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Aug. 18: Minister of Foreign Affairs Philip Taqla July 8: The Ministerof Economyand Trade,Aimad
receivedIraqi ForeignMinisterPachahchifor talks. Suwaydiq,and his assistantundersecretarybegana
Aug. 19: Bankemployeesagreedto end a 4 day strike. 14 day visit to Britain.
Aug. 23: An aviation agreement was signed with July 12: A parliamentarydelegationended a week's
SierraLeone. visit to NationalistChina.
Aug. 31: FormerSyrianPremierSalih al-Bitaralleg- July 14: Contractsfor wideningthe coastalroad link-
edly secretlyenteredLebanonafter escapingfrom a ing Libyawith Tunisia and the UAR were signed.
Damascusprison. July 22: Negotiations on the Costainsroad contract
were terminated.
An Italianfirmwon the ?1.36m contractto build
Libya the new village at Ras Gider.
Esso Libyadiscoveredoil in Concession6.
(See also, General) July 25: The National AgriculturalBankbegangrant-
ing interestfree loans to farmers.
1966 July 29: The governmentwill give extensivefinancial
backing to the Libyan-TunisianCompanyfor the
June 1: The Oil Ministrywarnedthat new measures Developmentof Marine Resources(LIBTUS) be-
may be taken to ensurethat 75 per cent of oil com- cause of the currentmeat shortage and the high
panyposts are held by Libyans. price of fish, it was reported.
June 2: US Assistant Secretaryof State for African Amoseas and Bosco Petroleumhave signed the
Affairs,Joseph Palmer,arrivedfor a 2 day visit. new concessionagreements.
June 3: Costains,of Britain, was reportedlyawarded Aug. 8: The SaharaInsuranceCompanywas formed,
a ?6,390,000 road contract. owned 51 per cent by Libyan interests and 49
June 4: A Finnishtradedelegationarrived. per cent by foreign.
June 10: The Cabinetapproveda plan for a telecom- Aug. 9: The 25th anniversaryof the formationof the
munications link with Italy, the creation of a Sanasiarmywas celebrated.
weights and measuresorganizationunder the Arab Aug. 19: Esso's paymentsto the governmentfor the
League, and 7 developmentprojects: building a past fiscal year amountedto ?57.6m, it was an-
dual-carriageway roadfrom Benghazito BeninaAir- nounced.
port, construction of 291 reservoirs in Fezzan, Aug. 25: The Oil MinistryannouncedPan American
building hospitals at Barce and Zliten, building had struckoil in Concession95.
waterworksat Solluk, importing and erecting ma-
chineryin factoriesin Tripoli, Benghaziand Sebha,
and creatinga new village at Ras Gedir.
June 13: The first stage in introducingtelevision will
Morocco
be completedin 1968, it was announced. (See also, General)
June 17: Esso Libya made a second gas discoveryin
Concession6.
The Cabinet approved the building of 2 500-
1966
kilowatt radio stations in Tripoli to carry Radio June 3: The Export-ImportBank of Washington
Libya to the Middle East, North Africa and South granted a $1,628,154 loan to help financethe ex-
Europe. Brown Bovery, of Switzerland,won the pansionof power production,it was reported.
contractfor their construction. King H{asaninaugurateda second sugar factory
RedifonLtd., of Britain,won a ?100,000 contract at Beni Mellai.
for the supply of radio equipment. The governmentordered im quintals of wheat
The Ministry of Public Works awardedBrush from Francein additionto suppliesto be delivered
HawkerSiddeley,of Britain,a ?350,000 contractto underthe presentagreement.
supply and erect equipmentat Beida power station. June 2: A trade and paymentsagreementwas signed
Compagnia Italiana Construzione, of Milan, won with the UAR.
the ?1.1m contractfor the Benghazi-Beninaroad June 7: US Assistant Secretaryof State for African
project. Affairs,Joseph Palmer,arrivedfor a 2 day visit.
June 21: A 3 man committeeled by the Ministerof June 8: Two agreementswere signed with Yugoslavia
Petroleumwas set up to draft a law establishinga for participationin oil prospectingand drilling and
LibyanPetroleumOrganization. in the exploitationof potashdeposits.
June 23: A Greekgoodwill mission is visiting, it was June 11: Shah MuhammadRiza Pahlavi arrived in
reported. Rabatfor a 12 day officialvisit.
June 24: Dorran Construction,of Perth, will ship a June 14: Following agreementsconcluded between
?100,000 prefabricatedschool to be set up in the Yugoslaviaand the BureauMarocainde Recherche
Kufra oasis at the end of July, it was reported. et de ParticipationMinieres (BRPM), no moreper-
July 1: A Royaldecreewas issued stipulatingthat the mits for copper, lead, zinc and iron exploitation
navy would increaseits strength. will be issued.

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June 17: A severedroughtis threateningto halve the MahmoodA. HaroonandJamMir GhulamQadir

cerealharvest,it was reported. Khan resignedfrom the West PakistanCabinet.
June 21: Two agreements on trade and technical June 6: A Soviet parliamentary delegationleft Rawal-
cooperationwere concludedwith Iran. pindi at the end of a 10 day visit.
June 24: The Ministryof Industryand Mines signed Earthquake shocks were felt at Rawalpindi,
an agreementwith ProtexitHolding Anstaltfor the Lahore,Peshawarand Sargodha.
constructionof a textile complex including 5 fac-June 7: In Dacca, police opened fire on a violent
tories,it was reported. demonstrationcalled to back demands for an
July 1: It was ruled that all foreignersworking in autonomousEast Pakistanand a greater share of
Moroccomustobtaina contractfromtheiremployers developmentfunds. Eleven people were killed, 95
subjectto annualrenewalon obtaininga visa. injured, and there was widespreaddamageto gov-
Furtherrestrictionson the import of pharmaceu- ernmentbuildings. In Rawalpindi,the Opposition
ticals cameinto force. walked out of the National Assembly when the
July 8: Talks on increasingphosphateexportsare be- Speaker ruled against discussion of the police
ing held in India. shootings.
A Rumanianeconomic delegation has met with June 8: Studentswaving blackflags to condemnpolice
governmentofficials,it was learned. actionparadedin Dacca.
July 15: Agreementswere signed with Interexport,of June 9: A 21 man trade delegationleft for Kuwayt
Yugoslavia, and Centrozap,of Poland, for the ex- on a 1 month tour of possible Middle Eastern
ploitationof carnalliteand sylvinitepotash depositsmarkets.
in the Khemissetarea. Foreign MinisterZulfikarAli Bhutto arrivedon
The governmentannouncedthat 6,000 hectaresof a 3 day officialvisit to Indonesia.
land in the Gharb region would be sold to 501 June 10: Sabotagewas suspectedin an East Pakistani
farmersgroupedin 13 cooperatives. train accidentin which 4 persons were killed and
July 18: A military delegationreturnedafter attend- 67 injured.
ing Algeria'sindependenceanniversarycelebrations.June 12: Bhutto said a resumptionof diplomaticrela-
July 22: The drought,which has cut the harvestby tions with Malaysiawould be consideredafter its
50 per cent, has caused the governmentto nego- disputewith Indonesiawas settled.
tiate with France and Canada for the import of June 15: IDA approveda $13m credit for an educa-
1.4m metric tons of wheat costing about $70m. tion projectin East Pakistan.
Foreign Minister MuhammadSharqawireturned The US announcedit will resumefull economic
from 4 daysof talks in Moscow. aid.
July 31: The Organizationof AfricanUnity (OAU) The governmenthas ordered?180,000 worth of
commissionon the Algerian-Moroccan border dis- agriculturalequipmentfrom a British firm, it was
pute adopted a resolution for conciliation proce- reported.
dure. L'Opinion, of Rabat, chargedthat an "easy June 16: A 4 memberdelegationof Chinese 'Ulam'
solution," avoiding the issues, had been reached. arrivedin Karachion an 11 dayvisit.
The governmentand Algeriaacceptedthe resolution. June 18: PresidentAyub Khan assumedthe Foreign
Aug. 12: The US agreed to supply 100,000 tons of Affairs portfolio as Bhutto left for "medicaltreat-
wheat and 4,000 tons of raw cotton, to be financed ment." Ayub discounted suggestions of policy
by long termloans. changes.
