Egyptian Communists in Exile (Rome Group) Archives
Period
1945-1979 (-2004)
Total size
5.5 m.
Consultation
Not
restricted
History
Founded in 1922, the communist movement in Egypt revived after the Second World War; communists of the al-Haraka al-Misriyya li-l-Taharrur al-Watani (EMNL; Egyptian Movement for National Liberation) led by Henri Curiel merged with the Iskra Group and the New Dawn Group into the al-Haraka al-Dimuqratiyya li-l-Taharrur al-Watani (Haditu or DMNL, Democratic Movement for National Liberation) in 1947; in 1948 many of its leaders, most of them Jewish, were arrested and exiled; in Paris a number of them constituted in 1951 the `Rome Group', actually a branch of the DMNL, which kept in touch with Egypt; communists in Egypt had a part in bringing down the Egyptian monarchy in 1952 and for a short period the DMNL supported the military regime of the Free Officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser; in 1953, after the suppression of the Kafr al-Dawwar strike, communists turned against the new rulers; being persecuted again they went underground, working in the Front National Démocratique (FND) and cooperating with the Groupe de Partisans de la Paix Égyptiens led by Yusuf Hilmi; contacts with the group in Paris were maintained; after the Bandung Conference of 1955 the suppression diminished; communists supported Nasser during the Suez crisis in 1956; mergers of different Egyptian communist organizations, including the DMNL and the Communist Party of Egypt (CPE), led to the founding of the United Egyptian Communist Party (UECP) in 1957 but also to the dissolution of the `Rome Group' in spite of objections of its members; after a new period of suppression at the end of the 1950s, the communist movement was dissolved in 1965 and merged into the Arab Socialist Union (ASU). Curiel, Henri: born in Caïro 1914, died in France 1978; pseudonym Younès; militant communist; educated at French schools in Caïro; one of the founders of the EMNL and in 1947 of the DMNL; exiled from Egypt in 1950; from 1951 Curiel was the pivot of the `Rome Group' in Paris; after its formal dissolution in 1957 the `Rome Group' changed its name into Groupe des Démocrats Égyptiens d'Origine Juive, which focused its attention more and more on the support of the Algerian struggle for liberation; after a prison term in Fresnes Curiel was one of the founders of Solidarité, a support group for movements of liberation in the Third World; in 1978 he was assassinated.
Content
Minutes of meetings and reports of general meetings 1952-1959 of the `Rome Group'; annual reports 1952-1960; correspondence, for the most part between members of the group in Paris and communists in Egypt, a number of them being imprisoned, including Ibrahim Abdal Halim 1951-1956, Kamal Abdal Halim 1951-1959, Albert Arié 1954-1960, n.d., Joyce Blau 1953-1971, 1984, Sarah Blau 1957-1959, Noémie Canel 1953-1960, Henri Curiel 1950-1972, Didar Fawzy 1953-1959, 1984, Robert Grunspan 1958-1960, Muhammad al-Guindi 1952-1960 (-1969), Joseph Hazan (1949-) 1956-1962, 1984, Sherif Hetata 1951-1959, 1964, Yusuf Hilmi 1954-1957, Mourad Khallaf 1954-1958, Sarwat Okasha 1958-1959, Marie Papadopoulos 1957-1958, Farouk Sabet 1955-1956, n.d., Ahmed Taha (1951-) 1955-1956 and others; documents of the Commission de Solidarité; documents relating to the Front National Démocratique (FND) 1953-1956 and to the Groupe de Partisans de la Paix Egyptiens, including typescripts and texts of speeches by Yusuf Hilmi 1951-1957; reports and other documents on the Egyptian communist movement, on the conflict between Henri Curiel and the Parti Communiste Français (PCF) 1952-1956, on the relations with the Communist Party of Israel 1952-1960, on the founding of the UECP in 1957, on the dissolution of the party in 1965 and the resurrection of the Communist Party of Egypt in 1975, 1945-1978; documents on trials against communists, on the situation of political prisoners in Egypt and on solidarity campaigns abroad 1949-1960; documents on the position of women and children in Egypt 1946-1957, on the Egyptian trade union movement 1949-1960 and n.d. and on the Bandung Conference 1955; copies of bulletins, leaflets and clippings 1948, 1951-1960 (-1978). Papers of Henri Curiel: correspondence 1952-1964; manuscripts and typescripts of reports and articles by Curiel on the political situation in Egypt 1949-1977 and of his `Pages Autobiographiques. Une contribution à l'histoire de la naissance du Parti Communiste Égyptien de 1940 à 1950' written in 1978; files on the trial against Henri Curiel and other communists in Caïro 1947 and on the `Affaire Badr' 1953; typescripts by Yusuf Hilmi 1955 and some other documents 1956, 1971-1974. Papers of Didar Fawzy: correspondence 1954-1959; documents concerning the DMNL and the Egyptian communist movement 1950-1965 (-1972); documents concerning the Rome group 1958-1977. NB. Partly in Arabic, for the most part in French; correspondence with Roger and Elisabeth Vailland 1951 and n.d.; documents concerning the interview given by Curiel to Marie-Dominique Gresh 1976; documents on the accusations of terrorism against Curiel in the weekly magazine Le Point and the law suit against Georges Suffert, reporter of Le Point, 1976-1991; manuscript of an interview with Rosette Curiel 1978; testimonies on the life, murder and historical importance of Curiel by Sam Bardell, Isam Sartawi and others 1978-1998; documents on the commemorative meetings and conferences in 1988 and 1998, on themes as international solidarity and liberation struggles in the Third World 1987-1998; press articles on the house arrest of Curiel in Digne, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, 1977, his assassination 1978, the investigations into the murder and the commemorative events 1978-1998.
Processing information
Inventory made by Marianne Wigboldus and Jaap Haag in 1997, supplement by Bouwe Hijma in 2010
Secondary creator
Curiel, Henri. Fawzy-Rossano, Didar. Blau, JoyceI N T R O D U C T I O N
History
The collection of papers of the
Rome Group
(in French: Groupe de Rome) dates from the
second wave of the communist movement in Egypt which rose at the end of the
1930s. In 1922 the
Egyptian Communist Party
had been
founded, but, failing a strong support and a workers' base, it was dissolved at
the end of the 1920s.
The second communist revival attracted a following
among especially foreign minorities and students of the French lycées in Cairo.
Because no central leadership was provided by the Soviet Union or European
communist parties, the movement strated out divided. It split into four
competing organizations:
Iskra
,
the Egyptian
Movement for National Liberation (EMNL)
,
People's
Liberation
and the
New Dawn group
. They were
founded and led by Jews, of whom
Henri Curiel
(1914-1978),
the leader of the EMNL, and future leader of the `
Rome
Group
', was the most famous.
After the Second World War
attempts were made to establish a unified communist party. At the same time
more attention was paid to the `Egyptianisation' of the movement and the
recruitment of Egyptian workers. As a first step towards these goals EMNL
merged in 1947 with
Iskra
and People's Liberation to form
the
Democratic Movement for National Liberation (DMNL
or
its Arabic acronym Haditu:
al-Haraka al-Dimuqratiyya li-l Taharrur
al-Wataniyya)
. Although the new movement at first was a success,
cultural and factional differences within the original organizations prevented
its consolidation. As a result, DMNL was severely weakened and in 1948 most of
its leaders were arrested. Regarded as foreigners by the Egyptian government
they were deported to Europe, where most of them started a new life and left
their Egyptian past behind them.
Henri Curiel
and
his friends, however, formed an exception to this rule. They remained faithful
to their Egyptian comrades and to the Egyptian struggle for national
independence. For this reason they established in 1951 a support group called
`Groupe de Rome', which was officially recognised by the Egyptian DMNL as its
branch in Paris. Henri Curiel was elected member of the Central Committee of
the DMNL. Contact with comrades in Egypt was maintained through coded letters,
secret trips of members of the group to Egypt, as well as visits of Egyptian
comrades to Paris to keep the group informed of events in Egypt.
