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...that its sympathies lay with Egypt. Long after the British finally gave way in 1954 to Egypt's demands, Sir Anthony Eden grumbled that the negotiations had been vastly complicated by the fact each time a settlement seemed near, U.S. Ambassador Jefferson Caffery had urged Egypt's Nasser to demand better terms. Two years later, when Britain and France set out to reoccupy the Canal Zone by force, the U.S. publicly repudiated its two oldest and closest allies, in a demonstration of devotion to principle perhaps unique in diplomatic annals...
Despite such a record, the U.S. earned small thanks in Afro-Asian countries. Why does it find itself portrayed, by such disparate men as Nasser and Nehru, as a covert aider and abettor of imperialism? Diehard Colonel Blimps-British, French and American-retort that such "ingratitude" simply proves the folly of "appeasing" the Afro-Asian world. The real answers are more complicated...
Tiny, bustling Lebanon (pop. 1,500,000) is the most stable of all Arab countries, with sturdier traditions of literacy, representative government, religious tolerance and international trade than any of its neighbors. But the announcement of the Syrian-Egyptian union and President Nasser's dramatic visit to Damascus-only a two-hour drive from Beirut-has had an explosive effect among the half of Lebanon's population who are Moslems. A delegation headed by ex-Premier Abdullah el Yafi, leader of the opposition, rushed to Damascus to call on Nasser and extend its congratulations. An estimated...
...become increasingly dominated by a persecution complex. Going to Damascus has become a deliberate act of defiance against the government of Chamoun and his 75-year-old, waterpipe-smoking Premier, Sami Solh. "O Chamoun, Lebanon must join the Arab Union!" chanted thousands of Lebanese last week in Damascus, as Nasser beamed down from his balcony. Replied Nasser: "As I see my brothers from sister Lebanon standing side by side with their brothers from the region of Syria and the region of Egypt, I feel I am witnessing the return of matters to their natural course. The artificial boundaries that have...
...establish even diplomatic ties with Moscow. Nkrumah still wants his economic aid to come in the form of investments from the West: the British have no thought of pulling out of an expanding economy which, with Malaya's, now provides 22% of their hard-currency income. Though Nasser would doubtless like to capitalize on Nkrumah's Egyptian marriage to enlist Ghana in his bloc, Nkrumah has skillfully walked a tightrope between Egypt and Israel, has asked and obtained Israeli help in setting up a shipping line, and brought in an Israeli technician to discuss setting up kibbutz-like...