Aug. 19: BRPMsigned an agreementwith Industrial- June 20: Franceagreedto increaseits textile imports
export, of Rumania,for the exploitationof oil and from the government.
mineralresources. June 21: East PakistanWAPDA awardeda Rs 5.75m
The governmentgrantedFranceapprovalfor the contractfor the supply of electricalequipmentto a
establishmentof a Renaultcar assemblyplant. Yugoslavianfirm.
June 23: The CPR agreedto providemachinery,for-
eign exchangeand technicalassistancefor the estab-
Pakistan lishment of an engineeringcomplex in West Pak-
(See also, Afghanistan,General,Iran, Jordan, istan.
Kashmir,PalestineProblem,SaudiArabia) Britain granted an interest free ?5.8m loan to
financeelectrificationof a railwayin West Pakistan.
1966 June 25: A military delegationleft for defense talks
June 1: The governmentsigned an annual agreement in Moscow,the firstof its kind.
for culturaland scientificexchangeswith the CPR. June 27: US AID agreedto a $6m loan to the West
June 3: The USSR agreedto supply Rs 70m worth of Pakistan WAPDA for the developmentof water
equipmentto the GhorasalThermalPower Station and powerresources.
in East Pakistan. June 28: CPRPremierChou En-Laiarrivedin Rawal-
June 4: A Japaneseagriculturaldelegationarrivedin pindi on a 2 day visit.
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June 29: The CzechoslovakianMinister for Foreign
Tradearrivedfor tradediscussions.
July 3: The governmentreportedlyis seeking $580m
in aid from the Aid to PakistanConsortium.
July 7: A trade protocol was signed with Rumania.
A 7 man AustralianParliamentary delegationar-
rived in Karachifor a goodwill visit.
July 8: Therewas a large demonstration in Lahorepro-
testing intensifiedUS bombingsof North Vietnam.
Bhutto will cease to be a Cabinet member on
September1, it was announced.
July 9: More war protest demonstrationsoccurredin
Karachi.
July 10: US Secretaryof AgricultureOrville L. Free- June 6: PLO head Ahmad al-Shuqayriasked Wajih
man arrivedin Karachifor a 2 day visit.
July 12: Finance Minister MohammedShoaib will
leave the CabinetAugust 25 to returnto his post
as IBRD advisor. He will be replacedby Nabi M.
Uqaili.
July 13: The trade protocolwith Czechoslovakiawas
extendedfor 6 months.
July 16: Turkey'sPresidentCevdet Sunay will visit
October7, it was announced.
July 20: Attorney General Syed SharifuddinPirzada
was appointedForeignMinister,succeedingBhutto.
July 22: The IndustrialCredit and InvestmentCor-
poration sanctionedforeign currencyloans of Rs
63.4m for establishmentof 5 jute mills in East
Pakistan.
An economic agreement aimed at eliminating
double taxationand avoiding fraud in importreve-
nues was signedwith France.
July 25: Uqaili becamea Cabinetmemberas Minister
Without Portfolio until he assumes the Finance
portfolio.
July 27: CommerceMinisterGhulamFaruquearrived
in Peking on a 4 day visit to the CPR.
July 28: The East PakistanWAPDA signed a contract
with an Italian firm for the supply of 3 gas turbine
units and a mobile gas turbine set worth Rs 30m.
A 4 man US medicalteam ended a 10 day visit.
July 31: Japan announceda loan of about $30m to
the government.
Aug. 1: Quetta, Loralai and Barkhanregions were
rockedby an earthquakewhich killed 2 people and
causedextensivepropertydamage.
Aug. 2: The CPR agreed to supply the government
with 100,000 tons of rice.
Aug. 7: The governmentagreed with India on air
routes and accompanyingnavigationalfacilities.
Aug. 8: West Germany'sChancellorLudwig Erhard
will visit India and Pakistanin November,it was
announced.
Aug. 11: An agreement was signed under which June22: Lebanesesoldierskilled an unidentifiedarmed
Swedenwill providefacilities for the establishment
of a telecommunications project.
Aug. 12: An agreementfor a $756,000 British loan
was signed.
Aug. 20: The governmentrejectedentry into an anti-
CPRallianceformedby India,Japan,Indonesiaand
Pakistan,as suggestedby US Ambassadorto India
ChesterBowles.
Aug. 22: IDA signed a $lm credit intended exclu-
sively for engineering services connected with a
roadproject.
PalestineProblem
(See also, General)
1966
June 5: An armedclash occurredon the Syrian-Israeli
border;Israel complainedto the MAC.
al-Madani, commanderin chief of the liberation
army in Syria, to place his forces under orders of
the Syrianarmy.
June 7: GeneralOdd Bull, chief UN truce observer,
arrivedin Damascusfor talks.
Rulerof Qatar,ShaykhAhmadIbn 'All al-Thami,
madea specialcontributionof $10,000 to UNRWA.
ShuqayriattackedKing IHusayn,of Jordan,say-
ing IHusaynhad refused to meet him and Jordan
had only carriedout "an almost insignificantpart"
of its PLO commitments.
June 9: Shuqayrisaid PLO Army memberswould go
to Vietnam"to fight alongsidethe Vietcongin their
struggleagainstAmericanimperialism."
June 11: US SenatorEdwardKennedywill visit Leba-
non to study refugee conditionslater this year, it
was announced.
June 12: Kennedy has begun an investigation of
UNRWA food rations,it was disclosed.
June 13: UN observersbegan inspection of the 47
mile borderbetweenSyriaand Israel.
Jordanianofficials pledged a reorganizationof
the relief rolls.
June 14: Husayn said cooperatingwith the PLO "in
its presentform"was impossible.
June 19: Shuqayrisaid the PLO had askedPalestinian
membersof the JordanianCabinetto resign imme-
diately. The "Voice of Palestine" broadcaston
AmmanRadio was also cancelled,and HIusaynwas
askedto approvethe conscriptionof all Palestinians
living in Jordaninto the PLOArmy.
Israel jailed 3 youths convictedof spying for the
UAR.
June 20: The PLO office in Beirut claimedthat sev-
eral Palestinianswere bannedfrom enteringJordan
on June 19.
expressed their "condemnation"of Shuqayri's
moves.
Jordaniandelegationsto the Cabinetand Premier
man and wounded another in a clash near the
Israeli border.
Saudi Arabiacontributed$297,777 to UNRWA.
June 24: Jordanruled that Palestiniansliving abroad
could receive entry visas without prior approval
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June 28: Israeli "peacepilot" Abie Nathan ended a Aug. 17: The UN told Syria and Israel that salvage
3 day peace marchfrom Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.His proceduresin the Sea of Galilee must be agreed
6 supporterswere joined by a "cheering,chanting upon before UN observerswere sent to the scene.
crowd of thousands"in Jerusalem. Aug. 21: Israeli PremierLevi Eshkolwarnedthat any
June 29: The Jordan-PLOfeud occupied most of a Syrian"provocation"would be met with "effective"
3 day conferencein Cairo of personal representa- countermeasures.
tives of Arab heads of state; a plea for Husayn's Aug. 24: Syria told the SecurityCouncil she would
cooperationwith the PLO was made. Shuqayrisub- pursuea policy of "legitimateself-defense."
mitted 10 demandsto Jordan. Aug. 25: The advisorycommissionof UNRWA met
July 4: Jordanwill ask the 4th Arab summit confer- in Beirut.
ence "to draw up a clear cut plan for the Palestine Syria reportedthe recoveryof its downed MIG-
entity." 17 and pilot from the Sea of Galilee. A UN source
July 11: Pakistan made a special contributionof said agreementwas reachedon the salvagingof an
?3,744 to UNRWA. Israeli patrol boat, also damagedin the August 15
July 13: An Israeli was killed and 3 injured in 2 clash.
mine explosions near the Syrian border, it was Aug. 27: Israel displayedthe wing and undercarriage
reported. of a Syrian MIG-17 shot down in the Sea of
July 14: Israeli aircraftattackedan antiaircraftposi- Galilee battle to discreditSyrianclaims of recovery.
tion and engineeringequipment8 miles inside Syria Israel complainedto the SecurityCouncil about
"as a reprisal for Arab incursions." Differing Syria'salleged policy of incitementin the Middle
claims were made as to casualtiesand the number East.
of planes shot down. Odd Bull appealedto both Aug. 30: There was widespreadArab criticismof the
sides to observethe ceasefire. inauguralopening of Israel'snew Knessetbuilding
July 15: Shuqayriannouncedthe formationof a new in Jerusalem,including an Arab League complaint
PLO executive committeeconsisting of: Sa'id al- to the UN.
