Documents / FOIA release
This is a compilation of Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) briefing notes to the Director of INR, mostly dated June 12, 1968, with some from June 6, 1968. The notes cover world events, including student riots in Paris, East German passport and visa rules for West Germans, a UN resolution on South West Africa, a change of Komsomol leadership, Sino-Nepalese relations, and the Colombian presidential resignation crisis. Unrest in Senegal and Somalia is also covered. None of the notes discuss UFOs.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE GIST: R BRIEFING NOTE SYRIA: Four US citizens reportedly in prison since May 1967 TO: The Director, INR DATE: June 10, 1968 TIME: a.m. SOURCE(S) CLASS./CONTROL(S) Beirn : 9935 LOU June 7 Edmond Haddad, who claims to be Jordanian national, called at Embassy June 7, having just been released from Mezzeh Military prison in Syria on June 3. Haddad claimed 4 US citizens imprisoned with him, incommunicado. Jordanian Ambassador in Beirut advised caution in dealing with Haddad and said any official info for USG would come from Govt of Jordan. Haddad, under emotional strain (reported and showed evidence of physical torture) stated a "Miss Millard from Texas" and "Arlan Steel from Calif" plus two other young American men were on train en route Istanbul-Damascus in May 1967 when arrested for hiding guide book containing maps and info on Israel. Four Americans being held in solitary confinement and prevented from making any contact with outside world. While Haddad being released without explanation last week, Miss Millard called to him, asking him to contact US consular officials. INR/RNA Comment: Syria and the US maintained diplomatic relations until June 1967, a month after the alleged arrests, though it is still very possible that the USG would not be aware of the arrests. SCS is being asked to check for missing persons matching names and details given.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 132 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.