Description | Folder of typed letters from Ethel Mannin to Christopher Walker, written between September and December 1968. Topics covered include Walker's trip to the Middle East and the people he met there (Midhet Juma, brother of Sa'ad Juma the former Jordanian Ambassador to the USA, Aida Audi, Dr Majaj, a friend and children's doctor; Desmond Stewart and Irene Beeson - a couple of the letters were sent to Walker while he was travelling between Beirut, Cairo and Jordan - a request from Kayyali of 'Free Palestine' for Walker to write about his impressions of occupied Palestine for the magazine, a reference to John Sykes, author of 'The Mountain Arabs', Hafiz Assad's succession as Prime Minister of Syria, clashes in London between young Jewish militants and Arab supporters of an Al-Fatah march, Mannin's opinions on the differences between various organisations who support Palestine but are content only to accept the return of annexed territory, as well as discussion of different ways of supporting resistance, her grief at the deaths of her friends Khalid Zaki and Dr Al-Hani, killed in separate incidents in Iraq, an account of a CAABU meeting attended by Walker, Anthony Nutting, Christopher Mayhew and the Jordanian and UAR ambassadors, reports from Rita Smith and others of recent lectures given by acquaintances Basil Aql, Manuela Sykes, as well as Smith's visit to the 'Protest Centre' in Piccadilly, discussion of Walker's interest in Armenia, and a letter from Desmond Stewart who had warned the American Ambassador about sending more lethal weapons to Israel. |