 While studying for his master's degree in the United States, Antoun Saadeh at that time was in forced exile and the two exchanged letters between 1946 and 1947.Later that year, Tueni left the SSNP after the dismissal of Yusuf al-Khal, Fayez Sayegh and others from the party.Tueni found himself making a swift comeback to the SSNP after its party leader was summoned and executed in a trial that took less than twenty four hours by the Lebanese authorities in 1949.