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...Independence & Integrity." In struggling against proCommunists and pro-Egyptians inside Jordan, Hussein was fighting not for the U.S. but for his own country and his own throne. But indirectly he was striking two blows for the West: against the prestige of international Communism and the prestige of the Arab world's voluble troublemaker, Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, who was trying from afar to bring Hussein down. The danger also threatened that Nasser's ally Syria might invade Jordan-possibly toppling Hussein, possibly touching off an explosion that would drag the U.S. into hot war. It was clearly...
...handsome majority. By last week Indian politicians who once publicly scorned Menon were holding their tongues. Despite its democratic aspirations, Nehru's government still has some of the characteristics of an Oriental court. In such a court, wise men do not lightly offend a potential successor to the throne who is beloved both by the prince and the people...
...autocratic king who is pushing his people toward democracy is the West's best hope in troubled North Africa. Dressed in immaculate white djellabah edged with brocaded silk, Morocco's Sultan Mohammed V received TIME'S Frank White and Stanley Karnow in the throne room of his palace at Rabat, chatted with them under the ceremonial eyes of green-cloaked, turbaned guards armed with medieval halberds. He smilingly pointed out that independent Morocco, before the French took it over, was one of the first countries to grant diplomatic recognition to the young United States, added that...
Slow-Won Wisdom. This combination of Islam and West, of Moroccan nationalist with French boules companions, is characteristic of this thin-voiced, soft-eyed man who sits hunched on the edge of his throne almost as if overwhelmed by its high-arching brocaded back. In the turbulent world of emergent Moslem nationalism, Mohammed. 47, is an all but unique example of instinctive moderation surrounded by intemperate ambition. His is a skillful balancing act between tradition, which can become stagnation, and progress, which can become confusion...
Mohammed V was brought back from Madagascar to France. The throne council which was supposed to replace him flew to Paris to pledge their allegiance. So did scores of Moroccan chiefs and notables. Sycophant El Glaoui humbly prostrated himself before Mohammed, kissed his monarch's feet and begged forgiveness. Suddenly anxious to please. Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay agreed not only that Mohammed should return to the throne, but that France would help Morocco to "achieve the status of an independent state, united to France by the permanent ties of an interdependence freely accepted and defined." Pinay even agreed that...