When
king Faruk
was banished from Egypt in July 1952 and the
military took over power, DMNL, as one of the few communist organizations in
Egypt and elsewhere, supported the
Free Officers
led by
Gamal Abd al-Nasser
. The suppression of the Kafr al-Dawwar
strike, the hanging of its leaders, and the support of the United States of the
military regime, however, made the communist movement turn against the new
rulers in 1953. When during the next years communists were persecuted and
imprisoned, the Rome Group provided financial and moral support to its Egyptian
comrades. It also intensified its contacts with the
Partisans of
Peace movement
led by
Yusuf Hilmi
and actively
supported his initiatives for peace with Israel.
Not until after the
Bandung conference in 1955, the nationalization of the
Suez Canal
Company
in 1956, and the Czech arms deal did the communist movement
revise its opinion of the military regime, considering it now as part of the of
the anti-imperialist struggle. During the Suez crisis the Rome Group acquired
secret information on the impending Anglo-French-Israeli invasion of Egypt
which it tried to pass on to Nasser. An attempt of Henri Curiel to regain his
Egyptian citizenship as a result of this service, however, failed. The position
of the Rome Group declined with each stage of the unification of the communist
factions and movements after 1955. The establishment of the
Unified
Communist Party (UECP)
in 1955, for instance, led to Henri Curiel's
temporary suspension from its Central Committee. A year later, Henri Curiel
regained his position, only to be definitely expelled as member of the C.C.
when the
Communist Party of Egypt (CPE)
and the
UECP
merged in 1957 to form the
United Egyptian
Communist Party
. By that time measures against Henri Curiel extended
to all the members of the support group, as became clear in October 1957 when
the Rome Group was dissolved by the Political Bureau of the UECP.
The
role of the group in Egyptian politics ended in 1958 when one of the conditions
for the final establishment of the
Communist Party of
Egypt
was the exclusion of Jews from the leadership of the new
party, a demand made by the
Workers' and Peasant's Communist Party
(WPCP)
. The Rome Group complied with its dissolution, changing its
name into `
Groupe des Démocrats Égyptiens d'Origine
Juive
'.
In the subsequent years its activities increasingly
focussed on supporting the Algerian struggle for independence. In 1962 Henri
Curiel and his friends founded Solidarité, a support group for liberation
movements everywhere in the Third World. In 1978 Curiel was assassinated under
unclear circumstances.
Papers
Although the papers of the
Rome Group
became known as
the Henri Curiel archives, a great part of the documents can hardly be
considered as his (personal) papers. Also it is not possible to speak of the
archives of an organization, since - to mention just one reason - documents
from the period after the dissolution of the Rome Group are included. The
collection should therefore be regarded as the collection of papers of a group
of individuals, namely Egyptian Communists in Exile (Rome Group), which include
the papers of Henri Curiel.
The papers contain minutes of the secretariat
of the group and of the Committee, which convened weekly. Henri Curiel and
Joseph Hazan were members of both. Other Committee members were
Alfred Cohen (=Anatoli)
,
Raymond
Stambouli
and
Raymond Biriotti
. Sometimes the
Committee was extended and met as `Comité élargi'. There are also minutes of
the meetings of the General Assembly, the highest organ of the group, which
convened every six months.
Furthermore the papers contain an extensive
correspondence of different members of the group with `the party' and other
contacts in Egypt. They include documents on its political activities, such as
solidarity campaigns in support of Egyptian communists in prison. Besides
bulletins published by the Rome Group, the papers also contain a valuable
collection of pamphlets and leaflets issued by the communist movement in Egypt.
After the assassination of Henri Curiel in 1978, the papers of the group were
kept by
Joseph Hazan
. He deposited them at the
International Institute of Social History (IISH)
in 1992.
Additional documents, consisting of correspondence and manuscripts
(typescripts) by Henri Curiel, were received in 1995. In the same year the IISH
also received a collection of documents relating to Solidarité, which consist
for the most part of political reports by Henri Curiel. In 1996 another accrual
was received from
Didar Fawzy-Rossano
.
Notes on the arrangement
The papers of the
Egyptian communists were packed in folders. The enclosed list of the contents
of the papers was brief and incomplete, but the labels on the folders were an
additional, though limited source of information. As a whole the papers as
received by the IISH didn't have any archival structure. The arrangement of the
papers was hampered by lack of information on the organization and
administration of the Rome Group. The complexity of the archive was compounded
by its unclear structure, especially for outsiders who are not initiated in the
procedures of the group. The abundant use of pseudonyms in the correspondence
(or of first names without surnames) made it difficult to identify the main
protagonists of the group and the relations they had with the outside world.
Also the practice of copying letters after their receipt in Paris, without
mentioning the addressee and sender at all, complicated the work of the
archivist.
For these reasons it was decided not to change the contents of
the single folders, although relations between the documents are not always
clear. In many cases the descriptions were subdivided. Taking the original
folders as the basic units and grouping them under different headings, a more
thematic and chronological arrangement was made. However, some folders contain
documents that could be classified in more than one way. In several cases it
was possible to find a solution for this problem by using cross references.
The documents are for the greatest part in French, another part in
Arabic, as stated in the descriptions, and in a few cases in English.
Identification of documents in Arabic was made possible by the help of
Roel Meijer
. According to IISH practice this inventory is
in English. But for the transcription of Arabic names however the French way of
transcription was mostly preferred, because in that way the names can be found
in the documents. Nevertheless sometimes English transcriptions have been used
(names of organizations for example, but also in the case of
Yusuf
Hilmi
). Cross references in the index will anticipate questions as
much as possible. The problems of identifying pseudonyms and first names have
also hampered the composition of the index. Sometimes different ways of
transcription for names of the same (?) persons (e.g. Abdel / Abdal or Muhammed
/ Mohammed) made things worse. In the case of `the' Communist Party of Egypt it
was not always clear, which communist party (or better: which moment in the
phase of unification) was meant. Nevertheless, with the help of
Joseph Hazan
,
Joyce Blau
and
Didar Fawzy-Rossano
, most problems could be solved. They
also corrected the list of pseudonyms, which is added to this inventory. The
size of the arranged papers is 4.5 m.
I N V E N T O R Y
EGYPTIAN COMMUNISTS IN EXILE
GENERAL
Committee(s) and Secretariat
- 1
-
Minutes of the Committee of
the
Rome Group
, the Committee `élargi' and the
`Secretariat Politique'. With annexes.
1952-1954.
1 folder.
NB. See also inv.no. 12
- 2
- Minutes of the Committee and the `Secretariat Politique'. With financial statements and notes. 1954-1955. 1 folder.
- 3
- Minutes of the Committee and the Commission of Organization. With some notes. 1954-1956, 1958-1959. 1 folder.
- 4-5
- Minutes of the Committee, several subcommittees and the Secretariat. With annexes, partly in Arabic. 1955-1957. 2 folders.
- 6-7
- Minutes of the Committee, the Committee A and the Committee B. With annexes, partly in Arabic. 1956. 2 folders.
- 9
- Minutes of the Committee, several subcommittees and the Secretariat. With minutes of the General Assembly, a report (`sur le cas Jacques') and other annexes. 1957. 1 folder.
- 10
- Minutes of the Secretariat, the Committee and the `Commission de Solidarité'. 1957-1958. 1 folder.
- 11
- Minutes of the Committee and the Committee `élargi'. With annexes and notes, minutes of other commissions including the Commission of Organization, the `Commission de Technique' and the Commission/ Groupe (de) Solidarité and copies of a report on the situation of political prisoners in Egypt. 1958-1960. 1 folder.
General Assembly
NB. See also inv.no. 9
Correspondence
Correspondence with Egypt
- 14-15
- Correspondence with Egypt. 1951-1956. 2 covers.
- 16-18
-
Correspondence with
Egypt.
1951-1953.
3 covers.
- 16
-
Two reports from Egypt,
one of them containing a class analysis of the Free Officers.
1953.
NB. In Arabic.
- 17
-
Correspondence between
Ibrahim Abdal Halim (`Gamal')
in Cairo and
Sherif Hetata
and
Henri Curiel
in
Paris.
