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...policy under Dulles, he said, has "grievously wounded" Britain and France. Before Congress approves the Eisenhower resolutions, Fulbright continued, Dulles should be called upon to account for why these "responsible and friendly governments" had felt it necessary to conceal from the U.S. their plans for armed intervention in the Suez crisis...
...Foreign Affairs Committee approved the Eisenhower resolution virtually intact by a 24-to-2 vote, moved it toward the House floor, where overwhelming approval is expected. But the committee report also noted that the resolution failed to meet such "basic"' Middle Eastern problems as Arab-Israeli relations, the Suez Canal dilemma, and the handling of Arab refugees. The House, said the committee, should get on with the business of adopting the Eisenhower resolution-and then should receive from the Administration "positive and comprehensive measures for dealing with the fundamental problems of the Middle East...
Last week, in fact, may have been the time at which, so far as the West is concerned, Egypt's Nasser passed the point of no return. In the U.S., there was less and less inclination to suffer any prolonged niggling over the Suez Canal. "Egypt," said a State Department man in notably undiplomatic language, "is becoming a damned bore." The New York Times put all its outrage into one editorial headline, EGYPT'S HITLER...
...million in Egyptian funds." Last week, as Nasser kept asking Washington to "clarify the vague parts" of a plan that his controlled press was denouncing as "more sinister than anything British imperialism could possibly conceive," the U.S. made plain that it had not opposed the Anglo-French invasion of Suez just to save Nasser's bacon, and hinted that it was not out merely to restore the status quo ante (see below). The Eisenhower Administration now expects to assist only those countries -say Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and Jordan to start with-which share its determination...
Bypassing Suez. The Israelis stood a chance to salvage one gain from their spoilsless victory. They have sent two frigates to patrol the Gulf of Aqaba and have placed four chartered merchant vessels in service between Elath and East African ports. Turning even the Suez blockage to advantage, the enterprising Israelis are already offering all comers overland transport by truck and rail to the Mediterranean. This week some 500 tons of Ethiopian hides and coffee are scheduled to be transshipped to Europe over this route, which, while costlier than the Suez passage, can compete with transport around the Cape...