AMERICA'S AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WAR, COTTON, AND CINEMA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R001300060005-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 1, 1948
• Content Type: PREL

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EMBASSY OF THE U.S.A., CAIRO-EGYPT.
THUIItSDi~~ ~;vcnin~ ~ept~rn~oer 3Q~h, ~.r~,:f3.
~'R1D~.Y ITorninu ,pctabq~ lst" ~ X948 R
THURSDAY ~venin~ Soli
30th, 19~r8.
++1~~;~orica~s j~-:1',~assador d~.sctzsses wary
cotton, 1c~:1 con-
frontin~; ~:1c, Our cotton crop was vary bid this y-c4 r, Tho
situation is bacl in the southern stincssr.:an and bccarlc intcrestccl 1:rorc in t11c f inen--
~ial s isle of tl~c f ili:1 industry th~.n tlzc tccl~.nica l a ic,.c + ,
rcl,liec: the 1'~r:1'oass~,~Lor,
sr Z+hc ~'~r:1cr is an c inorla'r
Q "Udhat c:o you thinly of t'.-1c ,ositicn of t'1c ~~~:lorican cine~:~:
in tho ti-rorlrl~rr~
l~ - "It is difficult for c.n garlcrican citizen to anstircr this
r~ucstion. but T r_xay s^y that the U.S.~,. is in tho orc:,.ro~xt
a.n this ficlcl~ o~ tl~in~ iah:ich ~;ivcs us much 1~lcasurc sccin
that the cinei:la is the G~cst rlcans of s~~rcadin~ culturo t:ncl
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TFiURSDa,Y lJvcrin~ Sc?;t , 30th, 1948..
understanclin~ ai:ion~ nations . St is indeed ~ratif~; ink that
1;coplc arc able to sco 1';ricrican filrls r~~iich cost a:lillions
of dollars to ~~roc~uc c i 'cy pa yin; a srlall char~c ,
r'Thc luro~,oan cineria"
(~ -* "l~h~~.t clo you think of tho situation of the Burol~~an.
car~c~;1a after the v~~ar?~ 'Can it seriously coi:ll~otc with tlzc
l`,~ilcrican cincria?
11 - 'rNo. But we want to help industries all over tlic world.
l;ricrica at' present leads tho ti~orld in this. field l.~ecausc of
her tcchnic~l experience and thanks to tlzc cal~ablc i~cn ~~~ho
served in the industry ~cncration after. ~.cncration",
r'Sports"
"His ~xccllcncy the 1'~7:i~~assaclor who is 61 years of arc
is known to like sports . ',,11on ~ l,ro'aocl the sub jcc~t he saidz
rYos I ar.1 font'. of sl~or~s * I like to -play Tennis d~ ily c.t
Gc zira S,:,ort ink; Club ~ . He then c cr~c ludo d the intcrvictia ti~~ith '
the l;la~7fu1 rc7:iark; t gut I shall ta1Lc up golf i~rh~n I pct old } ",
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FRTDI~Y Octol~cr 1st, 1J4-8.
The Pale s tine "National is s crlblyrr
i:ZCt yesterday at Gaza,
The' L,ra'oic ~,~ress ~ivcs vuide pu'clicity to the story
that the so-ce~llcd ;,rab 1'alcstino "National 1;ssc.:lblyr' ~:ict
yesterday at Gaza. Iil j",~irar.Z~s Gaza ccrresl ondcnt rcl~orts
that the Tiufti, Haj 1~ri~n i. Husscini clrovc to the ~issof:~~~ly
building o.ccoi:lpanicd by ~,i~:icd Hilo:1y Ps.sha uncl escorted '~;;
ari:~ourccl cars . 3i~ croti-rc's lined the street and cllccrec~
tho T.iufti, says the l~a~,cr vrhich adds that slogans such as
"Long live Iii?,; Farouk" y r'LonL;; Livo E~yl~t'r, "Loner Live
Ialestine" vrcrc heard during the l,roccssion.
Tho !~s s cr~bly l~