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Instant Power. Last December, when Nasser traveled to Khartoum and Tripoli to promote the three-way federation, he was met by frantic crowds screaming: "One people, one people, one people!" Until his death, Nasser met regularly with Sudanese Leader Jaafar Numeiry and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi. At last week's meeting, Numeiry, Gaddafi and Nasser's successor, Anwar Sadat, produced a communiqué pledging to seek eventual political federation. To this end, they set up a "Tripartite Political Command...
Under present conditions, the West would be leary of this federation. The newer revolutionary governments of Libya and Sudan are more belligerent than the often embattled Egyptians. Gaddafi is particularly bellicose, not only toward Israel, but toward conservative Arab governments as well...
Second Thoughts. Gaddafi might goad the triumvirate into trouble. He has already ordered 110 French Mirage jetsand intimated that they might be turned over to Egypt. The French, who included a clause forbidding third-party use of the planes, are consequently beginning to drop hints of nondelivery. The Soviets, however, have already provided MIGs for Sudan and may well move in if the French renege...
Just Foreigners. For the moment, the other Arab states and the West as well can enjoy the luxury of skepticism about the federation. The obstacles in the way of the union are numerous. Both Numeiry and Gaddafi realize that an Egyptian President, whoever he is, would always dominate the alliance. Sudan fears that Cairo will dump its excess population on the spacious land...
...that enjoys a seller's market, situated as it is close to Europe, where its low-sulfur oil is much in demand. Over the past six years, Europeans have come to depend on Libya for 30% of their oil. Playing on that, the revolutionary government of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has pressured the companies to raise their posted price by 13.4% and pay the government a 5% tax surcharge. Most of the independent companies operating in Libya have agreed, and as of last week only a handful of the major international companies were still holding out. "It may well...