'Azzah,IbrahimAbi Sittah,Jamalal-Suirani,Raja'i
Sahyiin, Namr al-Masri, 'Abd al-Fattah Yiinis,
Shafiq al-Huit,Almad al-Sa'di, Usamah al-Naqib, Persian Gulf
Ahmad Sidqi al-Dajaniand Darwish al-Abyad.
July 16: The ArabLeagueCouncildeclared"full sup- (See also, General,PalestineProblem)
port" for Syria,following the Israeli air raid.
July 17: Syrianplanes buzzedtheir borderwith Israel 1966
but stayedover their own territory.
July 19: Israel askedthe UNEF to intercedewith the June 2: Britain agreed to give Bahrayn?lm for the
UAR after the alleged abductionof an Israeli trac- use of military facilities and an annual grant of
tor driver. ?500,000, startingin July 1968.
July 20: Syriaaskedthe UN SecurityCouncilto meet June 3: AshrafLutfi, OPECSecretaryGeneral,visited
on the Israeli attack; the "urgent" request was the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, Shaykh ShakhbiitIbn
granted. Sultan.
NationalistChinacontributed$5,000 to UNRWA June 6: Dubai Petroleum,a subsidiaryof the US-
in additionto $5,000 donatedearlierthis year. owned ContinentalOil Company (Conco), struck
July 21: The Israeli tractordriverwas returned. commercialoil in the offshorearea of Dubai.
The Holy See contributed$2,500 to UNRWA. June 10: Shaykh Shakhbiuthas retained Nadim al-
July 25: The SecurityCouncil opened debate on the Pachahchi,former Iraqi Minister of Economyand
Syrian-Israeliclash. oil advisor to Libya, to advise on the granting of
A grenade explosion injured an Israeli woman new oil concessions,it was reported.
nearthe Syrianborder. June 16: Qatar, Dubai, Sharjah,'Ajman, Umm al-
July 27: Odd Bull gave the Council reports on the Qaywayn,Ras al-Khaymahand Fujayrahhave de-
investigationof Syrianand Israeli charges. cided to convertfrom the Gulf rupee to the Saudi
Aug. 3: The Council rejecteda resolutionto censure riyal as a result of the June 5 devaluationof the
Israel,sayingit was "one-sided." Indian rupee. Abu Dhabi will adopt the Bahrayn
Aug. 8: UN officials arrangedthe exchange of 4 dinar, and the Sultanateof Muscat and Oman is
Israelisfor 6 Syrians. undecided.
Aug. 15: A 3 hour air battle betweenSyriaand Israel June 29: Britain agreed to pay Sharjah?100,000 an-
was fought near the Sea of Galilee. Charges of nually for the rent of land and servicesto establish
blame were traded in complaints to UNTSO as a military base. Payments were due to begin
Odd Bull appealedto both sides for a ceasefire. August 1.
Aug. 16: Syria said it would abandondiplomacyat July 1: Conco announceda second commercialstrike
the UN in favor of direct military response to in its offshoreDubai area.
Israeli "aggression."Odd Bull again appealedfor July 8: Aiton and Company,of Britain, will supply
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50,000 gallon a day output of drinkingwater, to
Das Island.
July 15: The Ruler of Dubai, Shaykh Rashid Ibn
Sa'id al-Maqtiim,with British consent, approved
the feasibility study for a deep water harborand
financeis being sought for the ?7m project.
Akhbairal-Kuwayt reported that Qatar will be
declaredan independentstate within the next year,
it was learned.
Aug. 6: ShaykhShakhbiitwas deposedby membersof
his family and his place taken by his brother
ShaykhZayd Ibn Sultan. There were no incidents
following the ousting.
Aug. 7: ShaykhShakhbfitwas grantedtemporaryasy-
lum in Bahrayn.Air serviceswith Abu Dhabi were
suspendedfor 1 day.
Aug. 9: ShaykhZayd pledgedto undertakelarge scale
developmentprojects.
Aug. 15: A formerBritishLaborminister,Christopher
Mayhew, attackedBritish defense spending in the
Gulf states.
Aug. 19: Fujayrahgranted Bomin BochumerMine-
raldgessellschaft,of Germany,a statewide,including
territorialwaters,oil concession,it was reported.
Aug. 29: A new Britishfinancialadvisor,Mr. Thomp-
son, has arrivedin Abu Dhabi.
SaudiArabia
(See also, General,Kuwayt,UAR, Yemen)
1966
June 1: The UAR protestedthe alleged arrest of 6
Egyptiansworkingin SaudiArabia.
June 3: The Ministry of Agriculture placed a
?100,000 order for agricultural equipment with
Massey-Ferguson of Britain.
June 7: The governmentdecided to join the Inter-
GovernmentalMaritimeConsultativeOrganization.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Re-
sources allocated SR 36m for the carbon black
project.
The Minister of Commerceand Industry left
Madridfor Copenhagen.
June 8: The Ministryof Communicationsawardeda
SR 37m contract to the Safa Companyfor road
construction.
King Faysaldenied his Islamiccall was aimedat
PresidentNasir and said the governmentand the
UAR were brothers.
June 9: A 5 year contractwas signed with Wakuti to
operate the Faysal Pilot ResettlementProject at
Haradh.
June 10: The UN office in Saudi Arabiawill become
a regional UJNofficefor the entire ArabianPenin-
sula, it was reported.
June 13: A Riyadh spokesmansaid that reportsthat
licenses of 7 newspapershad been cancelled and
their propertyconfiscatedwere false.
June 14: The Council of Ministersapprovedthe ap-
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pointment of GhIzL Sultan as Director General,
MineralResources.
June 15: Faysalleft for a 5 day officialvisit to Spain.
June 16: A 4 man oil delegationarrivedin Kuwayt
for talks on the NeutralZone offshoreboundary.
June 17: A large coppermine was reportedlydiscov-
ered on the Yemeniborder.
The Ministry of Petroleumand Mineral Affairs
renewed an agreementwith a French geological
team.
Pont-d-Mousson,of France,won a $2.150m con-
tract for the supply of about 8,000 tons of piping
for improvementsto the water distributionsystem
in Riyadh,it was reported.
June 18: A Pakistani business mission arrived in
Dhahranon a 2 week visit.
A Royal decree was published imposing control
on banksto regulatetheir operationsand safeguard
the rights of shareholdersand depositorsunderthe
supervision of the Ministry of Finance and the
MonetaryOrganization.
A decreewas issued bringingall banksunderthe
controlof a centralauthority.
June 20: Faysal left Spain for a 10 day visit to the
US.
June 21: Faysal was received by PresidentJohnson
and guest of honor at a banquet given by the
President.
June 24: Faysalmet with U Thantand oil officialsin
New York.
The governmentdecidedto raise its annual con-
tribution to the UN technical aid programfrom
$50,000 to $300,000.
June 26: The Ministryof Trade and Industryestab-
lished an official protest bureau to preserve the
rights of tradersdealing in checks and promissory
notes.
June 27: A nation-widegeological survey is being
conducted,it was announced.
Wazir Ali, head of the visiting Pakistanitrade
delegation, said Pakistanwould build 2 merchant
ships to ply Pakistaniand Saudi ports and build
"PakistanHomes"in Jiddahand Dammam.
June 30: Faysalleft New York for a privatevisit to
Geneva.
July 2: Faysal returnedto Jiddah.
July 14: The Ministryof Petroleumand MineralRe-
sources notified all ministriesthat all communica-
tion with oil companiesmust be done through it.
July 20: Petrominconcludeda $30m agreementwith
Allied Chemicals,of the US, to establisha petro-
chemicalcomplex.
July 25: The governmentand Kuwaytexchangedin-
strumentsof ratificationon the agreementto parti-
tion the Neutral Zone, originally signed in Tayif
on July 6.
