Untitled report about Turkey

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To HE the Director of the Lebanese Sûreté Générale

I am honoured to report:

There are two institutions in Turkey monitoring the present situation in the Arab countries and looking into ways of taking advantage of it:

The National Security Agency.

The Turkish News Agency, known under the name of 'Turk Khabarlar'.

After recalling its representative in Beirut, Mr lhsan Badran, this Security started sending roving delegates every 15 days to the Arab countries. Its main priority right now is to look into the Arab countries' military and political readiness, the leaders’ activities towards the formation of a joint Arab military front, and each of these countries’ attitudes towards Turkey and the Soviet Union.

The reason for that is Turkey's desire to make Russia, which it considers its main enemy, the first line of defence, while the Arab views Israel as his main enemy and first line of defence.

This difference in opinion and direction is behind Turkey's increased interest in monitoring the current situation in, and capabilities of, the Arab countries using journalists it can rely on.

As for the Turkish News Agency, established in Istanbul in June 1950, it is a major network for the Zionist intelligence service. The reason is that the organisation of the Turkish Jew, Abraham Av Deken, is the one in charge of the Zionist intelligence network known as the Zionist-Arab-British Office that merged in Lebanon in 1947. This office was managed and financed, at the time, by Joseph Toubi under the supervision of Elia Sassoon, Israeli Minster Plenipotentiary in Ankara.

This office is never mentioned in Turkish newspapers, but those who are running it very often send delegates to gather information in Arab countries. The three journalists Ali Ferrah Oya, envoy of the Foreign Trade Magazine; Artin Azdamir, envoy of Arminian newspapers; and Camaleddin Homeca, envoy of the Turkish News Office who arrived in Beirut from Turkey on 22/12/ 1 950 and stayed at the new Savoy Hotel, went separately to Aleppo under the pretext that their newspapers and magazines had asked them to collect overdue subscription fees, met again there and returned to Beirut together.

Those three undoubtedly form together a Turkish-Zionist intelligence network under the cover of journalism. They are also interested in Armenian issues and often contact the Armenian community in Lebanon, because they believe that many of them support Russia, by pretending they are collecting subscription fees and trying to increase the number of subscribers, especially among the Armenians.

With my respects, hoping this would be of benefit to you.

Beirut, 27/12/1950