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DCER : Volume #19 - 992.DEA/50162-B-40 : ADOPTION OF NEW SYRIAN CONSTITUTION AND ELECTION OF<BR>MR. ADIB SHISHAKLY AS PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SYRIA

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Volume #19 - 992.

CHAPTER IX

WESTERN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE-EAST

PART 3

MIDDLE EAST

SECTION C

ESTABLISHMENT OF REPUBLIC OF SYRIA

992.

 DEA/50162-B-40

Embassy in United States
to Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs

LETTER NO. 1406

 Washington, July 16th, 1953

ADOPTION OF NEW SYRIAN CONSTITUTION AND ELECTION OF
MR. ADIB SHISHAKLY AS PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SYRIA

Attached are three copies of a note received from the Syrian Ambassador containing the information that a new constitution has been adopted by the Syrian people and that Mr. Adib Shishakly has been elected President of the Republic of Syria.

G. IGNATIEFF

[PIÈCE JOINTE/ENCLOSURE]

L'ambassadeur de Syrie aux États-Unis
à l'ambassadeur aux États-Unis

Ambassador of Syria in United States
to Ambassador in United States

Washington, July 13, 1953

The Ambassador of Syria presents his compliments to His Excellency the Ambassador of Canada and has the honor to inform him that following a referendum held in Syria on July 10, 1953, a new constitution was adopted by the Syrian people, and, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, His Excellency Mr. Adib Shishakly has been elected President of the Republic of Syria.

The Ambassador of Syria would be grateful if the above information is relayed to the Government of Canada.

The Ambassador of Syria etc.


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