Daniel Semyonovich Solod (russian: Даниил Семёнович Солод; 1908–1988) was a Soviet diplomat and orientalist.
A Short Political Guide To The Arab World
' He began working in the Soviet diplomatic corps in 1937. In 1940 and 1941 he served as officer at the Soviet embassy in Yugoslavia. He was then transferred to Iran, where he served as an officer at the Soviet embassy from 1941 to 1943. From 1944 to 1950 he was the Soviet consul to Egypt. He served as the Soviet envoy to Lebanon and

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

. From 1953 to 1956 he returned to Egypt, as the Soviet envoy (becoming ambassador in 1954). Returning from Egypt, he was put in charge of the Near East department at the

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. Between 1959 and 1962 he was the Soviet ambassador to

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

. After returning from Guinea, he worked at the Africa Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR until 1970.
Očerki istorii Ministerstva Inostrannych Del Rossii 1917 - 2002 gg. 2
'. Moscow: Olma-press, 2002. p. 374

In Egypt

Solod served as the Soviet envoy to Egypt in run-up to the

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, and held discussions with

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regarding arms imports from the Soviet Union. Solod also maintained contacts with the Egyptian government in discussions on Soviet aid to the construction of Aswan Dam. Apart from the contacts with the Egyptian government, he also maintained contacts with local communists. From 1955 onwards, he advised Egyptian communists to recognize Nasser as a "

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nationalist".

In Guinea

Solod was appointed ambassador to Guinea on 30 December 1959. He succeeded

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. However, Solod's stay in Guinea was terminated by a diplomatic crisis between the two states. In November 1961, Guinean president

Ahmed Sékou Touré Ahmed Sékou Touré (var. Sheku Turay or Ture; N'Ko: ; January 9, 1922 – March 26, 1984) was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who became the first president of Guinea, serving from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was am ...

accused Solod of being involved in the so-called "teachers' plot" (an alleged coup attempt by radical elements of the teachers' union). During a diplomatic reception in

Conakry Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...

, Touré's presidential protocol officer pulled Solod out and directed him to immediately go to the Guinean Foreign Ministry. At the Foreign Ministry, he was informed that he was ''

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'' in Guinea and that he had to leave the country at once. Solod's actual role in the alleged plot is believed to have been very marginal.Stevens, Chris (1971
"Africa and the Soviet Union"
'' International Relations''; 3; 1014. In January 1962 the Soviet Union sent a new ambassador to Guinea, Dmitry Degtyar. Although the Soviet Union tried to downplay the rift between the two states after Solod's departure, the Solod affair contributed to a weakening of Soviet-Guinean relations and an opening for increased links between Guinea and the People's Republic of China.Klinghoffer, Arthur Jay.
Soviet Perspectives on African Socialism
'. Rutherford .J. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969. p. 108"Slap for Red Pals"
'' Time''. 5 January 1962.Anda, Michael O.
International Relations in Contemporary Africa
'. Lanham, Md: University Press of America, 2000. p. 235

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Solod, Daniel 1908 births 1988 deaths Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Guinea Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Egypt Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Syria Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Lebanon