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Middle East: Abdul Rahman Al-Habeeb, Colonel George Stewart, in Wheeler Room of Holmes Hall...
...Cairo, the Egyptian government ordered the expulsion of the Associated Press Bureau Chief Fred Zusy for pro-British bias, "bad faith" and "harming the interests of Egypt" in his reporting. Milwaukee-born Zusy, 37, denied the charges. The news sent Egypt's ambassador in Washington, Kamil Abdul Rahim, into a flap. When he warned Cairo of the bad effect Zusy's expulsion would have on U.S. public opinion, Cairo reversed its decision...
Saudi Arabia's Minister of Defense, Prince Mishaal Ibn Abdul Aziz proved to be a man worth his escort. After a tour of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base at Dayton, one of his secretaries handed a guard a princely tip: $500 in bills. It's impossible," the man stammered. "I can't accept anything like this." Said the secretary: "You can't refuse. The Prince insists you take it for all the police...
...Abdul Aziz ibn Saud (71), King of Saudi Arabia, adds up, statistically, to nine old battle wounds, some 40 sons, and 750,000 barrels of crude oil which Saudi Arabia produces daily. In ideas, he adds up to hatred of the Jews, strict devotion to the letter of the Mohammedan religion, and friendship for the U.S., though he is furious at President Truman's support of Israel. Ibn Saud used to live off tolls he collected from Mecca pilgrims, but the Arabian-American Oil Co. proved even more lucrative, made Ibn Saud one of the world's richest...
...Emir Abdul Illah (38), Regent of Iraq, has ruled the country since 1939, on behalf of his nephew, King Feisal II (16). Moderately able, but without stature or drive. Favorite pastime: driving through Bagdad in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee state coach (which he bought in 1949, insured...