THE UAR GOVERNMENT WAS EMPLOYING AL-NASIR TRADING COMPANY FOR ITS 'ILLEGAL' TRANSACTIONS, SUCH AS TRADE WITH FRANCE.
Originator: CIA
To: INFORMATION REPORT
Document date: 09/13/1960
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

MIHTONMIATHON BUP SIR

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

COUNTRY WAR

SURECT [TarolIscence lacestiller of the

Al-Hes15 Trading Coura

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Headquartere. Comsent:

Misireport nupplements CS 3/427, 619 from tho

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In: June-July, 1960; the: proffts of the Al-Nasir Irading Company vere being

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transferred (to a spocial government fund for financing clandestine operations.

the VAR Government vas aldo employing the coupany for its "lilogal" trans-

notions, such as trado v1th France, ca the tis of a commiesion see os

La parcent. (An Ermalan security offlter is revorted to have sa1d 1n June

that the company had been shipping arms from Surz Canal ports to south (8)

Africa for diatribution in African countries for use by anti-Duropean 10-

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It. Colonel Muhamed Chanin, the director of the Al-Nasir Trading Company,

vas reported to have angaged 1a latellIgene operations urios ide prevode

8881gument as sanager of the Niel Compuns, 1s Beliut. ".

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Headquarters Comment. Probably Identical u1tk the Mile:sublicity

Agency.

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Readguttters Correal. In Vier os tha ATIBIA OS lDA SAPOTAREIOS, 1t suBE

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IDO REXPEINA FITE, M-NaDIE' FradInE CEpAny, [sEhor Ray Do COllabOraisas"

/VIch VAR Intelligenco os vas establlabed by the UAR Gonerasent lo finance

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alistary Intel!igence operailass not coread by the regular buegot..

diretor-senorel os the Siro, Li. Colonel Mulamaad Ghante, la an istiver 08

la tha counteresplona:e: branch of Military Intelligeaca, dravs military

pari) and dose nos appoer ta couch the profito as tha company. 4)

8o 'Lt. Colonol Chania 18 rusared to buro sald ha vas Instrusantal in the •

organialho of the Balait uirleing for valch purposo se used the nuse of

Mubannad al-Maar1.

in has sinisteriai status and balorge to the inner

olrcles of UAR Preelient Janal 'Abd-al-Haa1r. (Ela Lixediato supertos 18

06 [Abad therar,) Charla maintalns an eccount in ble nese et the Banque

"Cenavolsa do Comerca et de Credit. lo traveled In Hestern Durofe durias

Hovember 1959; vas In Geneva, Sultzerland on 1 November;

§ November frum where do vent to Brussels after a seu daya.

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The Ml-Nas1r Irading Company is chiefly engaged in the marketing of rico

and cotton.

Cotion exportad by the company, on the basla of government

allocations, 18 ceven percent of the total Egyptian export in this sleld.

The firu 1s represented in Geneva and Peris by the Exatern Company over

vaich it acquired contral for the purpose of cotton export. One of 1ts

managers 18 'Abd-al-'Az1a Hisayal, tho sakes occasional buainesa tripo to

Europe.

Ish1amesd Hienla, had opened an account in the Banque: Genevoise de

ommerca et de crcait.

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