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...most serious of Moscow's dubious tactics was the Soviet-directed emplacement of a vast antiaircraft missile system on the west side of the Suez Canal. Soviet diplomats verbally approved the Rogers plan, which specifically prohibited new military buildups in a 32-mile-wide zone on either bank of the canal. Nevertheless, ever since the standstill went into effect at midnight Cairo time on Aug. 7, the Soviets and Egyptians have been installing new antiaircraft missiles there...
...When all has been said about Nasser, history may eventually come round to characterizing him as a "congenital liar" as early as the Suez crisis in 1956. History may even record that, charisma or no, the trail of debacles that marked the "progress" of this kiss-and-stab leader could be hallowed only by a people whose emotional orientation is permeated with no small measure of masochism. As for Nasser's ousting of the British from Egypt in the 1950s, it now remains for some more charismatic pharaoh to tackle the sterner task of, ejecting the Tovarish from...
KEEPING THE PEACE: Kashmir, Cyprus and the Congo have all been U.N. successes. In the Middle East, a U.S.-backed General Assembly resolution successfully cooled the Suez crisis of 1956, but that plus was wiped out in 1967. When Cairo demanded that the U.N. pull out its 3,400-man Emergency Force, U Thant swiftly complied rather than try to stall for time. It was one of the more spectacular misjudgments of Thant's flaccid, nine-year stewardship. As a result, Egypt began mobilizing near Israel's borders, and the Six-Day War was on. In the Soviet...
Nevertheless, Israel, violating the standstill under the guise of "maintenance," has been steadily refurbishing the Bar-Lev Line on the east bank of the Suez Canal since August. Sandbags have been replaced by cement, and roads have been asphalted to forestall mining...
These stories indicate a jockeying for influence that could have a disastrous effect on the Suez cease-fire between Egypt and Israel. In a bid for supremacy, the opposing pro-and anti-Soviet factions in Cairo might resume shooting. So might forces in Jordan (see following story), where the first fight since the civil war broke out last week...