The Ministryof Defense and Aviation createda
DirectorateGeneralof Meteorology.
July 26: Faysal received a Spanishindustrialdelega-
tion seeking oil exploitationrights in the offshore
area.
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July 29: Petromin will establish a glass industry,
probablyin Riyadh,it was reported.
Aug. 1: The governmentannouncedits oppositionto
the UAR proposalto postpone the 4th Arab sum-
mit conferenceand said that if the meetingdid not
take place, it would freeze its financial commit-
mentsto "summit-inspired bodies."
Aug. 5: The government offered Spain concession
areasin the centralregion and offshoreareasin the
Red Sea, it was reported.
Aug. 9: The Council of Ministers decided to attach
the personnel of ARAMCO-builtschools to the
Ministryof Education.
Aug. 10: The Council of Ministers authorizedthe
signing of a SR 92,000 contractwith Penkol, of
Britain, for Riyadhgas transmissionline feasibility
studies.
Aug. 11: A draft labor arrangementwith Sudanwas
initialed.
Aug. 19: Dammamwas chosen as the site of the pro-
jectedPetromin/AlliedChemicalssulphurplant.
Aug. 22: The Council of Ministersruled that no new
appointmentsor promotionsbe made or projects
startedduring the last 2 months of any fiscal year.
A 50 memberyouth delegationleft on a visit to
strengthenfriendlyties with Tunisia.
The governmentsaid it would adhereto its finan-
cial commitmentsto the ArabLeague.
Aug. 23: An agreementwas signed with Tunisia for
closer cultural,scientific,economicand commercial
relations.
Aug. 24: The Ministry of Agriculture and Water
signed a $2.9m agreement with SOGREAH, of
France, for a study of water and agriculturalre-
sourcesin the Red Sea area.
Aug. 28: Faysalwill visit Morocco,Guinea,Mali and
Tunisiafollowing a visit to Turkey.
Aug. 29: Faysal arrivedin Ankarato begin a 7 day
state visit.
Somalia
1966
June 20: A trade delegationended a 4 day visit to
Pakistan.
June 21: Kenya severed all trade relations with the
government,allegedly because of Somali Radio's
"recentlyincreasedpropagandaagainst Kenya."
June 27: President'Adan 'Abdallah 'Uthman refused
to acceptthe resignationof Premier'Abd al-Razzaq
IIAjjiHusayn and his governmentafter Parliament
rejected 2 government-sponsoredbills. 'Uthman
urgedH{usaynto seek a vote of confidence.
July 2: The 6th independenceanniversarywas cele-
brated with a parade displaying Soviet military
equipment.
July 3: SudanesePremierMuhammadAhmadMahjuib
said Somaliahad acceptedhis offer to mediatewith
Kenya on borderdifferences. The governmentalso
agreed to hold talks with Ethiopiaon their border
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dispute. Sudan offered increasedtraining facilities
for Somalia.
July 7: Minister of Planning Ahmad Isma'il 'Abdi
began a week's visit in Saudi Arabia; reportedly,
the governmentwas granteda loan.
Aug. 2: 'Uthmanarrivedfor a week's officialvisit in
SaudiArabiaand announcedhis government'sread-
iness to mediate a settlement of inter-Arabdif-
ferences.
Aug. 3: 'Uthmanreiteratedhis call for Islamic soli-
darityand a summitconference.
Aug. 27: In Mogadisha, French, US and Ethiopian
embassieswere placedunderheavyguardfollowing
anti-Frenchdemonstrationsduringa visit by French
Presidentde Gaulle to FrenchSomaliland.
South ArabianFederation
1966
June 1: San't' Radio reportedthat the formationof a
nationalassemblyand a.governmentin exile by the
Front for the Liberationof OccupiedSouth Yemen
(FLOSY) had been delayed. 'Abd al-Qawi
Maqawi, secretarygeneral of FLOSY, reportedly
left for talks in Cairo prior to a tour of North
African statesand the CPR.
June 5: Tribesmenattackeda British garrisonon the
Aden-Dhalaroad and wounded 1 soldier.
June 6: Meetings continuedin Londonbetween Fed-
eral ministersand Britishofficials.
Pan-AmericanOil Companyannouncedit would
discontinue oil exploration projects in Mahara,
Qu'ayti and Kathirl Sultanatessince no oil was
found in commercialquantitiesand furtherdrilling
was financiallyunfeasible.
June 7: Tribesmenin Lahaj killed an Arab customs
officer and 2 Federal guardsmen,and wounded 2
others.In anotherincidentin Lahaj,tribesmenfired
upon Britishsoldiers,wounding 1.
InteriorMinister Sharif Husayn Ibn AImad al-
Habill and his son, the Ruler of Bayhan, left to
join the Londontalks.
June 8: A British engineer was shot dead in the
Crater district of Aden after a grenade exploded
killing 1 Arab and injuring 17 others. Police de-
tained 14 personsafter screeningseveral 100.
Maqawi said in Algiers that Algeria had prom-
ised materialand moral aid to FLOSY.
June 9: Britain will pay ?12,617,121 towards the
1966-67 budget,it was announced.
June 12: ForeignMinister Muihammad Farid said in
London he would ask the US to underwritethe
securityof South Arabiaafter its independence.
An Arab soldier was killed and 3 woundedin a
fight with dissidenttribesmenin Dhala.
A grenadeexplosion injureda British soldier in
the Shyakh'Uthmandistrict.
June 13: Britain announcedit would give ?5.5m in
militaryaid plus annualextra aid until 1971.
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A house belonging to Maqawi'scousin exploded
in Crater,killing a man and injuring 2 other per-
sons. Authorities discovered large quantities of
armsand munitionsin the house.
The US said no requestfor a securityguarantee
had been received.
Dissidents attackeda British campin Dhala.
June 15: The UN Committeeon Colonialism,meet-
ing in Cairo,passeda resolutionurgingU Thantto
appoint a special mission to study the Aden situa-
tion after membersdenouncedthe British defense
agreement.
June 20: U Thant said he was taking immediatesteps
to implementthe resolution.
June 21: A dusk to dawn curfew was imposed in
Aden after nightly grenade attacks on British
patrols.
June 22: Since the beginning of June, 8 people were
killed and 32 injured in "terrorist"incidents in
Aden, it was reported.
At the closing session of the colonialism com-
mittee in Cairo, Algerian Foreign Minister 'Abd
al-'Aziz Bouteflika(Bui-Tafliqah)deploredBritain's
boycottof the meeting.
July 5: A bus carrying British servicemenescaped
from a terroristambushin Aden.
July 7: In Beirut, talks begun in April between 5
Federalministersand 4 oppositionleadersresumed.
July 10: FLOSYannouncedthat it had a comprehen-
sive list of personscooperatingwith Britishauthori-
ties and would use stringentdisciplinarymeasures
againstthem.
July 13: Participantsin the Beirut meeting issued a
statementasking Arab states to help "a unifiedand
independentSouth Arabianrepublic to be formed
and to become an active member of the Arab
Leagueand the United Nations." It voiced concern
over Britain's"ambiguous"attitudeconcerningthe
UN resolutions.
Securityforces announcedthe seizureof the big-
gest single haul of terroristexplosivesever captured
in Aden.
Commander of the Aden Brigade, Brigadier
R. C. P. Jefferies, said June was the worst-ever
month for terroristactivity with 36 reportedinci-
dents; 31 were reported for the first 13 days of
July.
July 17: The South ArabianLeague (SAL) refuseda
governmentinvitation to attend a multi-partycon-
ference on implementing the UN resolutions,
scheduled for August 1, on the grounds that
Britain had not called a conferencenor declared
her intentionsregardingthe resolutions.
July 19: The Cabinetindefinitelypostponedthe con-
ferencebecauseof otherrefusalsto attendincluding
the statesof Qu'aytiand Kathiri.
July 21: An escort shot dead a man seen running
away after an attemptto blow up a car carryingthe
brotherof the Sultanof Lahaj.
July 24: A grenadethrown at British patrols injured
4 Arabs.
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July 25: A man who shot dead an Arab agricultural
assistantwill standtrial on a murdercharge.
July 27: FLOSYclaimedresponsibilityfor the July 25
killing, and said the victim had been a "stooge"on
its list of "traitors."