1951-1953.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 18
-
Correspondence `periode
Aziz' (
Sherif Hetata
): letters and copies of letters from
Pierre (Sherif Hetata)
,
Boule
and
Badr
and some copies of letters to
Pierre
and
Nevine
. With a copy in
French and a photocopy in Arabic of
Henri Curiel
's report
`La lutte Idéologique', and with photocopies of letters by
Henri
Curiel
(Younis) on agricultural reforms and political work among the
peasants.
1953.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 19
-
Correspondence `Periode
Nasr'. With copies of reports by `
Nasr
' and a copy of a
letter from
Henri Curiel
to `Nasr'.
1953.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 20
-
Correspondence between the
Rome Group
and
Noémie Canel (Laila)
in Egypt. With some correspondence between others
(
Hamido
,
Pierre
,
Jacques
,
Nadia
) and with photocopies
of letters from
Henri Curiel
to the Central Committee
(C.C.) of the
DMNL
about the internal problems of the
movement, a report of a manifestation in Alexandria organised by families of
political prisoners and a copy of a letter from the DMNL to the
Soviet communist party
.
1953.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 21-26
-
Correspondence with
Egypt.
1953-1954.
6 covers.
- 23
- Photocopy of Henri Curiel 's report `Pour une politique conséquente vis-à-vis des nationalités au Sudan'. 1954.
- 24
- Partly copy and partly photocopy of a report by Henri Curiel on `Le Front, but stratégique de la classe ouvrière'. 1954.
- 27
- Letters and copies of letters from Joyce Blau (Colette) in Egypt. With some annexes in Arabic and with a list of used code names and terms. 1953-1954. 1 folder.
- 28-31
-
Correspondence with
Egypt.
1953-1954.
4 covers.
- 28
- Letters and copies of letters to Joyce Blau (Colette). With some other correspondence, partly in Arabic. 1953-1954.
- 29
- Photocopy of a text by Henri Curiel containing a response of the MD (=DMNL) to an article by the DMNL-CR (=Courant Révolutionnaire) `cadre' on the Henri Curiel (Younis) affair. 1954.
- 32-33
- Correspondence with Egypt. 1954-1955. 2 covers.
- 34-40
-
Correspondence with
Egypt.
1955-1956.
7 covers.
- 35
-
Correspondence with
Baïram (Farouk Sabet
),
Mourad Khallaf
(
Maurice
,
Muharram
),
Sa'ad
(
Ahmed Taha
) and others.
1955-1956.
NB. Mainly in Arabic. See also inv.no. 121.
- 36
-
Correspondence by
Henri Curiel
(
Amin
,
Jac
) and the
Rome Group
with
Kamal Abdal Halim
(
Khalil
,
Kelly
) and (other) prisoners in Kharga, and with Baïram
and the party.
1955-1956.
NB. Mainly in Arabic.
- 41-43
-
Correspondence with
Egypt.
1956-1960.
3 covers.
- 41
-
Correspondence with
Mohammed al-Guindi (Lé
on) and the party. With a copy of an
essay by
Henri Curiel
`Pour une politique active du
Parti Communiste Égyptien Unifié (PCEU)
afin d'etablir des
relations fraternelles avec certains partis communistes et ouvriers'.
1956-1957.
NB. Mainly in Arabic.
- 42
- Letters and copies of letters from Sherif Hetata (Aziz) to Henri Curiel ( Jacques ) and the Rome Group , including a copy of the essay `Le Marxisme est une théorie qui exige de nous l'étude de la réalité'. 1957-1958.
- 43
- Letters and copies of letters from Marianne , Maillou , Maya ( Sarah Blau ), Nadine , Monique (also Sarah Blau ?), Joyce Blau (Colette) , Henri Curiel (Jac) , Jean (Jozeph Hazan) , Mohammed al-Guindi (Léon) , Charles (Sherif Hatata) , Titi , Roby (Robert Grunspan) , Yusuf Hilmi , Nour and others to Yusuf Hilmi (Firmin) , Sherif Hetata (Aziz) , Mayou (Sarah Blau) , Didar Fawzy (Nadia) and others. With a report by Didar Fawzy and Mourad Khallaf (Muharram) on a visit to London in 1959. 1957-1960.
- 44-45
-
Correspondence with
Egypt (`connection Nour I').
1956-1957.
2 covers.
- 45
-
Copies and photocopies
of letters and reports from Paris to Nour and the party, including photocopies
of
Henri Curiel
's `Pour une politique fraternelle et
désintéressée vis à vis du Soudan' (n.d.) and `Avis sur la nature de classe du
mouvement de l'armée et Bandoeng' (
1956
), a photocopy of
Henri Curiel
's
letter to the party on the necessity of professional militants (n.d.), a copy
of the text presented by the Egyptian delegation to the World Council for Peace
in Colombo (
1957
), a
photocopy of a letter on Nasser and the nature of his regime (
1956
), and copies of the report `Le
conflit arabo-israélien à l'heure de Suez' by
Raymond
Stambouli
. With some correspondence between others.
1956-1957.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 46-50
-
Correspondence with
Egypt (`connection Nour II').
1957-1959.
5 covers.
- 47
- Copies of letters from Nour. With notes, copies of a letter from Roby to Henri Curiel and copies of a letter from the Secretary General of the International Trade Union for Textile and Clothing to Gamal Abdal Nasser . 1957.
- 51-52
- Correspondence with Egypt. 1957-1958. 2 covers.
- 53-58
-
Correspondence with
Egypt.
1958.
6 covers.
- 53
- Copies of letters from Charles (Sherif Hetata ) and copies of letters from Marie and Schlebo (Shehata Haroun) and a letter from Bibi . With a report on the trade unions and the labour movement in Egypt. 1958.
- 54
- Copies of letters to Charles. With a copie of a letter to Marianne and a copy of a letter to Nour. 1958.
- 55
- Copies of letters from Marianne, Marie and Charles. With a copy of a letter from Nadia (Nelly) . 1958.
- 59-62
-
Correspondence with
Egypt.
1958-1959.
4 covers.
- 59
- Letters, copies of letters and reports by Henri Curiel and others to Saroite (Sarwat) Okasha (Hector) . 1958-1959.
- 60
- Letters from Hector (Marcel) to Nadine ( Didar Fawzy ). With some other correspondence. 1958-1959.
- 63-64
- Correspondence with Egypt. 1958-1960. 2 covers.
Correspondence with imprisoned comrades
NB. See also inv.nos. 32-33, 36, 63-64 and 91-93
- 72
- Correspondence with prisoners in `Huckstep' internment camp, a.o. between Ezmeé, Rigbis and Salah. 1949. 1 folder.
- 73-79
-
Correspondence with
Egypt: `Letters from prison'.
1953-1956.
7 covers.
- 73
- Letters and copies of letters from Mimi / Lili / Mirelle ( Noémie Canel ), Moshe Youssef Leibovitz and others to Gaby and Denise , Henri Curiel ( Jacques / Jacquot ), Kamal Abdal Halim ( Kelly ), Jacqueline and others. With notes. 1952-1953.
- 74
-
Various correspondence
with Egypt, probably with
Sherif Hetata
.
1953-1954.
NB. Mainly in Arabic.
- 75
-
Copy of a letter from
Qanater prison to the C.C. of the communist party in Egypt and to `all comrades
in the world'.
1955.
NB. In Arabic.
- 76
-
Correspondence with and
concerning
Ahmed Taha (Saadia)
, prisoner in Kharga.
1955-1956.
NB. Partly in English and Arabic.
- 80
-
Correspondence with and
concerning communists imprisoned in Kharga and Bagne de Torrah deportation
camps, including letters from
Joyce Blau
(Colette),
Henri Curiel
(Jac, Amin), Clément, Jules (Joseph Osmo),
Ahmed Taha (Sa'ad)
,
Laila
,
Hamido
,
Farid Daoud
and groups of
political prisoners of Kharga, to
Joyce Blau
and
Henri Curiel
,
Jean Marin
, Mr.
Solmé
,
Gamal Abdal Nasser
,
Francois Mauriac
,
Jean Lafitte
(Secretary General of the World Council for Peace),
Ihlya
Ehrenbourg
and
Khaled `Bikdache'
, Secretary
General of the
Communist Party (of) Syria-Libanon
.
