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The folloc.ing paragraphs are accepts from a recent reportfrom Palestine'

1. • A report, 'Lich iv act confirmed from auf other source,sells that a meMber of the National Pyrian Per in the Lebanon(this le a Fascist hew ,.aich has recently been permitted toresume its totivitis) hwi visited Palestine and tried to es-tablish mutual., vith =ova of educated young eatreiaieto.

2. A report is circulating =mg the Arabs.to the sof: etthat Nj_114_,•_,...1110,..i. has left Osman,' for Svitaftland.:Thle WorantlasrUrind. to be contained in a letter'frosWien al-Nadi, who is in Taric,., purporting to come from theMufti himself. lair ShakihArtian is said to have escapedinto SeitserlantrairiEW-W--177- . •

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8. Bern at hAMLE (Palestine) on 17th July 1918 (date in passportgiven as POth Mar 1916 - subject claims that difftrence in dates is due tO• clerical errorl.

3. Palestinila ,rat.

4. In posseesio:: or Palostine Passport No. 113616 issued 17.1.1939.!at JERTI ',AL'W by V". Depart,lent or lwaigratio. Validity extended until9th January, v Swisr Lega t ion ir 10 Junuary 1944 (when inhiding?)

6. Moslem.

6. Fathers Professor St)..ai T,JI el nuleiman ben Moduli;

Mamie Street ALT, P1aatine. Lawvor and proprietor of the JAFFAdaily paper "AlJAMI I A al ISLAXEYVA".

Mothers FM:KYY :,ii TkJI eleBrotherst ANAL

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All the above are in Palestine.

7. Present al-rese in homes 7 vie 6..Ta,DETi.

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a) rtat ., ment ! landed '6y subject to Inter Governmental Committeeon Refugee, t. .J luut August, ,en e first requestedthat arganis p ion to orrsr,r. e fov his repatriation.

b) InformAtion givon vor.a11 L. subject toRepresentative on 21st August 1944.

9. Brief History.

In feneral subject kept to the story as told in his originalTitten expose to I.G.C.h. However, :.rc following statements notsentione by him previously were found to be of doubtful veracity:-

a) Subject o:sime to have been granted a vies to tour Italy andTripoli on s cycle a few MWAhs before Italy entered the w ar "just for theasking". He states th"t the formalities for the granting of a visa atthe Italian Consulate oerorrwl in London took five minutes and that noquestions were sexed.

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b) when cyalinF throurh Italy (which took him about 25 days) bewas not stopped or interrogated anywhere in spite of his not speaking aware of Italian at tne time. Once the CChn even pot him back hispassport which he had forgotten at n Hotel in (4). Denis., beingin possession of any form of letter of recommendation from Anw influentialItalian aFencins or parsons.

c) Can never rememb e r the names of his contacts when in Tripoliar when in Italy, the only excontions being:-

1) • certain FA(t.n bin 'A.. JCA, Librarian at tie TripoliPublic Library, who introduced him to other ThlY0LITA4IA, iq otables (namesnot remembered).

>. 2) Sa.i,D DI.; A-DU- LLY, financial secretary to the YUPTI.

3) An Iraki, AV.h (unable to remember full nem') still inROVE, and with whom he lived when in "Mding" from the Germans. Doesnot know his wesent Wreres outs.

4) A ryrian kir. a doctor (of 2hilosophy?) who w•J1t Northwith the MUFTI (unable to r-memb ,..r full name).

* b) FLiJaliI and Vustapha r. '1 (the former ex "mudur"at the Italian getriTaY- Tn'ela.,0, th r, lattl -i-ii-"abdur" to tne Italian'Consulate Oeneral) to:to or whom have .A pplied for repatriation to Libya.ALI PIRJANI lent subject 35,000 Lire (A350 at the time) Yhen the latter

• was In "hiding" to be rerAid t'r is father (subject's) at Rn unspecifieddate.

d) In his writ ;en statement mablect •oe s Not mention the fact •that he wee engerAd by tne ! . AFrl as r ,,,f) Broadcastcr cifand news comments up to the rmistice at a e lar y if 4,010 lire A month. 1

e) corrirtec nf les,sers ard visktinrthe 7. (llorgio Roving club ever- day. Claims never to have wpm askedfor his papers when in tne strceAs. it rrti wn y e 111sgediy:-

1) A.gnora artist, 4 Via Aino Oxila.2) BACTI (cannot remember the address).33)PELLE0h1.1 (cAnnot remeber t' q, address).

Subject claims to have earned 2: - 40 lire p^- lesson (between 2,b00 -3,000 lire a month). i.ora P.0LI allegedly tot him pupils. He alsoclaims to hmve received a monthly aubsidv of 300 lire from the SwissLegation.

10. An interesting poi-t is tint subject stated that his father(according to FAIIT.I t s statement an enemy of the MUFTI) disapproved of histour through Italy and Libya and only ant im a ver y small sum of money •to TRIPOLI, not enough to allow 1 . 1m to proceed or. his journey.

