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Nasser's brand of political Medicare would hardly help his image in the Arab world-or the prospects for peace in Yemen. Nasser wants to keep the feud going so that his expeditionary force in Yemen will be positioned for a possible move into strategic Aden when the British withdraw year after next...
Plea for Defenses. Wilson was also receiving criticism last week on the colony of Aden and the South Arabian Federation, which is due for package independence in 1968. Early in the week four South Arabian Cabinet ministers ar rived in London to discuss ways for South Arabia to avert almost certain subversion and take-over by Egypt's Nasser once Britain pulls out its 13,000 troops and closes down Aden's Khormaksar Airfield. To beef up its 5,000-man army, South Arabia wants 5,000 British troops, some patrol boats and spotter planes, a couple...
...parts of Yemen that really count: the Red Sea coastline; a northern boundary that takes in the well-fortified town of Hajja and the capital, Sana; and the border with the South Arabian Federation, which becomes independent in 1968 and offers a tempting target for further Nasser expansion toward Aden...
...South Vietnam and were generally committed to a financial reform policy of "Britain First." Once in power, however, Prime Minister Wilson adopted a more traditional approach to defense problems. He resolved to support the Unted State's position in Vietnam, and continued the fight to keep British bases in Aden and Singapore...
...Britain could no longer ignore the economic pressures at home which demanded a restriction of military committments. The newly-elected Labour Government initiated the extensive defense review to establish more economically pragmatic policies. According to the new program, the British plan to evacuate their troublesome base in Aden by 1968. Forces in the Persian Gulf area and the heavy commitment in Germany will be maintained only if the troubling deficit balance of payments is abolished. In Europe and the Middle East, then, Britain's policy is to withdraw...