July 28: In a clash with dissident tribesmennear
Radfan, 1 British soldier was killed and 2 injured.
July 29: British commanderof the HadhramiBedouin
Legion,J. W. G. Pat Gray,was fatally shot and his
wife criticallyinjured.
An Aden State Industrial Development Board
was establishedto encouragehome industriesand
the sale of local handicrafts,it was reported.
Aug. 3: An orderwas imposed banningBritish serv-
icemenfrom all backstreetsof the Crescentdistrict
after an officer was killed and another wounded
there on July 24.
Aug. 4: The UN SecurityCouncilwas summonedinto
an urgent session to consider a British complaint
that UAR planes from Yemen had strafed a town
in Bayhan,17 miles from the Yemen border. The
UAR deniedthe charge.
Aug. 6: The UAR rejecteda formalBritish note con-
cerningthe allegedair attack.
A suspectedterroristexplosioncut 2 oil pipelines
linking the British Petroleum (BP) refinerywith
Aden harbor.
Aug. 7: In Fadhli Sultanate17 men were killed and
22 woundedin a tribalclash.
Aug. 8: In the Mansurahdistrict of Aden, 2 Arabs
were killed and 1 injuredin a local fight.
FLOSY claimed credit for the murder of Pat
Gray.
Aug. 11: There are now 19 Aden representativesin
the FederalCouncilwith the remaining2 to be ap-
pointedin the next few days, it was reported.
Aug. 16: The UN agreed on a consensusstatement
asking U Thant "to continue his good offices"in
attemptingto settle the dispute. A draft resolution
proposingthe sending of a UN investigatingteam
to the area had been rejected by the UAR and
Yemen. Britain acceptedthe consensus.
Aug. 19: Ahmad 'Abd al-RahmanBassindwah,re-
cently appointedto the FederalCouncil,was mur-
deredin Aden.
Aug. 20: High CommissionerSir RichardTurnbull
said that mercenaries,trained, paid and directed
from outside the SAF, were responsiblefor Bas-
sindwah'sdeath.
Aug. 22: The governmentclosed the border,banned
all trade with Yemen, and orderedthe immediate
deportationof 100 Yemenis living in the SAF.
Aug. 23: Aden councillorsurgedTurnbullto form an
"AdenGovernmentof Loyal Adeni Citizens."
Aug. 25: The FederalCouncil unanimouslyvoted to
establish a public safety committee,originallypro-
posed by Bassindwah. The Council recommended
that the governmentbe given more responsibility
for Aden securitymeasures.
Aug. 28: A grenadeexplosionfatallywoundeda Brit-
ish soldierin the Craterdistrict.
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Aug. 31: An Arab was killed and a British soldier
wounded by a grenadein the Crescentarea.
Sudan
(See also, Ethiopia,Jordan)
1966
June 3: The Export-ImportBank of Washingtonan-
nounceda $307,500 loan to purchaseUS machinery
and equipmentneeded in the constructionof a cot- Aug. 5: The Ministry of Commerceannounced a
ton gin to be built at Khashmal-Ghirbah.
Minister of Commerce, Industry, Supply and Aug. 8: A 5 memberdelegation arrivedin Pakistan
Cooperation,MuihammadAhmad al-Mardihas or-
dered the formation of a special committee to Aug. lo: In a policy speech, Mahdi announcedelec-
supervise the establishmentof public companies
controllingcertaincommodityimports.
A Yugoslav trade delegation arrived for talks
after which 3 agreements,covering trade, a ?4m
loan and technicalcooperation,will be signed.
June 10: UN SecretaryGeneralU Thant appointeda
Sudanese,'Umar 'Adil, as his personalrepresenta-
tive at the Cairo meeting of the UN Special Com-
mittee on EndingColonialism.
June 27: PremierMuhammadA'hmadMahljfb'sgov-
ernment defeated a censure motion tabled by the
oppositionparties accusingthe governmentof fail-
ure and corruption. Maihfjbdenied allegations of
an economiccrisis and said that the rebellionin the
south was "completelycrushed."
July 3: Mah.juib ended a 3 day visit to Somalia.
July 4: InteriorMinisterAhmadal-Mahdiannounced 1966
the governmenthad uncovereda separatistmove- June 3: The governmentbannedthe export of wheat
ment in the western provinces of Darfur and
Kordofan and had arrested about 20 persons.
Newspapers urged the governmentto crush the June 4: A Ba'thi delegation left for Belgradeto at-
movementbefore it developedfurther.
July 8: Agreementwas reached in trade talks with
Ceylon.
July 25: The ConstituentAssembly voted a censure
motion againstMaiijuab forcinghim to resign.
July 27: The ConstituentAssembly elected Saddiq
al-Mahdi,presidentof the Umma Party,to the post
of Premierby a vote of 138 to 29.
A tradeagreementwas signed with the CPR.
Aug. 4: Mahdi announcedthe formationof his coali-
tion Cabinet:
Mahdi:Premier,Information
Ibrahim al-Mufti (National Unionist): Deputy
Premier,Foreign
Hamza Mirghani:Financeand Economics(Inde-
pendent)
Hasan 'Awadallah (National Unionist incum-
bent): Education
Nasr al-din al-Sayyid(National Unionist incum-
bent): Communications
Ahmad Bukhari (Umma incumbent):Health
'Abdallah 'Abd al-Ra1hm5n Najdallih (Umma):
Interiorand Defense
Husayn al-Hindi (National Unionist): Local
Government
Ma'munSinada (National Unionist): Justice
AhmadDirayj: (Umma): Laborand Cooperatives
'Izz al-din al-Sayyid(National Unionist): Indus-
try and Minerals
Varvis Yak (Independent):Irrigation
Arop Ayour (Independent):Works
Mu!hammad Ahmad al-Mardi (National Union-
ist): (will later receivea portfolio)
MuhammadHilu Muisa (National Unionist):
MinisterWithoutPortfolio
temporaryban on nonessentialimports.
for a 4 day visit.
tions would be held in the south following the
rainy season, ending in October. He pledged his
utmost effort to end the 11 year old rebellion and
promised to implementthe resolutions of the 12
man committee set up to find a solution to the
southernproblem.Mahdi stressedadherenceto the
UN, Arab Leagueand the Organizationof African
Unity (OAU), and said a national commission
would be formed to draft a permanentconstitution
and promotethe decentralizationof administration.
SyrianArab Republic
(See also, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon,Turkey,UAR)
and barley in view of the harvest expected this
year.
tend the 6th congress of the Yugoslav Socialist
Alliance.
A UAR journalistdelegationarrivedfor the first
visit of its kind since the 1963 coup.
The higher committeefor popular defense an-
nounced the opening of centersto arm volunteers
from various organizationsand give them weapon
training.
June 7: Oil workers of the Oil TransportWorkers
Trade Union threatenedto cut the oil flow across
Syrian territory and take "more violent steps . . . in
the event of imperialism picking a fight with
Syria."
June 9: The Cabinetauthorizeda Si 2m loan to the
Ministryof Communications to settle commitments
from the Euphrates,northernal-Kabirand Orontes
riverprojects.
The Cabinetapproveda decreeratifyingthe trade
and paymentsagreementwith the UAR.
June 11: A Braziliantradedelegationended its visit.
Tuma 'Awdatallih, former central minister of
housing and public servicesduring the union with
Egypt,was stabbedto deathin Cairo.His bodywas

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flown to Damascus and a Syrian student was
chargedwith the murder.
June 12: The government signed agreementswith
Bulgaria covering: long term trade, economicand
technical cooperation,tourism cooperation,an ex-
ecutive program for the cultural agreement of
1966-67, and the formation of a joint committee
for economicand technicalcooperation.
June 14: Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister
IbrahimMakhiusendeda visit to the UAR, stressing
in a joint communiquethe promotionof relations.
June 16: PremierYuisufZu'ayyinaccused"petroleum
monopolies and oil companies" of "supporting
reactionaries."
June 18: Three men convictedof spying for Israel in
1960 and 1962 were publiclyhanged in Damascus.
June 21: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor
MuhammadRabahal-Tawil returnedfrom a week's
officialvisit to Bulgaria.
June 22: Mahkiisled a delegationon a 6 day visit to
Yugoslavia.
