TROOPS IN LEVANT
Withdrawal Sought LONDON, July 20. "I hope that all foreign troops not required for the prosecution of ' the war against Japan will be withdrawn from t,ho Levant by the late summer,” said the Syrian Primo Miniri'T IM. Leshara A; Khoury), who rr-c-mtiy i< ’i;r: <"l from Sen Francisco, in an inter'i w with Kouter’s correspondent in Damascus. Thi,-. would set the seal on the independence of Syria and the Lebanon. lie added. Belli countries wore at war with Japan and would allow their territories to be used as lines of communication. They would m this be helping in the war against Jiu in on a full partnership basis. M. Khoury, discussing the final se'foment with fie French, said that Syria was determined co be .just and fair even liberal, in compensation for Imi'dines and installations damaged anil levs of life. The recent troubles would have to be taken into consideration.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23260, 23 July 1945, Page 5
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