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Nasser agreed completely. "We refuse, if anybody asks us,'' he said, "to form a nominal union for outward appearances.'' Later, he fervently told a Syrian delegation headed by Baath Party Leaders Michel Aflak and Salah El-Bitar: "We believe the tide of revolutionary union in this generation is a historic opportunity which will not repeat itself." He also suggested that the Baathists broaden their new Syrian government to bring in popular-that is, Nasserite-elements...
What's the Difference? After a late night talk, King Hussein and Rifai agreed on a new government, looking toward parliamentary democracy and Hussein's eventual retirement to the figurehead role of a constitutional monarch. They even gingerly accepted the Nasser-Baath slogan of ''Freedom, Unity, Socialism,'' with only the slight amendment of the final word to read "A Better Life...
...talks with Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser, the chief beneficiary of the downfall of anti-Nasser regimes in Iraq and Syria. But Nasser had contributed little to the victories that were actually won in both countries by a coalition of Nasserite army officers and politicians of the Baath (Renaissance) Party, which has long promoted the ideal of Wahadi Arabiya (Arab oneness...
Though both groups have the same goal of unity, each proposes a separate path. Nasser believes in centralized, authoritarian control. The Baath Party favors "collective leadership" and a democratic parliamentary government. As the talks proceeded, Syria's Deputy Premier Nihad El-Kassem reportedly forced the Baathists in his delegation to accept the Nasserite proposals on a threat of resigning from office...
...revolutionary wave next threatens the monarchies of Jordan and Saudi Arabia, which have bitterly opposed Nasser's intervention in Yemen and have no love for the unity proposals of the Baath party. The beleaguered kingdoms last week seemed to be girding for a last-ditch stand. King Hussein alerted his Arab Legion, the most efficient fighting force in the Arab world. Prince Feisal, Premier of Saudi Arabia, protested that Egyptian planes had bombed Saudi towns on the Yemen border and angrily declared, "Let the world know that we are not afraid of war. We Saudis are indeed the children...