Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1946 - 1967 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Size/Number of Items/Parts: 5 linear ft. of textual records, 8 boxes, No. of Boxes: 8
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
This mission was also called the Spinelli Mission. Piero P. Spinelli was the Special Representative (1958-1967).
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Included are correspondence, cables, reports, and memoranda concerning the establishment of the mission; background on Jordan; complaints by Jordan; the radio war between radio stations in Amman, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, and the United Arab Republic, 1958-1960; border and transit disputes with Syria; the assassination of Prime Minister Majali, 1960; and other incidents and disputes.
Of note are Spinelli's reports to United Nations headquarters; and memoranda, cables, photographs, and press releases concerning the mission's involvement with the Six Day War, 1967.
Fonds consists of the following Series:
S-0652 Subject Files - Administrative, Political
S-0651 Cables