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11. Subject is at present wnrking for the Industry Sub-Commission, " .C. at a salary of 4,000 lire a month.

12. Oeneral ImRresslon: Effeminate and weak, the type orperson who would launch himself into some national movement. Hisreplies are not always epontaneous. Very nervous during interrogation.Mouth oampletely dry.

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IOLPOrk. BY WI a. F.J.1151.

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In the month of teebruary 1940. 1 1 %ft hngla-A. w .ere i was for theperposs of study at Cambridge; for Paiestine. I •xpl.insi to theItalian Consul in tondo% that my intention of c ycling through Italy andLibya was for the purpose of acquginting •uyself with the teo countries;sine I had the intention of taking over journalism with my father •proprietor at "at SaMI A L daily Paper • JaPPA.

Thus with the visa I cycle from the it-lihn 1. rontier, MATIXIOLIadthe whole lengtr of lt4ly by the astern coast road s 18) tovie 01.90n, .Y. , , rialo fond • troll hsane .: to TIP.L4 and there r ahorto..: imisailatoly to tA P e2nsu1.Py stop in frI oN-1 wSP mrin17 nn.. further fu:.ds from Home.Posts' connections . ere than confused, and. I tan. to w)it *bout a monthand • half enfore receivi+ tr.'- first lettr. In V ., lttew, my fattoraskei me to give up the cycling ido q , qp trey 1-.W1 in town with t.41authorities in J.FPA to coit uNicwte to the Consul in to arrangomy departure f .,r few w- Ks teter, near t olO LEDO DIThIPOLI. I war stoppoi oyt"o motor•cyc:ists an Italian and a Lybian,and taken where 1 per euvincted to a iotniled meess-examiw.tion; thenplaced in • ctill in onn of Cr.: %;uaernas of Tripoli. Thero, for two days,nobody came to see me (I wasn't even allored to eo to a ".C.) Then Iwas taken to a cort) . 1r. office wnero 1 wt.. crors-oxamined anoth . . time andreturned *pain to tNO Suwa cell; three days latlr, I a t•k-n to a cellin POIrtA 13•ul4: •1 Prison (the beginning 3ver a month later,Italy declared wer and I was t4kApi io . nrop :r concentration Cog).RUShaT .1:11—nr„ i /at the inte • orotne of t.:eBritier. Consut in Trianli end t'is is .t r. e told nos "ilia .nsitishConsul rs, , Ivel ortm-s to ,IrrAni ., f3r your deps^ture: salt no to lookfor you *hero you lived •V1-119 nEY.LA • 1n.401,,r rhvou, Andthen* some people told me thrt they didn't know anything shout you. Onthis, tr1• Consul got 1,6 sit.. the .uostlra who told ht n that they(Mus t know leaore you were; further than that we didn't make anyeffort to find you

This va p M h t 1 undeo g tood froa the interpreter (!..1.;..ThIPOL1). But ut t .g t 74.3ent 1 • 4 in prison. and p urely t^e

uesture o 'aunt s.ore t . oinotir.% of this:. However. veer *Ats decllred, , .nd theConsul, t . c) w g e the oniy person eh° could mako am effort to liberate le, •left Tripoli fer Aoed.•

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Prose ino,h.r .;one.mtrottiov CAW 1 as tr . naforred to

?riron r.•itn 9 others. •n1 f!om tr.nun tn k:onventration %Aron inOargarsst near friooll.. 13 this last Gskirs tt..1 '.rbatily InCharge of hritish intv r'ate t) . n to *end ft nonthlv -11orance of300 ..ftni. 9 L trceen with Es oth^rs to a-kepnrto

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Intarnati Politici in Forte b .snito ''st r n, here. A I. it en at the startpreview to the first Concentrstio . . Throughout i *t as completelycut off frog*. .411 J. h . tr, at ertir .. !v on tt. e o rison ration-it/ ;A any modificatio.. by outside excom.ing that Pas or 300 lire shIchl'aft Men cut t or nit lone as r.onths.. Ir imn internment period limeat th • rot; ht of the *.. so, I.'s on Trtnall 42* voids* that often lasted•ros 8 t, q.v. and :kW/air .-hihc one luitslin night lr boobsfell within the nrison walls, one or th.nse bombe, luckily a if pounderonly, fell tvo meters from mc. Tt.en, in Vat orisons under thoseghastly conlitions of bur., , terror tine eiscomfort, I wrote petitionto the Pref.N• t of fribos.1 dems.n. 1 1-or hi.o. to 0 ....conal or .y situation;and eithor set .ne free no •...any MrPleh :.uo4e*tr, or rem! le to a properconcentration c •oan italw.