With a typescript of Ahmed Taha 's communiqué `Les ouvriers égyptiens dans le cortège de la paix et de la solidarité internationale', 1956; with a copy of a letter from the Rome Group to the C.C. of the UECP on the unification of the communist parties, 1955; with copies of letters from Henri Curiel to prisoners in Kharga about his suspension from the C.C. and analyzing Nasser's changes in foreign policy. 1955-1957 . 1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 81
-
Correspondence with
prisoners in `Kharga' (dossier I): copies and photocopies of letters to
Jules (Joseph Osmo)
, Robert (Sherif Hetata), Hamido and
other prisoners in Kharga (`famille Jules'), including copies and photocopies
of letters and reports by
Henri Curiel
on the ideological
struggle within the Party and on Arab Unity, a copy of a letter to the Bureau
Politique on the dissolution of the
Rome Group
and a copy
of the text of the resolutions adopted by the group after its dissolution in
1958.
With some notes.
1957-1958.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 82
-
Correspondence with
prisoners in `Kharga' (dossier II): letters and copies of letters from and
reports on theoretical matters by Robert/ Aziz, Jules, Roby and other prisoners
in Kharga, including personal letters to
Henri Curiel
and
Joyce Blau
. With a text by Aziz containing a reaction to
an article by
Fouad Moursi (Khaled)
published in Hayat el
Hizb,
1957. 1957-1959.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
Correspondence with Italy
- 83
- Correspondence between the group in Paris (mainly by Joseph Hazan ) and members of the group in Italy `avant Jacques', a.o. Raymond, David and Ezmé. 1949-1950. 1 folder.
- 84-85
- Correspondence between Henri Curiel (`Chris', `Jacques') in Italy and the group in Paris, and between Henri Curiel in Paris and members of the group in Italy. With some other documents, including correspondence with and between others. 1950-1951 (- 1954 ). 2 folders.
- 86
- Correspondence between the `Comité Milan' in Italy and the group in Paris, mainly by `Scuzi' (David Nahoum) and Henri Curiel . With annexes and some correspondence with Egypt. ( 1951 ) 1952-1953. 1 folder.
- 87
- Correspondence between the `Comité Milan' in Italy (mainly by `Scuzi' and Georges) and the group in Paris. With annexes and some correspondence with Egypt. 1954-1957. 1 folder.
Other correspondence by the Rome Group
- 90
- Personal correspondence by Noémie Canel with `Kelly' (Kamal Abdel Halim), J. Leibovitz, Henri Curiel (`Jacques') and others. 1951-1953. 1 folder.
- 91-93
-
Documents concerning
Noémie Canel
.
1954-1960.
1 folder and 2 covers.
- 91
- Correspondence with Noémie Canel (Laila, Mimi, Michou) in prison. With a photocopy of a letter from Henri Curiel about the nationalisation of the Suez Canal and Egypt's perspectives ( 1957 ). 1954-1959. 1 folder.
- 94
-
Correspondence between the
Rome Group
and Budapest (
`Yuzif', `Gindi' =
Muhammad al-Guindi
). With correspondence between others.
1952-1955.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
Correspondence after 1965
- 99
-
Correspondence by
Ali Sattar
and Ali [Abdal Bari] with
Joyce
Blau
and others.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 100
-
Correspondence by
Henri Curiel
and
Joyce Blau
with
Yusuf Al-Guindi.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 101
-
Correspondence with and
concerning
Saad Kamel
,
Shehata
Haroun
,
Mohammed al-Guindi
,
Omar
Moustapha al-Makki
,
Rashed, al-Tawila
,
`Titi' (Albert Arié)
,
Khaled
Mohiedine
,
`Jimmy', Rifaat al-Sa'id
and others.
1968-1969.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
PARTICULAR
Objectives and policy of the Rome Group
NB. See also inv.nos. 260 and 261
- 104-105
-
Copies and photocopies
of letters from
Henri Curiel
on Nasser and the political
situation in Egypt, on conflicts within the DMNL and the establishment of the
UECP, on the dissolution of the
Rome Group
, on the
conflict of
Henri Curiel
with the French Communist Party
and on other subjects. With some letters to
Henri Curiel
and other documents concerning
Henri Curiel
.
1950-1960, 1972.
2 folders.
NB. Partly in Arabic; For other documents on the dissolution of the Rome Group see also inv.nos. 81, 259 and 267.
- 106
- Letters, reports and notes on the objectives, responsibilities, political line and activities of the Rome Group . 1952-1954. 1 folder.
Communist movement in Egypt
NB. See also inv.nos. 140 and 254-255
- 110
- Reports, extracts and notes on the history of the communist movement in Egypt, in particular on the history of the Communist Party of Egypt (CPE) , the Egyptian Movement for National Liberation (EMNL) , the DMNL and the UECP . 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953 and n.d. 1 folder.
- 111
-
Draft reports and copies of
reports, a.o. by `Labib', and essays on the crisis of the Egyptian communist
movement.
1947, 1952 and n.d.
1 folder.
NB. Mostly in English.
- 112
-
Documents on and from
Egyptian communist organizations, including the DMNL,
Rome
Group
, (U)ECP, `
Démocratie Nouvelle
',
`
Taliat Umaliya
', `
Noyau du PCE
' and
`
Vers un PC
', mostly relating to cooperation and
unification.
1947, 1949, 1951-1956.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 113
-
Copies of Sawt al-Mu'arada
al-Dakhaliyya no. 23 and 26,
1948.
With a copy of a manifest of the organization `The Voice of the
Opposition', and other documents.
1948-1949.
1 folder.
NB. In Arabic.
- 114
-
Copies of the (provisional)
statutes of the DMNL (`cours' no. 7), with annexes and commentaries,
[1954]
; text by the DMNL
`cours no. 1: Sur changement de la société', n.d.; `Guidelines for a Unified
Egyptian Communist Party
program', `before
1952
'; studies on the
question of the organization of the communist movement, n.d.; copy of a
self-criticism on the attitude of the DMNL towards the Free Officers,
1956.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 115
-
Appeals, circular letters
and reports by the DMNL. With leaflets and a copy of the statutes of the DMNL.
1952-1954.
1 folder.
NB. Mostly in Arabic.
- 116-117
-
Publications by the
DMNL.
1952-1954.
2 folders.
NB. In Arabic.
-Leaflets. July 1952.
-al-Tali'a (nashra al-markaziyya al-dawriyya] August 1953, no. 1; 2 Sept. 1953, no. 2; 24 Sept. 1953, no. 3 and several issues without date.
- Booklet `7 Sibtimbir Khamis lam yamut' (`September 7 Khamis Did Not Die'). [1953]
-Sawt al-Fallahin, 2-6-1953; 7-6-1953; 16-7-1953; 7-8-1953; 26-8-1953.
-al-Kifah, 11-4-1953, no. 11; 8-8-1953, no. 6; Sept. 1953, no. 7(?); 7-10-1953, no. 7; 1-5-1954, no. 10; 14-5-1954, no. 12; 17-7-1954, no. 14; 20-8-1954, no. 15; 21-9-1954, no. ?
- 118
-
Correspondence between
Henri Curiel
, the C.C. of the DMNL and others about the
secession of Badr and other comrades from the DMNL. With reports.
1953-1954.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 119
-
Reports and articles on the
unification of different communist groups in the UECP. With issues of
El Wahda (`Unity')
, journal published by the `Committee for Unity',
including translations of its articles; an appeal from the
Sudanese
Mouvement for National Liberation (SMNL)
to all Egyptian communists
and a report on unity by
Henri Curiel
.
1953-1954.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 120
-
Documents, including draft
programmes, on the drawing up of a programme for the UECP.
[1953-1955].
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 121
-
Correspondence with Egypt,
including with the C.C. of the party. With copies of letters to Baïram.
1955-1956.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic and in English.
- 122
-
Publications by the Unified
Egyptian Communist Party (UECP).
1955-1957.
1 folder.
NB. In Arabic.
-Leaflet `Awwal Mayu' published 1 May 1955.
-Pamphlet `Khitta Hizbina al-Yawm Maris 1956. Bayan ila al-Zumala'. 1956. -Statutes of the UECP.
