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1960-1998 (Creation)
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112.5 cm of textual records
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Scope and content
Series forms part of Alan James collection and consists of records relating to seven countries within the Middle East collected by Alan James from 1960 to 1998. General files concerning all Middle Eastern countries contain newspaper clippings and U.N. documents from 1969 to 1995. The Iran & Iraq file contains records of the Iran and Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIMOG), records concerning the Gulf War in 1987 and 1989, the Gulf Cease Fire from 1988 to 1990 and newspaper clippings on the Iranian Airbus Incident in 1988. The records relating to peacekeeping in Lebanon constitute the majority of the series. These records relate to the Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon as well as the U.N. Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The series also contains records relating to mines found in the Red Sea in 1984, and the hijacking of the Italian Cruiser "Achille Lauro" by Palestinian gunmen in 1985.
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Physical condition
The newspapers have been separated from paper for conservation purposes.
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All files are in their original order.