THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST - SYRIA

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06730894
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2021
• Case Number: F-2017-00022
• Publication Date: February 14, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
14 FEBRUARY 1963
TOP SECRET
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3. Syria
a. Premier Azm's frail govern-
ment is rocking in the wake of the
Iraoi revolt
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c. Ambassador Knight describes
a meeting he had with the Syrian
foreign minister Mhhisin on Monday.
He was struck by Mahasin's great,
eagerness to profess his and his
government's anti-Communism and
desire for friendship with the US.
"As a matter of fact," said Mahasin,
"should I ever need diplomatic asylum
it is to you that I would come."
� d. The foreign minister ack-
� nowledged that with Azm ill and the
cabinet a shambles �there is really
no Syrian government.
e. The Baath party's founder
and head was preparing to leave
Beirut yesterday, going first to
Damascus and then to Baghdad.
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