-Leaflets `Bayan ila Sha'b' (4-12-1956) and `Bayan ila al-Sha'b' (25-1-1957).
-al-Kadir, May 1956 no. 12; Oct. 1956 no. 13; Oct. 1956 no. 14; March 1957 no. 18; May 1957 no. 21.
-Kifah al-Sha'b, 19-4-1955 no. 1; Oct. 1956 no. 16; Dec. 1956 no. 21; Dec. 1956 no. 23; Jan. 1957 no. 24; Jan. 1957 no. 25; Jan. 1957 no. 27; Febr. 1957 no 28; Febr. 1957 no. 29; March, 22, 1957 no. 32; April 1957 no. 34; April 1957 no. 35; April 1957 no. 37.
-Sawt al-Fallahin, April 1956 no. 8; Sept. 1956 no. 9.
- 132
-
Leaflets and pamphlets
published by the UECP, with a translation in French of the `Proclamation au
peuple égyptien' (
1957
),
leaflets published by Egyptian trade unions and other documents.
1956-1957.
1 folder.
NB. In Arabic.
- 133
- Copy of the study by the Rome Group `Le capital étranger et le capital égyptien', correspondence by the group with Egypt on the subject of unity, and a copy of a letter from the group to the Bureau Politique. 1956-1957. 1 folder.
- 134-135
-
Copies of periodicals,
leaflets and other publications by the UECP, the ECP and other communist
organizations.
1956-1957.
2 covers.
NB. In Arabic.
- 136
-
Correspondence with Egypt.
With copies of letters to `Anwar' and the `Bureau Politique'.
1957.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 137
-
Documents on and
correspondence with the (United)
Egyptian Communist Party
.
With a letter to the
Israeli communist party
and reports
on `the Arab nation' and Arab unity.
1957-1960.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 138
-
Copies of the statutes of
the
Egyptian Communist Party
, approved by the
UECP
and the
Workers' and Peasants' Communist
Organization (WPCO)
in
1960
; copy of a note by
Shehata Haroun
on revolutionary unity (
1964
); copy of the dissolution text of the
Egyptian Communist Party
(
1965
); copy and photocopy of a report on
Sadat
's trip to the USSR (
1971
); photocopy of an appeal for the re-establishment of
the Party: `Le Problème fondamental de la création du Parti' (c.
1971-1973
); copy of a report
against the communal tendencies in Egypt (c.
1971-1973
).
1960, 1964-1965, 1971-1973.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 139
-
Photocopy of a report on
the domestic situation in Egypt (
1972
); photocopies of reports from Egypt (
1973
); copies of letters from the
Egyptian Communist Party
to all Communist and Workers'
Parties about its re-establishment, with translations in English and in French
(
1975
); copy of a text on
the occasion of the anniversary of the popular manifestations of january
1977
(n.d.); photocopy of a
study by
Shehata Haroun
on the Israeli-Arab conflict
(n.d.); photocopy of a letter from Shehata Haroun to
Le
Monde
(
1978
).
1972-1973, 1975, 1977-1978.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
Communist parties in other countries
NB. See also inv.nos. 80, 282-283
- 140
-
Copies of letters from the
DMNL to communist parties in other countries including the USSR, Italy
(
Palmiro Togliatti
), Yugoslavia, England and other
countries of the British Empire. With documents on establishing relations and
co-operation.
1946-1947, 1952-1957.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 141
-
Documents on contacts with
various communist organizations, including the
International Union of
Students (IUS)
, the
Sudanese Union of Students
and the
Iraqi Union of Students
. With correspondence with
`
Hora
',
Latif Farag
,
Jamila
Kamel
and
Nevine (Didar Fawzy)
.
1952-1953.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 142
-
Documents on `le cas
Jacques'; the conflict of
Henri Curiel
with the
French communist party (PCF)
about his involvement in the
Marty affair.
1952-1956.
1 folder.
NB. See also inv.nos. 9 and 29
Commission de Solidarité
NB. See also inv.nos. 10 and 11
- 145
- Account-book with annexes of the `Commission de Solidarité' of the Rome Group . 1953-1955. 1 folder.
Solidarity with victims of repression in Egypt
NB. See also inv.no. 281
- 148-151
-
Documents on repression
in Egypt.
1949, 1954-1955.
4 covers.
- 148
-
Documents on the trial
against seven communists, among whom
Henri Cohen
,
Joseph Osmo
and
Joyce Blau
. With
clippings and negatives of photos.
1955.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 152-153
-
Documents on repression
in Egypt and the defence of political prisoners. With documents on the
interference of the
`Association Internationale des Juristes
Democrates' (AIJD)
, documentation on the prisons, and a study on the
law referred to when convicting communists.
1949-1956.
2 folders.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 154
-
Copy (stencil) of a plea
made by
Shuhdi `Attiya al-Shafi'i
before the Tribunal
against the repression in Egypt.
1954.
1 folder.
NB. In Arabic.
- 155-156
- Documents on repression in Egypt. 1954-1955. 2 covers.
- 157
- Documents on the defence of political prisoners in Egypt. With documents on a solidarity campaign for the benefit of the prisoners, some correspondence between the Rome Group and relatives of prisoners (a.o. Leibovitch), and documents on the prisoners and their political situation. 1954-1956. 1 folder.
- 158-162
-
Documents on political
prisoners in Egypt.
1954-1957.
5 covers.
- 158
-
Lists and biographies of
political prisoners in Egypt.
[1955].
NB. Partly in English and Arabic.
- 160
- Appeals and copies of appeals from and concerning the Egyptian prisoners, including a copy of a letter to Gamal Abdal Nasser. 1954-1956.
- 163-164
-
Copies of
Solidarity
. News Bulletin on the Repression in Egypt. With
copies of reports, appeals, and letters to Nasser.
1955-1957.
2 folders.
NB. With copies in Arabic and in English.
- 165
- Correspondence with Cecile Pellaton , Louis Aragon , André Blumel , Jean Marie Domenach , Desmond Buckle , Pierre Dreyfus Schmidt , Maguid , the CPE , Frederick O'Brady , M. Orbach , Roger Baldwin (chairman of The International League for the Rights of Man ) and others about the defence of the political prisoners in Egypt. With copies of replies from Nasser. 1955-1957. 1 folder.
- 166
- Copy of a report on a trip to London made by Didar Fawzy (Nadia) and Mourad Khallaf (Moharram) in order to campaign for amnesty for all political prisoners in Egypt and for peace with Israel. With letters and copies of letters from Nadia. 1956. 1 folder.
- 167
- Documents on solidarity with Egyptian political prisoners, including reports on their conditions, personal correspondence, correspondence with organizations and public figures, and lists of names. With separate files on contacts with `Ninette' (Nina Bellaïche) , Cecile Pellaton and P. Nicol[le] and with correspondence and reports on deportation camps in Greece. 1956-1958. 1 folder.
- 168
-
Copy of the report `Pour la
libération des patriotes démocrates Égyptiens'(
1957
); text of the defence of
Saad Abd el Latif
el Saki
(
1957
);
text (stencil) of the defence of
Ahmed Aly Khedr (
textile
labourer) at the Alexandria proces (
1958
).
1957-1958.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 169-174
-
Documents on repression
in Egypt.
1959.
6 covers.
NB. All in Arabic.
- 175
-
Documents on the arrests of
communists in the
United Arab Republic
, including the
`Grand Procès d'Alexandrie'. With clippings from the international press
containing analyses of the political situation in the Middle East.
1959.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic. See also 180.
- 176
-
Copy of a report by
`Adrien' on the domestic and foreign policies of Nasser and copies of an appeal
against the repression in Egypt.
1959.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 177
-
Copies of Solidarité.
Organe de lutte pour la défense des prisonniers et internés politiques
égyptiens (Nouvelle série), no. 1-8,
1959-1960.
With copies of
Solidarity
(incorporating Egyptian Trade Union news), a copy of Colonial Freedom News and
a copy of Afro Asia.
1959-1960.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in English and in Arabic.
- 178
-
Documents on solidarity
with the Egyptian political prisoners, including personal correspondence,
correspondence with and between public figures and official organizations, and
clippings.
