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...chairmanship. Lyndon also became Kennedy's sometime emissary overseas. In 1961 he went to Southeast Asia, continued around the world. Later that year he was rushed to Berlin when The Wall went up. In 1962 he barnstormed through the Middle East, struck up his famous friendship with Bashir Ahmad, the camel driver. So far this year Johnson has been in Scandinavia and the Benelux countries...
...four months the moderate government of President Nazem El-Koudsi and Premier Bashir El-Azmeh has been chasing the fellahin's imposing list of demons, all the while warily returning Syria to relative normalcy after seven coups d'état in 13 years. Koudsi himself is a product of Coup No. 6, when nationalistic army officers last fall shattered the abrasive union of Syria and Egypt-and the Pan-Arab dreams of Gamal Abdel Nasser-with a swift, bloodless revolt. Elected Syria's President in December, he was then deposed and jailed by the army officers...
Back in Karachi from his U.S. visit, Camel Driver Bashir Ahmad was a changed man. Bashir, whose customary costume used to be baggy salwar pants and a sweaty turban, now swanked around town in a spiffy achkan (a knee-length formal coat) and karakul cap, saw would-be visitors by appointment only. Saddest of all, Bashir is a camel driver no more. Awaiting delivery of a truck given him by his U.S. host, Vice President Lyndon Johnson. Bashir has leased his camel and cart to a relative...
...should not have emphasized Bashir's first pair of shoes or his vow on the Koran. You would do the same before flying to Venus, if you held the Bible sacred...
...Most of the primary needs of Bashir Ahmad were donated. Pan Am, transportation to and from Pakistan; Waldorf-Astoria, Bashir's room in New York; his host, Vice President Johnson, the expenses in Texas. The People-to-People program paid for such things as his meals. No public funds were spent...