Statement of the National Command about the Achievements of the 9th National Congress declared on 31-10-1966

The National Leadership of the Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party

Published by The National Leadership of the Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party, Damascus, 1966

About this Item

Printed staple bound wraps 14 x 20cm. 62pp. Very good, lightly creased. Rare - 2 institutional holdings on OCLC and Copac (University of California, Davis; British Library). This statement was issued in the wake of the Syrian coup of 23 Feb 1966, which saw the Ba'ath Party's old guard represented by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and Munif al-Razzaz, deposed in a coup by younger factions led by Salah Jadid and Nureddin al-Atassi. Much of the old leadership fled to Baghdad, creating a schism between the Ba'ath Movement's Syrian and Iraqi branches. This document seeks to justify the coup, referring to Aflaq, Bitar, and Razzaz as Rightist infiltrators. Jadid and Atassi were in turn swept away when Defence Minister Hafez al Asad took control in 1970 as head of the Corrective Movement.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Statement of the National Command about the Achievements of the 9th National Congress declared on 31-10-1966
• Publisher: The National Leadership of the Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party, Damascus
• Publication Date: 1966
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good