1959-1960.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 179-180
- Documents on repression in Egypt. 1959-1960. 2 covers.
- 181-182
-
Documents on the
defence of political prisoners in Egypt, including reports, notes, appeals and
some letters from the `Comité pour la défense des prisonniers et internés
politiques en Égypte'. With copies of letters to Nasser; with photos and copies
of a petition card concerning the death of Dr. Farid Haddad; with documents on
imprisoned Greek comrades and documents concerning the death of Shuhdi Attiya;
with an issue of
Solidarity
(
1959
) and an issue of Afro-Asia
(
1960
).
1959-1960.
2 folders.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
Peace Movement / Yusuf Hilmi
NB. See also inv.nos. 166 and 245
- 183
-
Documents concerning
Yusuf Hilmi
and the `
Mouvement de la
Paix
'. With appeals to the Israeli people and the French people,
correspondence with the World Council for Peace and reports presented at the
conferences in New Delhi
[1955]
and Helsinki (
1955
).
1951,
1953-1956.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 184-192
-
Documents concerning
Yusuf Hilmi
and the
Egyptian Peace
Movement
.
1954-1957.
9 covers.
- 184
- Copies of letters from Yusuf Hilmi to French pacifists about the nationalisation of the Suez Canal. 1956.
- 185
-
Copies and concepts of
letters from
Yusuf Hilmi
to Gamal Abdal Nasser.
[1956].
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 186
-
Typescripts of articles
by
Yusuf Hilmi
, texts of interviews with
Yusuf
Hilmi
, newspaper articles and clippings.
1954-1956.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 188
- Copies of the text of the speech of the Egyptian delegation held at the meeting of the World Council for Peace in Colombo. 1957.
- 189
- Text of a speech by [Abdalrahman al-] Charkawi held before the World Assembly for Peace in Helsinki. 1955.
- 190
- Copies in French and Italian of a letter from the editors of Voce Communista to Yusuf Hilmi . 1956.
- 193-196
-
Documents on peace in
the Middle East.
1954-1957.
4 covers.
- 193
- Copies of the reports: `Pour le mot d'ordre de paix entre les Etats Arabes et Israel' by Salloum and `Le conflit arabo-israélien à l'heure de Suez' by Ghindi. 1956.
- 197-198
- Documents on peace in the Middle East. 1955-1957. 2 folders.
- 199
- Text of a speech by Yusuf Hilmi at the peace conference in Helsinki, copies and a photocopy of two letters from Yusuf Hilmi to Gamal Abdal Nasser, and copies of an appeal to the Israeli people. 1955. With a clipping from L'Humanité containing an interview with Khaled Mohieddine. 1978. 1 folder.
- 200
-
Copies of a report on the
struggle of the Israeli communist party for peace in the Middle East.
1956.
1 folder.
NB. In Arabic.
- 201
- Typescript of `Le problème de la paix et de la guerre en Proche-Orient' by `un camarade du parti'. 1956. 1 folder.
Front National Démocratique (FND)
NB. See also inv.nos. 151 and 239
Trade unions
- 207
-
Documents on the Egyptian
trade union movement. With lists of names and addresses of different unions and
union members. (
1946
) and
n.d.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 209
-
Documents on the Egyptian
trade union movement and on its relation with the WFTU.
1949, 1951, 1955, 1960 and n.d.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 210-217
-
Documents on the trade
union movement.
1951-1955 and
n.d.
8 covers.
NB. Mostly in Arabic; With translations in French.- 211
- Concept of a text on the history of the General Federation of Egyptian Workers by Sayed Khalil Tork . N.d.
- 218
-
Documents on trade unions
of agricultural and forestry workers. With pamphlets from the
`
Fédération des Travailleurs de l'Agriculture, des Forêts et
Similaires de France et d'Outre-Mer
'.
1951-1955 and n.d.
1 folder.
NB. Mainly in Arabic.
- 219
-
Documents on relations with
the international labour movement, including correspondence with (trade union
departments of) the WFTU.
1951-1960.
1 folder.
NB. Some documents in Arabic.
- 220
-
Documents on trade union
legislation of the Egyptian government and on the position of the Egyptian
trade union movement.
1952-1955, 1958.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 221-224
-
Documents on the trade
union movement.
1953-1955, 1959.
4 covers.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
Feminist organizations and children
- 227
-
Reports and other documents
on the organization and conditions of women in Egypt. With preparatory notes
and copies of a text belonging to a (marxist) course on the conditions and
organization of women throughout the world.
1946-1957.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 228-229
- Documents on the defence of children in Egypt, including documents on the International Conference in Defence of Children in Paris ( 1951 ), the International Conference in Defence of Children in Vienna ( 1952 ), and the celebration of the International Day of the Child in Egypt ( 1952 ), organised by the Feminist Union Committee for the Rights of Children. With studies and reports on the conditions of infancy in Egypt. 1947, 1951-1952. 2 folders.
- 230
-
Correspondence by the
Rome Group
with the
Women's International
Democratic Federation (WIDF)
, Sudanese women's associations and
other organizations. With other documents relating to the WIFD, the position of
children in Egypt and the celebration of the international year of the child
(1952), and the visit to Moscow of Ceza Nabarawi, member of the World Council
for Peace and vice-president of the WIDF. With other documents on feminist
activities, including congress reports.
1951-1956.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 231
- Documents on the Conference for the Defence of Children in Vienna and the celebration of the International Day of the Child in Egypt, organised by the Committee for Children's Rights of the Egyptian Feminist Union . With a report on the condition of children in Egypt. 1952. 1 folder.
- 232-233
-
Documents on the
preparation of the World Conference of Women Workers in Vienna (June 1956),
mainly from the
World Federation of Trade Unions
and the
Women's International Democratic Federation
. With
bulletins, pamphlets, reports, notes, appeals and clippings.
1952, 1954-1956.
2 folders.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
Students
- 234-236
-
Documents concerning
Egyptian students.
1951-54, 1957.
3 covers.
- 234
-
Documents on contacts
between Egyptian student organizations and the
International Union of
Students (IUS)
. With some letters from other foreign student unions.
1951-1954.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 237
-
Documents on the conditions
and problems of Egyptian youth and students, including correspondence with the
Fédération Mondiale de la Jeunesse Démocratique (FMJD)
and
documents on the Berlin Festival [1952], the Bucarest Festival (1953) and the
International Conference in Defence of the Rights of Youth (1953). With some
photos.
1952-1956.
1 folder.
NB. Mostly in Arabic.
Other organizations
NB. See also 254-255
Conferences
- 240
-
Documents on social
security, including documents on the preparation of the `Conférence
Internationale de la Sécurité et des Assurances Sociales' by the WFTU in Vienna
1953. With bulletins, leaflets and other documents on the situation in Egypt.
1952-1955.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 241
- Copies of a report on Egypt including copies in English and in Spanish, presented at the Conference of Democratic Lawyers in Vienna (1954). With some other documents. 1954, 1956. 1 folder.
- 242-244
- Documents on the Bandung Conference. 1955. 3 covers.
- 245
-
Copies of a memorandum
presented by the
Association of Egyptian Democratic
Lawyers
and a report presented by the FND at the Asian lawyers
Conference in Calcutta (
1955
). With annexes and a copy of a letter from
Yusuf Hilmi
to Gamal Abdal Nasser.
1955.
1 folder.
NB. With copies in Arabic and in English.
Publications
- 246
- Copies of Paix et Indépendance. Bulletin d'information démocratiques sur l'Égypte et le Soudan, no. 1-4, published by the Rome Group . 1951. 1 folder.
- 247
- Copies of Bulletin d'études et d'informations sur l'Égypte et le Soudan, no. 1-20, published by the Rome Group and until the seventh issue also by the Sudanese Movement for National Liberation . 1951-1953. 1 folder.
- 248-250
- Copies of Nouvelles d'Égypte, published by the Rome Group, no. 1-24, 1953-1955 ; Copies of Nouvelles d'Égypte, published by the Rome Group , no. 1-2, 1955; no. 3-5, 1956. With annexes, including `annexe I: Appel de Me Youssef Helmi au peuple d'Israel' (1955), `annexe III: Manifeste au peuple egyptien' (1955) and `Annexe I: Au Parti Communiste de l'Union Sovietique à l'occasion de son XXème congres [1956]. 1953-1956. 3 folders.
