Word: nasser
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...first step on the path to complete Arab unity," shouted the Premier. Chanted the crowd: "Long live Nasser, destroyer of imperialism...
Soviet-built jets flashed through Cairo's sky. A crowd of 5,000 packed the courtyard of the ministerial palace. The Syrian Cabinet waved from one balcony, the Egyptian Cabinet from another. And from a third beamed Egypt's President Nasser and Syria's President Shukri el Kuwatly. Then at 5:10 one afternoon last week, Syria's Premier Sabri el Assali stepped to the railing and from a green leather book read the proclamation signed by the two Presidents, declaring that Egypt and Syria had merged to form the "United Arab Republic...
...have formed a strong country free from the influence of foreigners," said Nasser in a brief speech. Orated Kuwatly: "A great day in the history of the Arabs, and a turning point in world events." For hours the greatest throngs in Cairo's history whooped it up as the Presidents rode through the streets, under triumphal arches decked in Syrian and Egyptian flags...
...major strains on the Sudan come from outside. Egypt would welcome a chance to annex the country, is meanwhile trying to force it into a Nasser-styled policy of neutrality. The Soviet Union, which recognizes that the Sudan is a gateway to the African continent, has tried its best blandishments. That neither has succeeded is largely due to tough-minded Premier Abdullah Khalil...
...friendship. Sudanese cultural ties with Egypt are close; many Sudanese were educated in Egyptian universities. But Khalil has labored mightily to remind his electorate (some of whom actually favor union with Egypt) that the Sudan did not achieve independence from Britain in order to become a dependent of Gamal Nasser. In the Khartoum Parliament, Khalil personally glowered down an attempt by the opposition to force him to break off diplomatic relations with Britain and France after they invaded Suez...