()Jew, ns i understocd • 1:.tet It . ly, I. er we then, thedrama ;..ufti or JerJasiew. tryin.- to entr r young ho ient•1 '.en around him.)

t •-nt t Ltt on I ro.: near1w ^our •N.onths in -visor.,eneoleting about nine months in all exclusive .of the first stoy f3110•11Wmy initial arrest. and from :. ort..1 rriron I was tascon ith ther-rt to another Concentration ‘amo• Porti ridi ..bc131 &aria in fsjInre.There I retained nearly nine .0 0*thr on one night A war sui.moned to theCammaniant e s office, t v or. into n drive's off to fin 'co, anisolated willai e in (Jebel hefur .. . .• ne w I DJt in to, -cruse ofNharbisn. ..noi three loos‘a. Int.'s . , 1 t sten hoes . 0 7141)011, *hence Iwan flown to P.■••0! oncle ore • rt t.:o ,.*.q•nor..1s of the Here inhome ...a* Poet It etet.ly to t o- • l inieteri 4-11 interne, wh e r w L soltet! tillthe to o nolicemen A-a:settee their o.n . 're an' then with one t them L wentto a c o : toln Colosimo, n . . L )a. .:.en of thenorend ::oftl.

1■ow 'ha xufti kiss's my at • er, • c a •■•t •.or of fact kw". him to*well. Mr f.r.h r w -^ • 1 4. t • :a' ions I em pty 'toile nr..cticinglaw in 7.elesti ...w ; then he f au • ded the onnoaltion to the • unreme * .!ce lesCouncil of which the Grand kufti vrac rtes. ..nd in 193? then he wasnropristor of Jamie • a Irlamejynh' ..tnilv Planer - Jaffa, issoortantdocuments* w are orou,oht ta him by th.* ! of the lossha phibi fs.!.11Y1these documents were ,sein l ett wrc exe an 'Id t . ttf • on t . • qrw rsi :AM andPrince " .rIB I., co ..dvocaro ...ea foster It.,11soOovernment Int....art:. 14 the Jw %r 111'; t', 4) e . vfi afta. r, all thw documentsannesren on the front la of our cp v. ry tnwexist:once ofthe /tett i.9 •Iserty t;nockeri to d

Now, tt, 0 (!rsinc 4 t: •. $ .1 and t •ten .nact retro:one when hi, secret !!•1 • W.0, ""! ^wet -r.'lv'hat Ara - in ne sdi of, ol if' 1 C e):31 ••••41onsOrei c w . ir "or, aft visit t , oat, en* lv , j coulaha' on^ i 'r ' 4" -r-.** t' . - -at r 1. or.ce•otramonths* . 1r .ei A h*. •• .1co e t-Imre of ..et

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The Germans were stroni hove ond I rnr carefully 'etched. Then comethe fall of Fascism, and in the •41rning of tee abmistice all men ofthe ir rind managed to re IliCrJet tre irontier. somehow beforethat they w ere eiard talking to me to follow. However. i managed toevade, end they disanpear e.d. The next morning I reported to the 'wiseLegation. And later o.1, s,out Nome we• . ms after. I was called to theOfficio Stranieri, • nd ttere w ..1 !lid t ....st they had orders to have me •leave or the Hor • h or itely within mind of three days. But withinthat 'triad I mene.ed to find a t ,-sporary hiding place: I had to avoidstaying in the same t-ouse tvo ni't' successively. That pried ofhiding eresse0 no to e4tr a tisot sr more than 36 thousand lire to acertain Sig. j4 qrAbb. P.L FL:14;.1. t times s^N‘ no Ltalinnhad the courage TO take me tc-rro when 1. hat' a:teatimes to knock spoutbetwten three houses and ke:so changing lodging until I nearly gave updodging the germane wenn the family of "olonel giuseope t;s12TITJ (who isactually with the flied righting rove's) took me into their home.No. 00 Via St.dOTIe0, %Mk. end tore I remained tr.til the Allies'lntry into home.

liver slice I have been sending letters to Isy people in re hone ofreceivinr word frcm them situ- flur voars of s-stzty void or a singlenews. ‘.hile in order to avoid tht. frowth of dot, I have taken overService wit tre indrstry Lu g-CUL:AS*10U until I om •ble toreturn home to hALL1, Palestine.

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Anformation.

?ether is Prof f. rulleman fagi EL Po011q/.Address - Palestino.All family on* relations Ave in Palestine.

Actual date of oirth • 17.7.18 (date given on passport • 90.6.16.)

Be holds • Palestine passoort Ao. 113f16 issued in JaitISALItir •17.1.39. henewed on 10.1.44. by Swiss Legation in ROM. Validuntil 9.1.4e.

Rep is of Moslem religion.

1939 • 40 Feb. In Lngland, •tudring at Cambridge*1940 • 43 June. Imprisoned in Tripoli on his return to Palestine

find interned.

1943 • 44 June. Brought to Italy • free confined and in hidinguntil liberation.

Now. %orkint with Agriculture Sub-C, A.C.C.

!Mai-Desiree to return to his penults in Planation as soon as possible.

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Has incurred considerable debts di ring his period of biding inItaly.

Before allied occupation he received • grant.