Word: egyptians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Anwar Sadat, who was then Speaker of the Egyptian Parliament, made his first visit to the U.S. He was worried about how an Egyptian would be treated. This week, returning as President of Egypt on an eleven-day trip, he knows exactly what his reception will be. Although there may be some picketing by Jewish Defense League activists, Sadat will be feted at the White House, address a joint session of Congress, and travel to cities including Williamsburg, Houston and Chicago. Says a high White House official: "We hope to cement Sadat to us and lay the groundwork...
Sadat's ten day stay in the U.S. will include visits to New York, and three other U.S. cities, but not Boston or Cambridge, a spokesman at the Egyptian Embassy in Washington said yesterday...
Fisher said he again suggested a visit to the University by Sadat to the Egyptian Embassy last month while he was in communication with the Embassy on another matter. He said he extended the invitations on his own initiative without notifying University administrators...
...enormous amount of requests for appearances by Sadat" have been sent to the State Department, Gardner Brown, desk officer at the Egyptian desk of the U.S State Department said yesterday. "Because of security limitations and a shortage of time," he said, "it is impossible to accomodate the more than 500 invitations that have been sent to the Embassy...
Sadat's visit to the United States is the first official visit of an Egyptian head of state...