| Description | Folder of presscuttings and telex reports on the political structure in Iraq, including moves towards democracy, amnesty for dissidents and freedom of speech, as well as material on the founder of the Ba'ath Party Michel Aflaq. Items include reports from 1989 on the dissolution of the Revolutionary Command Council to prepare for multi-party elections, the release from prison of Swedish businessman Wolfgang Granlund who had been jailed for life for espionage, articles from the Baghdad Observer, Wall Street Journal, The Times, The Independent and other newspapers discussing the progress of constitutional change in Iraq in relation to the power held by Saddam Hussein, reporting on legislative changes for foreign travellers and army reservists, and assessing the significance of the amnesty announced for dissidents and proposals for multi-party elections. A plastic folder contains a sheaf of cuttings and reports on the life and death of the founder of the Ba'ath Party Michel Aflaq (1910-89), including several obituaries and a Baghdad Observer report on his funeral, at which Saddam Hussein acted as a pallbearer. |