June 26: The governmentsevered all economicand
traderelationswith Rhodesia.
June 28: An agreementwas signedwith the USSRfor
the constructionof oil reservoirtanks at a cost of
about$1.6m.
July 4: After political talks in Damascus,the govern-
ment and Algeria issued a joint communiquevoic-
ing oppositionto "the policy of suspiciousalliances
and reactionary,imperialistactivities in the area."
Stepswere takento reactivateair servicewith the
UAR.
July 5: The Ministryof Informationlifted a ban on
UAR newspapersand magazines.
The Ministry of Economy decided to appoint
commercialattachesat embassiesin Italy, Czecho-
slovakia,Libya,Somaliaand SaudiArabiato stimu-
late tradewith these countries.
July 8: Rumaniawill supply 350 agriculturaltractors,
it was reported.
July 9: Severalmembersof the UN SecurityCouncil
were informedof the Arab League'snominationof
Syria to a Council seat which will become vacant
once Jordan'stermexpires.
July lo: A UAR delegationled by Foreign Minister
Mahmiud Riyadh arrived for 2 day talks in
Damascus.
Three convictedspies for Israel were executedin
Damascus.
July 12: The governmentcancelleda ?20m oil pipe-
line contractwith Costain and Press and Stewart
and Lloyds, and awardedit to SNAM Projetti of
Italy.
July 17: The governmentsigned a civil aviationagree-
mentwith Yugoslavia.
July 18: A civil aviation agreementwas signed with
Czechoslovakia.
July 19: Beirut newspapersreportedthe arrestof at
least 150 people of right wing or conservativelean-
ings in Syria.
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Diplomaticrelationsat embassylevel were estab-
lished with North Vietnamand North Korea.
July 24: A North Koreandelegationleft aftera 3 day
visit.
July 28: The Ba'th national leadershipaccusedIraqi
Premier 'Abd al-RahmAnal-Bazziz of "separatism
and defeatism"because of his announcedKurdish
peaceplan.
Aug. 1: A 15 man IndonesianIslamic delegationar-
rived in Damascusfor a 6 day visit.
Aug. 5: Talks on the exploitationof phosphatede-
posits are being held with Poland and Rumania,it
was reported.
A consignmentof 26,000 tons of US wheat has
arrivedat Latakia.
The Ministry of AgrarianReform and Agricul-
ture formeda committeeto draw up a new agricul-
turalprogram.
Aug. 9: A tobacco-sellingdelegationleft for the UAR
and Bulgaria.
Aug. 13: A 4 man trade delegationleft for a 45 day
tour of Sudan, Libya, Tanzania, Somalia and
Eritrea.
Aug. 14: The Cabinetgave controlof the SyrianArab
Airlines companyto the Ministryof Defense.
Aug. 15: About 200 studentsin Damascusprotested
"the Imamof Oman'scooperationand alliancewith
Saudi Arabianreaction."
Aug. 18: The governmentagreedto the openingof an
East Germanculturalcenterin Damascus.
Aug. 21: The border with Iraq was closed and air
traffic suspended to guard against the spread of
cholera.
Aug. 22: Agriculturaltalks were held with Lebanon.
Aug. 24: The Si 80m contractfor the constructionof
the Latakia-Aleppo railwaywas awardedto Techno-
Impex of Bulgaria.
Aug. 25: The 13th Damascus International Fair
opened.
Aug. 27: The governmentsigned agreementswith
Hungary covering trade and payments, and eco-
nomic, technical and scientific cooperation; the
agreementsinclude a ?5m loan from Hungary.
A cultural agreement was signed with North
Korea.
Aug. 28: Zu'ayyin announcedthat the government
wanted larger shares of royalties from the Iraq
PetroleumCompanyand had asked for immediate
negotiationson the matter.
Tunisia
(See also, General,Libya,Saudi Arabia)
1966
June 1: Victory Day, markingthe returnof President
Habib Bourguiba (B-d-Raqibah)from exile, was
celebrated. Under an amnestygrantedto 132 per-
sons, former trade union leader Habib 'Ashiirwas
freed from prison.
June 3: A joint Yugoslav-Tunisiancompanywill be
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set up to deal with bilateraleconomiccooperation
and investmentactivities,it was reported.
June 4: The Maghrib'sfirst steel works, capable of
producing 100,000 tons annually,was inaugurated
at Menzel-Bourguiba.
June 5: Director of the Socialist Destour Party,
MuhammadSayy4i, left for Belgradeto attend the
congressof the Yugoslav SocialistAlliance.
June 10: The pipeline linking the al-Bormaoil fields
with the port of La Skhirrawas opened.
June 13: Under Secretaryfor Finance and Develop-
ment, 'Abd al-Razzaqal-Rasa',arrivedin Jiddahon
a mission aimed at "strengtheningbrotherlyties"
and developing technical, cultural and economic
cooperation.
June 14: An economic cooperationagreement was
signed with Spain.
June 17: West Germanyagreed to a DM 40m loan
for agriculturalprojects and the economic infra-
structure,it was learned.
The governmentis holding aviation talks with
Austria.
June 18: Canadawill open a permanentdiplomatic
mission at embassylevel in Tunis, also accredited
to Libya.
June 24: A Pakistani trade mission held talks in
Tunis for the firsttime.
The SocietetTunisienned'Etat de l'Electriciteet
du Gaz (STEG) will form a joint companywith
Officine ElettrotechnicheColombini of Milan for
the constructionof an electricalequipmentfactory
at Menzel-Bourguiba.
June 27: France agreed to purchase loom litres of
wine for 60m francs.
July 1: The Council of Ministers has drafted plans
for the construction of a large chemical plant,
called MaghrebianChemicalIndustries,specializing
in the production of nitrogenous fertilizers at
Gabes.
July 6: Bourguibaleft for a 16 day tour of Holland,
Belgium, Luxembourgand West Germany.
July 14: The first shipmentof oil left the country.
July 18: Bourguibaarrivedin Bonn for a 4 day visit.
July 19: Bourguibarenewedhis call for a settlement
to the Arab-Israeliconflictat a luncheonand press
conference.
July 29: The governmentawardedan Austriancom-
pany, Alpine, a 65m schillings contractto construct
plant in the steel mill at Menzel-Bourguiba.
Aug. 5: The RumanianVice Minister of Foreign
Trade, Valentin Steriopol, arrived in Tunis for
tradetalks.
Aug. 9: A West Germanbankingmission began talks
in Tunis on a proposed?2.820m loan for the con-
structionof 3 dams.
Kuwayti Deputy Minister of Education,Ya'qub
Ghanim,arrivedfor a 3 day visit.
Aug. 13: ForeignMinisterHabib Bourguiba,Jr., left
for Tehran with a personalmessage for the Shah.
Aug. 14: Deputy Premier and Defense Minister of
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South Vietnam, Nguyen Huu Co, arrived for a
2 day visit and talks with Bourguiba.
Aug. 15: The General Union of Tunisian Students
called for the nationalizationof foreign banks and
buildings.
Aug. 23: A cooperationagreementwas signed with
SaudiArabia.
Turkey
(See also, Cyprus, Iraq)
1966
June 5: The Justice Party (JP) won 35 seats in the
elections for 52 new Senatorsin 23 of 67 prov-
inces. RepublicanPeople's Party (RPP) won 13
seats, and 4 other parties 1 seat each.
June 15: The Radio Teletype (RTT) installations
were openedat Golbasi,it was reported.
June 16: An economic delegation is visiting Saudi
Arabia.
June 19: A major portion of the CENTO highway
betweenTurkeyand Iranwas completedand turned
over to the 2 governments.
June 24: The World Bank approveda $10m loan to
a privately owned developmentfinance company,
Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi A. S. (TSKB) and
an IDA credit of $15m to the governmentto be
re-lentto TSKB.
June 25: Constructionbegan on the Yozgat brewery.
June 26: Hurriyetreporteda governmentdecision to
requisitionland and propertyof Syriansubjectsliv-
ing in Turkeyin retaliationagainstthe confiscation
of Turkish-ownedland in Syria.
June 29: An agreement for a ?3m British loan
pledgedat the Consortiummeetingin Februarywas
signed in Ankara.