- 251
- Copies of the French edition of Kifah el Chaab. La Lutte du Peuple. Organe du Parti Communiste Égyptien Unifié, no. 1. 1955. 1 folder.
- 252
- Copies of Nouvelles d'Égypte, probably published by the Rome Group under supervision of the UECP, no. 1-5, 1957, with a clipping; copies of Documents d'Égypte, Extraits des Publications du Parti Communiste Égyptien Uni, no. 1-2, 1957. With a copy of a note on the Egyptian pacific statements regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict by `a group of Egyptian Peace Partisans ' and with some (translations of) documents of the UECP, including copies of a note on the nationalisation of the Suez Canal, and copies of notes on the liberation of political prisoners in Egypt. 1956-1957. 1 folder..
Studies and reports
- 253
-
Manuscript of an essay by
Zaki Abdou on the history of the Egyptian labour movement after World War II.
N.d.
1 folder.
NB. In Arabic.
- 254-255
-
Studies, reports,
copies of letters and notes on (the history of) political movements in Egypt,
including on the Muslim Brothers and the DMNL. N.d.
[1949-1958].
2 folders.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
Other subjects
- 259
-
Documents on the problem of
unity in the Egyptian communist movement (pro and contra
Henri
Curiel
's strategy), peace in the Middle East, Arab unity, arrests in
Greece, and the publishing of a cultural monthly review in the Sudan. With
other documents.
1951-1958 and
n.d.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 260
-
Documents on the struggle
for an independent Egypt, achieving unity in the Egyptian communist movement,
the policy of the
Rome Group
, and the first World
Conference of Women Workers (
1956
). With other documents.
1951-1958 and n.d.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 261
- Copy of the appeal `Appel à la cons[ci]ence universelle' concerning the uprising against the British in the Suez Canal Zone [1951-1952] and a copy of Alberto Jacoviello 's `Appuntamento a Suez', Rome, Edizioni di Cultura Sociale, 1952. 1 folder.
- 262
- Correspondence by Henri Curiel and others with Geoffroy, Abdalrahman al-Charkawi and others, 1954-1956. With applications for membership of the DMNL, 1952-1955 ; with minutes of the `Groupe Hekmat', 1958 ; with minutes of the C(G)TD (Comité (Générale) du Travail Démocratique?), 1953, 1955-1956 and with a copy of the text of the resolutions adopted by the Rome Group after its dissolution [1957]. 1 folder.
- 263
-
Documents, including
bulletins, on the policy of the USSR regarding Egypt and peace in the Middle
East, on the Israeli communist party, and on other subjects (possibly meant as
contributions to Al Massa). With some correspondence with
Nabil S.
Moussa
and with copies of letters to
Desmond
Buckle
and others.
1954,
1956-1957.
1 folder.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
- 264-270
-
Documents on various
subjects.
1955-1959, 1968, [1971] and
n.d.
7 covers.
- 264
- Documents on activities for Jewish/Israeli-Arab rapprochement. 1956. With a copy of `a plan for peace' proposed by Uri Avnery . 1968.
- 266
- Photocopies of a note on establishing relations between the UECP and other communist parties. [1956].
DOCUMENTATION
Copies of periodicals
- 280
- Reports and publications of several leftist movements in and outside the Middle East, including copies of African Tribune (periodical magazine of African people's interest), Iraqi Review (weekly English supplement to Ittihad al-Shaab), Britain Malaya (monthly organ of the Britain-Malayan Committee) Malayan Monitor, New Outlook (Middle East monthly), La Voix du Peuple ( Bulletin du Parti Communiste d'Israel ), Ner (monthly for political and social problems and for Jewish-Arab rapprochement) and The New International . 1956-1959. 1 folder.
Clippings
Other documentation
- 284-285
-
Clippings, articles and
translations of articles from Egyptian and foreign newspapers and periodicals
(a.o. Rinascita, Avanti, Pravda,
Daily Worker
,
Libération
,
L'Unità
,
Voce
Communiste
,
L'Huma[nité]
) on Egypt and the
Egyptian communists. With copies of a few periodicals and a copy of a letter to
Palmiro Togliatti
, Secretary General of the
Italian Communist Party
.
1952-1959.
2 folders.
NB. Partly in Arabic.
DOCUMENTS FROM HENRI CURIEL
Correspondence
- 289-290
- Correspondence. 1952. 2 covers.
- 293-294
- Correspondence. 1954. 2 covers.
- 295-297
- Correspondence. 1955. 3 covers.
- 298-305
-
Correspondence.
1956.
8 covers.
- 302
-
Copy of a letter on `La
nature du régime nassérien et rôle de
Gamal Abdel Nasser
'.
September
1956.
NB. In Arabic.
Manuscripts and typescripts
- 317
- Typescript of `Les Communistes égyptiens et le problème juif', position taken in the internment camp of Huckstep. 1949. 1 folder.
- 318-320
- Typescripts. 1950. 3 covers.
- 321-330
- Manuscript and typescripts. 1951. 10 covers.
- 333-341
-
Manuscript and
typescripts.
1953.
9 covers.
- 334
- `Pour une lutte conséquente pour l'unité des communistes égyptiens'. With a handwritten copy in arabic. March 1953.
- 338
- `Note sur les relations entre Israel et les Pays Arabes' and of a covering letter. With a copy in arabic and a message by the DMNL to the communist party of Israel. August 1953.
- 342-349
-
Typescripts.
1954.
8 covers.
- 342
- Typescript of an article on the `Affaire Younès' in reaction to an article published on 8 February 1954 in al-Kader. 1954.
- 343
-
`Le Front, but stratégique
de la classe ouvrière'. 1st of May 1954. With texts in arabic and with a copy
of `A propos du front'.
1953-1954.
pNB. See also 1953p
- 344
- `Pour une politique conséquente vis-à-vis des nationalités au Soudan (rapport fait oralement à Rashed)'. May 1954.
- 346
- `Au Comité Central "temporaire"' (on having a conference). With a copy and a handwritten text in arabic. July 1954.
- 353-362
-
Manuscripts and
typescripts.
1956.
10 covers.
- 354
- `Manifeste du PCEU: "Aidez l'Égypte à maintenir son indépendence et son intégrité territoriale"'. Manuscript, with a typed copy. September 1956.
- 355
- `Pour une politique active du PCEU afin d'établir des relations fraternelles avec certains partis communistes et ouvriers'. October 1956.
- 356
- `Note concernant l'établissement des relations entre le PCEU et certains partis ouvriers'. [1956].
- 363-372
-
Manuscripts and
typescripts.
1957.
10 covers.
- 363
- `Introduction' to: Servir la Paix, Bulletin du Comité Égypte-Israël de Paris pour la paix Israël et les Etats-Arabes. Manuscript, with a typed copy. February 1957.
- 366
- `Déclarations pacifiques égyptiennes concernant le conflit arabe-israélien' and `Egyptian pacific statements regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict'. With `Quelques positions de l'URSS sur la paix au Moyen-Orient'. 1957.
- 369
- L'évacuation de Gaza et de Charm el-Cheikh est indispensable (point de vue israélien)'. Manuscript, with a typed copy. 1957.
- 373-383
-
Typescripts in Arabic.
1958.
11 covers.
- 374
- `Lettre au Bureau Politique' (on the dissolution of the Groupe à l'Étranger). With a typescript in Arabic. January 1958.
- 376
- `Note pour l'approfondissement de la signification de certains aspects de la lutte économique de la classe ouvrière'. March 1958.
- 384
- `A propos de la situation politique actuelle'. Manuscript in Arabic, with a typescript. 1959. 1 folder.
- 392
- Manuscript of `Le problème de la proclamation du Parti Communiste'. With a typescript. 1972. 1 folder.
- 393-395
- Typescripts. 1975. 3 covers.
- 396-398
- Typescripts. 1976. 3 covers.
- 399-401
- Typescripts. 1977. 3 covers.
