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...Syria and Lebanon, the Soviet Foreign Minister found himself under heavy pressure to issue a statement flatly backing the Arabs against Israel, but for reasons of its own, Soviet Russia is not willing to go so far right now. Unable to do this, Shepilov tried to soothe his hosts with sweeping offers of economic aid. The Arab disappointed reaction was one familiar to Shepilov's Western counterparts. Said Lebanese Foreign Minister Selim Lahoud: "I wish I could say I am more satisfied than I really...
...imposed some stability. It had done less well in grappling with the ancient miseries of one of the world's poorest countries. By making his deal for Communist arms, Nasser had ended Egypt's dependence on the West and established himself as a hero in the Arab world. But it was a triumph that had a price: it put his dealings with the U.S. on a basis that. was sometimes not far from blackmail, and as a result removed some of his idealist sheen in U.S. eyes...
Changed Appearance. Next day in Cairo's Republic Square, Nasser's new military might thundered and rumbled past the admiring eyes of dignitaries from other Arab countries. It was a far cry, at least in appearance, from the ill-equipped army the Israelis had routed only eight years before. There were 100 Russian armored troop carriers, 32 Czech antitank guns, 48 Czech antiaircraft guns, 14 Czech heavy caliber guns, 73 Russian medium tanks, French light tanks and howitzers, British 25-pounders and Centurion tanks. Bringing up the rear were 28 monstrous Stalin tanks with huge guns poking...
...Sharett, who took time last week even in the middle of his resignation speech to correct a misspelling in his notes, has occupied himself with tempering Ben-Gurion's most headstrong policies. It was Sharett who successfully fought "B.-G.'s" plan to attack Gaza after the Arab murder of praying schoolchildren in Shafrir (TiME, April...
...Dulles got ready to listen to the well-telegraphed argument of France's visiting Foreign Minister Pineau (see FOREIGN NEWS) that the U.S. ought to help the French pacify the Algerian nationalists. Deputy Under Secretary Murphy heard out the protests of Syrian Ambassador Farid Zeineddine (speaking for eight Arab nations) that the French army was already using U.S. war materiel against "the national liberation movement," and that NATO was becoming "a direct means to support colonialism." The U.S. subtly indicated its own feelings on North Africa by elevating a new diplomatic mission at Rabat, capital of newly free Morocco...