Word: nasser
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Egypt was dismayed by Russia's display of arrogant power. Nasser's dispatch of Egyptian troops to Syria suggested he did not like another bullyboy muscling in on his territory. Probability: Nasser would be increasingly cool to offers of further Russian...
...cause for quiet satisfaction. The disapproval of the U.N., Israelis felt, had been lived down. But the swift efficiency of the assault had forced the Arabs to treat Israel's power with grudging new respect. It had reduced immeasurably the power and prestige of Egypt's Nasser...
...grabbed at the offer. "We accept your effort with all satisfaction," he said. In the U.N. the other Arab nations, anxious to forestall further Russian meddling in the Middle East, privately urged the Syrians to accept Saud's good offices. (The sole exception: Egypt, whose President Gamal Abdel Nasser regards Saud as a dangerous rival for leadership of the Arab world.) Then the word from Moscow-"An effort to evade U.N. debate of Syria's complaint," snarled Pravda-got through to Intelligence Chief Lieut. Colonel Abdel Hamid Serraj and his fellow leftists in the Syrian government...
...company refused to liquidate principally because it must remain in existence in order to press for compensation totaling $560 million from Nasser's Egypt. Liquidation would also complicate the unfreezing of $200 million in assets blocked in the U.S., Great Britain and Switzerland since Suez, and would probably force stockholders to pay French taxes of up to 65% on liquidation proceeds. As matters stand, the company has an estimated $280 million in hand to devote to its projects, but with almost three times that amount tied up outside France, the success of its new role depends very much...
...Many Arabs are very remote from Communist ideas," he conceded. "Is Nasser a Communist? Certainly not. But nevertheless we support Nasser. This is coexistence." Whatever the consequences of his diplomatic weight-throwing, Khrushchev did not care, as long as he helped perpetuate fear, suspicion and chaos in the Middle East...