Other documents
- 407
-
File concerning
Yusuf Hilmi
and the Egyptian Peace Movement.
1955.
1 folder.
Contains typescripts by Yusuf Hilmi: - `Intervention au Congres de la Paix à Helsinki'. Juin 1955.- `Appel au peuple d'Israël'. December 1955.- `Lettre au président Gamal Abdel Nasser'. May 1955.- `Lettre au président Gamal Abdel Nasser'. November l955.- `Égypte-Italie, une alliance pour la paix en Méditerrannée', text of an interview with Yusuf Hilmi. [1955].
DOCUMENTS FROM DIDAR FAWZY-ROSSANO
Documents relating to the Rome Group
- 410-414
-
Correspondence with
imprisoned comrades and others.
1954-1959.
5 covers.
NB. See also inv.nos. 72-82 and 145-147- 412
- Correspondence with Hamido, Aziz and others, imprisoned in Kharga and with Laïla, imprisoned in the Qanater prison (Barrages). 1958-1959.
- 415-416
-
Documents relating to the
women's movement.
1952-1956.
2 covers.
NB. See also inv.nos. 227-233
- 423-428
-
Reports and letters by
Younès.
1953-1958.
6 covers.
- 426
- `Signification de certains aspects de la lutte économique de la classe ouvrière' (`The meaning of certain aspects of the economic struggle of the working class'). 1958.
- 429-432
-
Documents concerning the
dissolution of the
Rome Group
and the period after its
dissolution.
1958-1960, 1964-1965,
1972.
4 covers.
- 429
- Report concerning the dissolution of the Rome Group (`A propos de la dissolution'). January-April 1958.
Documents on the support of the Algerian liberation struggle
- 437-440
-
Documents on the support
of the national liberation struggle in Algeria.
1957, [1960], 1978-1979 and
n.d.
4 covers.
- 437
- Texts of interviews of Didar Fawzy and Jehan de Wangen by Patrick Rotman and Hervé Hamon and Didar Fawzy 's evidence in answer of questions by Gilberte Alleg . With copies of letters and clippings of articles by F. Jeanson and J.L Hurst . 1978-1979.
DOCUMENTS FROM OTHERS
- 443
- Copies of letters by Joseph Hazan , Joyce Blau , Raymond Stambouli and Didar Fawzy to Roland Leroy of L'Humanité on the book `Un homme à part' by Gilles Perrault . With a clipping. 1984. 1 folder.
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L I S T S O F P S E U D O N Y M S
Pseudonyms arranged alphabetically
NB. See also inv.no
436.
Albert = Albert Arié
AminHenri = Curiel
Amine = As'ad Abdel
Halim
Amira = AiméSetton-Beressi
Antoine = Armand Beressi
Aziz =
Sherif Hetata
Badr = Sayyid Sulayman Rifa'i
Baïram = Farouk Sabet
Beatrice = `une autre camarade grecque', Marie Papadopoulos
Blanche =
Rosette Curiel; also: `une autre camarade grecque'
Colombe = Rosette
Curiel
Boule = Shehata Haroun
Charles = Sherif Hetata ChevalierAhmed
Hamrouche
Chris = Henri Curiel
Colette = Joyce Blau
Denise =
Loris Biriotti
Diane = Didar Fawzy = Didar Rossano
Etienne = Osman
Fawzy
Firmin = Yusuf Hilmi
Fouad = Farouk Sabet
Gamal = Ibrahim
Abdal Halim
Georges = Guido Mentasti
Hamido = Mohammad Shatta
Hector = Saroïte (Sarwat)Okasha
Imam = Raymond Stambouli
Jean =
Jozeph Hazan
Josette = Noémie Canel?
Jules = Joseph Osmo
Khaled
= Fouad Moursi
Khalil = Kamal Abdal Halim KellyKamal Abdal Halim
Laila = Noémie Canel
Laurent = Raymond Stambouli
Laurette =
Didar Fawzy = Didar Rossano
Laurette = Noémie Canel
Léon (in
Budapest) = Muhammad al-Guindi
Lise = Lydia Farahat
Louis (in Paris)
= Muhammad al-Guindi
Madeleine = Didar Fawzy = Didar Rossano
Maillou
= Sarah (Mayou)Blau
Marcel = Saroïte (Sarwat)Okasha
Marianne Sarah
(Mayou) = Blau
Marie = Marie Papadopoulos
Maurice = Mourad Khallaf
Maya = Sarah (Mayou)Blau
Megahed = Ahmed Hamrouche
Michou =
Noémie Canel
Mimi = Noémie Canel MoniqueSarah (Mayou)Blau?
Muharram =
Mourad Khallaf
My = Sarah (Mayou) Blau
Nadia = Didar Fawzy = Didar
Rossano
Nadine = Didar Fawzy = Didar Rossano
Nadine = Sarah (Mayou)
Blau?
Negma = Marie Papadopoulos
Nellie = Didar Fawzy = Didar Rossano
Nevine Didar Fawzy = Didar Rossano
No. I = Sayyid Sulayman Rifa'i
Nour = Didar Fawzy = Didar Rossano
Omar = Guindi, Muhammad al-
Paul = Robert Setton
Pierre = Sherif Hetata
Rashed = Abdel
Khaleq Mahjoub
Riri = Ruth Gresh
Robert = Sherif Hetata
Roby =
Robert (Roby)Grunspan; also Sherif Hetata
Sa'ad, Saadia = Ahmed Taha
Saadia = Ahmed Taha
Sabet = Yusuf Hilmi
Sakr = Osman Fawzy
Salah = Jozeph Hazan
Schlebo = Shehata Haroun
Scuzi = David
(Daoud)Nahoum
Shedid = Guindi, Muhammad al-
Soussou = Jozeph Hazan
Suzanne = Sula Canel
Titi = Albert AriéVictor,Saroïte (Sarwat)Okasha
Younès = Henri Curiel
Younis = Henri Curiel
Yuzif = Muhammad
al-Guindi
Pseudonyms arranged by surname
NB.
See also inv.no 436.
Abdal Halim, Ibrahim = Gamal
Abdal Halim, Kamal
= Khalil, Kelly
Abdel Halim, As'ad = Amine
Arié, Albert = Albert,
Titi
Beressi, Armand = Antoine
Biriotti, Loris = Denise
Blau,
Joyce = Colette
Blau, Sarah (Mayou) = Marianne/My, Maillou, Maya,
(Nadine?,
Monique?)Canel, Noémie = Laïla, Mimi, Michou, Laurette, Josette?
Canel, Sula = Suzanne
Curiel, Henri = Younè, Younis, Amin, Jacques,
Jac, Chris
Curiel, Rosette = Blanche, Colombe
Farahat, Lydia = Lise,
Lydia Allony
Fawzy, Didar = Didar Rossano = Nadia, Nour, Nellie, Nevine,
Diane, Nadine, Laurette
Fawzy, Osman = Etienne, Sakr
Gresh, Ruth =
Riri
Grunspan, Robert (Roby) = Roby
Guindi, Muhammad al- = Louis,
Léon, Yuzif, Omar, Shedid
Hamrouche, Ahmed = Megahed, Chevalier
Haroun, Shehata = Boule, Schlebo
Hazan, Joseph = Salah, Soussou, Jean
Hetata, Sherif = Aziz, Robert, Charles, Roby Pierre
Hilmi, Yusuf =
Sabet, Firmin
Khallaf, Mourad = Muharram, Maurice
Mahjoub, Abdel
Khaleq = Rashed
Mentasti, Guido = Georges
Moursi, Fouad = Khaled
Nahoum, David (Daoud) = Scuzi
Okasha, Saroïte (Sarwat) = Hector,
Marcel, Victor
Osmo, JosephJules
Papadopoulos, Marie = Negma, Marie,
Béatrice
Rifa'i, Sayyid Sulayman = No. I, Badr
Sabet, Farouk =
Baïram, Fouad
Setton, Robert = Paul
Setton-Beressi, Aimé = Amira
Shatta, Mohammad = Hamido
Stambouli, Raymond = Imam, Laurent
Taha, Ahmed = Sa'ad, Saadia
`une autre camarade grecque' = Beatrice,
Blanche