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Before a mass meeting in Alexandria, El Nahas Pasha cried, "The colonizers [Great Britain] must know that Egypt's patience is exhausted, and that she will attain her rights, whatever the obstacles." He chose the week of the i sth anniversary of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936 (which still has five years to run) to denounce it. It "must be canceled and will be, in a very short time," he said, and the crowd cheered wildly. Al Midoa, weekly newspaper of Nahas Pasha's Wafdist Party, roared: "We do not believe that the Egyptian nation is less...
...panzers, fought until his division ran out of ammunition, was finally taken prisoner. Held in the fortress of Königstein (from which General Henri Giraud escaped) until July 1941, when the Germans released him in the belief that he would help Vichy defend its territory against Anglo-American attack. Took command of Vichy forces in North Africa, and after putting up some resistance against the Western Allies in 1942, joined them along with Darlan. Led his North African troops brilliantly against the Germans in Tunisia and Italy...
Early in the week, at appropriately named Sabeh Garanieh Palace ("Palace of the Man of Bad Luck"), Richard Stokes had brought out Britain's plan. Recognizing the new forces at work, the old Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. would disappear; all the company's property in Iran would be transferred to the government-owned National Iranian Oil Co. A new purchasing organization set up by the British would buy the oil from National Iranian, market it, divide the net profits 50-50 with the Iranians. The purchasing organization and National Iranian would jointly create a third outfit to handle...
...Stokes-and indeed it was. (He estimated that it would triple Iran's royalties, which were $44,800,000 in 1950.) But Premier Mohammed Mossadeq thought otherwise, and promptly sank down with a heart attack. The frenetically suspicious Iranians seemed to be convinced that Britain was killing off Anglo-Iranian only on paper, and that the British would in fact still control Iran's oil industry...
...Elder son at present with Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., not included in sale, is waiting for nationalization's benefits to the Persians to deprive him of his livelihood, when he would undoubtedly be willing to transfer his long sea experience to the defense of Australia...