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...friendly Iraq Richards signed a $12.5 million program of regional highway, railroad and telecommunication projects linking and strengthening the Baghdad Pact's four Middle East members: Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey. In Saudi Arabia he got along with King Saud; their joint communique at visit's end affirmed opposition to "Communist activities" more forthrightly than Washington had expected, considering Saud's formal adherence to Egyptian Dictator Gamal-Abdel Nasser's policy of "positive neutrality." Last week Dick Richards convinced Emperor Haile Selassie that the Eisenhower Doctrine did not mean interference in Ethiopian affairs-and impressed...
...Australia, Britain, Colombia, Cuba, France and Sweden. Iraq and the Soviet Union said it was all right as it stood...
...Bolstered, by an announcement in Iraq, the strength of the Baghdad Pact countries against Communist aggression. The announcer: Special U.S. Ambassador and Ike-Doctrine Salesman James P. Richards. The announcement: the U.S. will provide the pact's four Middle Eastern members (Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey) with $12.5 million in Eisenhower Doctrine funds to spur "regional" highway, railroad, telecommunication projects. In Saudi Arabia, Richards scored heavily with King Saud, who bought deeper into the Eisenhower Doctrine by issuing a joint communique promising "to oppose Communist activities, other forms of imperialism and any other dangers that threaten peace and stability...
...form a restless and disaffected overload on Jordan's desert economy. Another who bears responsibility is Egypt's Nasser, whose hate-filled Radio Cairo outpourings and political intrigue have inflamed the refugee-camp centers. In this chaotic situation, two Arab leaderships that mistrust each other -Iraq and Saudi Arabia-found common cause in trying to save the artificial kingdom of Jordan from falling to one of two enemies: either the Israelis outside or the Communists within...
...well, but the Secretary of State may have a bit of a rough time. His department wants $228 million for various and sundry expenses, including, we suppose, plane fare and tranquilizer pills. Some of the concrete requests include $260,000 for "recreation facilities." These include a tennis court in Iraq, a clubhouse in Yugoslavia, a swimming pool in Port Said, a mountain retreat in Indonesia, a beach house on the Gold Coast, and a cabin boat for Martinique. Moreover, the State Department requests $135,000 for American participation in the non-existent Suez Canal Users Association...