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...next morning Nasser's newspaper Al Gumhuria called Dulles' proposed internationalization "a 1956 term for piracy." At the meeting that evening Nasser took just 40 minutes to reject the plan, as he had said he would. He was candid, businesslike. "What is your problem?" he asked. "Freedom of navigation? I'm ready to discuss that. Tolls? I'm ready to discuss that. The British press charges I'm trying to build an empire? We can discuss that too if you want-but I will not discuss Egyptian sovereignty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUEZ: Deadlock in Cairo | 9/17/1956 | See Source »

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