June 30: The Ankaracementworkswere inaugurated.
July 1: The TurkishPetroleumCorporationwill drill
test wells in the Bakukarea,it was reported.
July 7: The IFC will invest $1.37m in loan and share
capital in Sentetik Iplik Fabrikalar: A. S.
After 16 years of troop contributionto the UN
Commandin Korea, a 260 man unit returnedto
Turkey.
July 10: West German Foreign Minister Gerhard
Schroederarrivedin Ankarafor a 3 day visit.
July 12: An earthquakedestroyedover 1,000 houses
in 50 villages of eastern Turkey; 14 people were
reportedlykilled.
July 20: The National Assembly passed an amnesty
bill affecting former members of the Menderes
regime and thousandsof commoncriminals.
July 22: The Turkish Petroleum Organization
(TPAO) reportedlyreceivedpermissionto proceed
with constructionof a new refineryat Izmir,it was
learned.
July 28: A trade agreementwas signed with Jordan
in Amman.
July 29: A Rumaniantrade delegationheadedby the
Premierand Foreign Minister ended a 6 day visit.
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The EuropeanInvestmentBank (EIB) signed a
$59.2m creditagreement.
The Mineral ResearchInstitute (MTA) report-
edly struckoil in the Darendedistrict.
US AID authorized a $3.6m loan toward the
family planningprogram.
Aug. 1: Italian Foreign Minister Amintore Fanfani
visited Ankarafor talks on economicand political
relations,it was reported.
Aug. 5: AID approveda $28.1m loan to financeengi-
neering services and equipmentfor the expansion
of coal and lignite production.AID also confirmed
a $15m loan for roadmaintenance.
Aug. 15: The following items were reported:
A 15 man parliamentarydelegationare on a 14
day visit to the USSR.
A Turkish-Mexican parliamentary friendship
group was formedin Ankara.
A cultural relations protocol was signed with
Albania.
Minister of CommunicationsSeyfi Ozturk an-
nouncedIskenderunwill becomea free port.
Aug. 16: BulgarianForeignMinisterIvan Bashevar-
rived for 2 days of talks on borderproblems,water
disputes, trade, tourism and the position of the
Turkishminorityin Bulgaria.
Aug. 19: Over 500 personsdied in earthquakesin the
eastern provinces. The town of Varto in Mus
Provincewas leveled.
Aug. 20: New tremorsstruckthe Erzurumarea. The
quake death toll is now estimatedat 2,300 persons.
Turkish and US military facilities participatedin
aid activities. Communicationswere totally dis-
rupted.
A tradeagreementwas signed with Finland.
Aug. 22: The governmentwarned of the danger of
cholerain the earthquakestrickenareas.
Aug. 23: Seismicshockscontinuedfor the 4th day in
the earthquakezone.
Aug. 26: Greece joined other countries in sending
relief supplies.
United Arab Republic
(See also, General,Lebanon,Morocco,Yemen)
1966
June 1: The government"strongly"protestedthe ar-
rest of some Egyptiansworking in Saudi Arabia,
al-Abhrm reported.
June 3: The UN Technical Aid Special Fund ap-
proved a $1.45m loan to provide laboratoryequip-
ment for the National Institute of Standardization.
Spain will contribute$loom worth of credit fa-
cilities for the SecondDevelopmentPlan, it was re-
ported. An industrial delegationis on a 2 weeks'
visit in Spain to discuss industrial and technical
cooperation.
June 4: Indian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,
Dinesh Singh, arrivedin Cairo for talks on a tri-
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partite conferenceincluding the UAR, India and
Yugoslavia.
June 5: The governmentwill take steps to increase
tradewith Switzerland,it was reported.
June 7: Japanoffereda E? 20m loan for the construc-
tion of an undergroundrailwayin Cairo.
June 8: A trade and paymentsagreementwas signed
with Syria.
June 10: SyrianDeputy Premierand ForeignMinister
IbrThimMakhiis arrived for political discussions.
Al-Ahramreportedthat the USSR agreed to ex-
tend a $165m credit to financeprojectsin the Sec-
ond DevelopmentPlan.
June 12: Cairo newspapersreported the arrival at
Suez of about 500 personsallegedly expelled from
SaudiArabia.
June 15: President Jamal 'Abd al-Nasir attacked
"Arab reaction"and hinted withdrawalfrom the
forthcomingsummitconferences.
June 19: Al-Ahram reportedthat trade negotiations
will begin with the European Common Market
countries.
June 20: The governmentand Iraq are studyingways
to increasetradefrom its presenttotal of ?5m.
June 21: A communicationsprotocolwas signed with
East Germany.
June 22: About 250,000 schoolchildrenand 8,000
youths were recruitedto help fight the spread of
the cotton leaf worm which threatensthis season's
cottoncrop.
June 24: N;asirsigned the draftlaw for the compensa-
tion of the Shell Oil Company nationalized in
March1964.
June 25: The 1966-67 budget allocated ?5,095,000
for the ArabUnifiedCommand.
June 28: The Suez Canal Authoritywill raise transit
dues by 1 per cent from the beginningof July.
June 29: The CeyloneseMinisterof Trade and Com-
merce, M. V. P. Peiris, arrivedin Cairo for trade
talks.
June 30: Al-Ahrim reported that former Congo
(Leopoldville) leader Antoine Gizenga had ar-
rived in Cairo and held meetingswith government
officials.
July 1: Belgium agreed in principleto supply credits
worth $30m for developmentprojects.
July 2: Two membersof the National Assemblywere
found guilty of evading agrarianreform laws and
have had their property seized; they will resign
from or lose their membershipin the Assembly.
North Korean Vice PresidentKang Ryan Wuk
left Cairoaftera week'svisit.
July 5: The governmentofficiallyrequestedinforma-
tion concerningnationalsdetainedin Saudi Arabia.
July 8. IndianPremierIndiraGandhiarrivedin Cairo
for 2 days of discussionson Vietnam.
A trade agreementwas signed with Guinea pro-
viding for the import of bauxite, palm oil, canned
pineapple, coffee and other products in exchange
for Egyptian textiles, dry batteries and manufac-
turedarticles.
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July 9: The Ford Foundationgranted $488,000 for
the birthcontrolprogram.
July 11: Al-Akhbarsaid that the UAR was producing
groundto air missiles capableof avoidingdetection
on radarscreens,and that Egyptianscientificknowl-
edge matchedthat of experts in the US and USSR.
The Arab Lawyers'Federationaskedthe Foreign
Ministryto interveneto enable a delegationto de-
fend detainedEgyptianand othernationalsin Saudi
Arabia.
July 12: The managerand 8 employeesof a storage
companywere chargedwith stealinga train load of
wheat worth about Ei 38,000.
July 15: Under the Second Development Plan, E?
159m was allocatedfor 40 industrialchemicalproj-
ects, it was reported.
July 16: Eight members of the banned Muslim
Brotherhoodwere chargedwith planningto assassi-
nate Nasir during a visit to Suez in March. Before
the SupremeStateSecurityCourt,48 people pleaded
not guilty to charges of attemptingto revive the
Muslim Brotherhoodand conspiringto assassinate
top governmentofficials.
Security officials are investigating the theft of
170 tons of steel which disappearedbetween Port
Said and Cairo.
July 18: A compensationagreementregardingprop-
erty expropriatedafter the Suez crisis was signed
with France.
Al-Ahram reportedthe governmentwould import
from the USSR over 4 years about E? 63,490,000
worth of goods and raw materialsusually imported
from the West.
July 20: The governmentsigned an agreementwith
ENI, of Italy, on the basis for future cooperation.
July 22: Nasir announcedthe UAR would not attend
the fourth Arab summitconferencedue to be held
in Algiers on September5 and called for an indefi-
nite postponementof the meeting. He also said
the US was delaying food aid because of policy
conflicts.
The MaritimeOrganizationcontracted2 Japanese
firms to build 2 oil tankersat a cost of $4m each.
July 23: The governmentbanned Hiwar, of Beirut,
accusingit of being "a C.I.A. organ."
The 14th anniversaryof the overthrowof King
Fariiqwas celebrated.
July 25: Minister of EconomyLabib Shuqayrled an
economicdelegationon a 2 weeks' visit to Greece,
Bulgariaand Hungary.
