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Last week, before the U.N. General Assembly Political Committee, Indonesia asked the U.N. to order the Dutch out of West New Guinea, and raised the bogus cry of colonialism-although Indonesian control would be just as colonial. Nevertheless, the cry had great effect. The Arab-Asian bloc sided with Indonesia; so did the Soviet bloc. By a vote of 34 to 14, the U.N. committee urged both parties to "pursue their endeavors" to solve the dispute, thus repudiating the Dutch contention that Indonesia has no claim on West New Guinea...
Gibb is an expert in history from pre-Islamic times to the present Middle East. His special field is the impact of the West on Arab society. "Sir Gibb knows the Near East intimately, including all the men thrown in prison during the recent turnovers of the governments there." William Thomson, professor of Arabic, emeritus, a friend and colleague commented yesterday...
...Gibb has spent extended periods in the Near East," Thomson continued. "He has contributed outstanding books to the field." These include "The Arab Conquests in Central Asia," "Mohammedanism," and the "The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades." He is also the editor of the completely revised edition of the "Encyclopedia of Islam," sponsored by UNESCO...
Paris was shocked; unlike Tunisia and Morocco ("protectorates" in name, but actually colonies), Algeria is part of metropolitan France, and its people, Arab and Frenchman alike, are French citizens. Algeria's three departments have as much standing in the French Assembly as any departments between the Pyrenees and the Rhine...
...Egypt will be free of uniformed Britons for the first time in nearly three-quarters of a century, and master in its own house for the first time in 400 years. (Britain may, however, reoccupy the base within the next seven years in case of attack on any Arab League state or on Turkey, and British technicians will maintain essential instal lations during that time...