July 28: The government announced plans for a
$126.5m expansionof the Suez Canal.
Aug. 2: Italy agreed to a $41m loan for industrial
projectsand agriculture.
Aug. 4: The US announcedcuts in wheat sales to
Cairo.
Aug. 5: Trade agreementswere concludedwith Mali
and Somalia,it was reported.
A 3 year health cooperation agreement was
signed with East Germany.
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Aug. 6: Naiir denied allegationsthat the government
had offerednaval base facilities to the USSR.
Authoritiesin Alexandriaannounceda develop-
ment programto establishthe Middle East'sbiggest
paper productionindustry.
Deputy Premier for EconomicAffairs 'Abd al-
Mun'im al-Qaysui warned that legislation enforc-
ing compulsorysaving would be issued unless vol-
untarysavingwas adoptedby the people.
A tradeagreementwas signed with Niger.
Aug. 7: Five Soviet naval ships arrivedin Alexandria,
returninga UTARnaval visit to Sevastopolin July.
Aug. 9: The governmentexchangedwith Kuwaytin-
strumentsof ratificationof an agreementsigned in
Marchto encourageinvestmentand transferof capi-
tal betweenboth countries.
Aug. 10: Ndair appointedformerdeputy premierfor
industry'Aziz Sidql as his advisor for production
affairs.
Aug. 15: An economicdelegation left for India for
discussionson the recent devaluationof the rupee.
Roseal-Yasif reportedthat the governmentwould
try to importas much wheat as possiblefrom coun-
tries unlikely to exert any political pressurein re-
turn, as Greeceand Mexico.
Aug. 17: Deputy Premierfor Culture,National Guid-
ance and Tourism 'Abd al-QadirHatim left for a
2 weeks'visit to East Germany.
Aug. 19: A contractwas signed for the importof 12
rice mills from East Germany,it was reported.
Aug. 20: The State SecurityCourt pronouncednews-
paper editor Mustafaal-Amin guilty of spying for
the US CentralIntelligenceAgency (CIA) and sen-
tencedhim to life imprisonmentat hardlabor. The
Courtfound 12 other defendantsguilty of conspir-
ing to overthrowNasir.
Aug. 21: The Courtsentenced7 Muslim Brotherhood
leadersto deathby hanging.
An economicand agriculturaldelegationleft for
a tour of East Germany,Bulgariaand Rumania.
Aug. 22: The Courtconvictedand sentenced49 more
members of the Muslim Brotherhoodto prison,
bringing the total of persons sentencedin the last
2 daysto 92.
The governmentissued a permit allowing 2 de-
stroyersof the US Sixth Fleet to visit Port Said in
September.
Aug. 23: Al-Ahrim said the Second Development
Plan would proceedas planneddespite alleged for-
eign economicpressure.
Greecesold the government100,000 tons of soft
wheat, it was announced.
Aug. 24: A presidentialdecreewas issued statingthat
Shell Oil and British Petroleum (BP) will share
E? loim in compensationto be paid over 8 years
with paymentguaranteedby the CentralBank.
A decreeannouncedthat narcoticssmugglersand
pedlarswould face the death penalty.
Aug. 28: A law was promulgatedprovidingthat for-
eign capitalinvestedin Port Said'sfree zone would
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be exempt from UAR laws of nationalizationand July 20: The Kuwayti Foreign Minister arrived in
joint stock companies. Jiddahto continuemediationefforts.
Aug. 29: The death sentencewas commutedto hard July 28: Al-Akhbar,of Cairo, published alleged de-
laborfor life for 4 of the 7 convictedMuslimBroth- tails of the Kuwaytiproposalson Yemen.
ers; the other 3 were hanged. July 29: A 4 man economicdelegationwent to Rome
The price of rice doubled. earlierin the monthto discussthe signing of a ?5m
creditarrangement. The possiblepurchaseof Italian
automobilesand the establishmentof a tomatocan-
Yemen ning factory were also discussed,it was reported.
Import duties were reduced on wool products,
(See also, General,SAF)
cottons, diesel oil, film equipment,electricalappli-
1966 ancesand buses.
July 30: The Kuwayti Foreign Minister announced
June 2: Kuwaytannouncedit would continueits me- that UAR and Saudi representativeswould soon
diation effortsbetweenthe UAR and SaudiArabia. meet in Kuwayt to discuss new proposals for a
June 3: Al-Ahrdm,of Cairo, accusedthe US CIA of Yemeni solution.
aiding the Royalists against the Republic. CIA San't' Radio announcedthat elections would be
denied the charges. held to form a 101 member consultativecouncil.
June 7: A correspondentclaimed that papers found Preceding this report, 'Amri held a meeting in
on the body of a formerRoyalistminister,recently San'a' with RepublicanCouncil members,Cabinet
killed by Republicanforces, disclosed a plan to ministers,religiousleaders,armyofficersand others.
place the entire Arab peninsulaunderKing Faysal. Aug. 8: The ForeignMinistrycabledthe Yemeni UN
In Beirut, Royalist InformationMinister Hashim delegation complaining of an alleged British air
Ibn Hashim refuted the story and said the victim intrusionover Qatarah.
had been killed 27 monthsago. Aug. 10: San't' Radio said British air violationshad
June 14: KuwaytiForeign MinisterShaykh Sab5iial- occurredover Sant'W, Ta'izz, Beida and Qatabah.
Ahmad Al Sablb returnedto Kuwaytafter visiting Aug. 11: Reportedly,'Amri led 2 Republicanarmy
officialsin the UAR and Saudi Arabia. units in an unsuccessfulbid to take control of the
June 28: President 'Abdallahal-Sallal suffered frac- airport and radio. The attemptwas foiled by the
tured ribs in a trafficaccidentin Alexandria. UAR Ambassador,A;hmadShuqri, who arrived
June 29: Aden Radio reported that PremierHasan with superior forces. Radio stations and airports
al-'Amri had been shot and was criticallyill in a were reportedlyplaced underEgyptianguard.
Cairo hospital following 2 weeks when his where- Aug. 12: Sallal arrived in San't' after a 9 months'
abouts were unknown. The report said that stay in the UAR, and returned to his residence,
'AbdallahJizaylan,head of the RepublicanIntelli- guardedby Egyptiantanks.Shaykhsand triballead-
gence Service,whom 'Amri met 2 weeks ago, was ers reportedly cabled President Nasir protesting
underhouse arrestin Cairo. againstthe "occupation"of San't' and the behavior
June 30: In Cairo,'Amrideniedhe had been shot and of UAR troopson Sallal'sarrival.
said he was visiting the UAR. Aug. 14: Severalministerscalled on Sallal, it was re-
July 2: Fierce fighting erupted between some 2,500 ported. Sallil had been greeted on arrivalonly by
Rassasi tribesmen and Republican troops in the the chief of the UAR forces,Hasan Tal'at.
south, reportedlybecauseof Rassasi dissatisfaction Aug. 17: Sallal received'Amriand they later drove in
with governmentpolicies in the area. an open car to armyheadquarters where they jointly
July 5: Rassasiforces reportedlycapturedan airstrip addressedservicemenand tribal chiefs, pledging to
near Beida which they planted with explosives to "standas one" in supportof the revolution.
preventUAR aircraftfrom landing. Talks between UAR and Saudi representatives
Sant'dRadio chargedthat British troops had at- beganin Kuwayt.
tackedterritoryin the battle area. In Aden, British Aug. 19: A draft solution based on the Kuwaytipro-
troop involvementwas denied. posals was reached. Officials returnedto inform
July 6: Republicansunconditionallysurrenderedthe their governmentsof the tentativeagreement.
Beida garrisonto the tribesmen,it was reported. Aug. 20: A Royalist statementasked the world to
July 18: The Foreign Ministry issued a statement backtheir call for self-determination.
holding Britain responsible for any disturbance Aug. 23: MeccaRadio reportedthat SaudiArabiahad
along the border. British Royal Air Force planes sent its reply to the draftagreementto Kuwayt.
were accusedof penetratingYemeni air space over Aug. 30: There were reported shortages of fuel,
Maabakon July 11, and troopswere allegedlyseen wheat and other productsresulting from the trade
gatheringin the area. ban with the SAF.

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