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Soviet Diagnosis. Anxious to protect their huge investment in arms and influence in Egypt, the Russians have been prepared for some time to cope with a new leadership. Hassanein Heikal, Al Ahram editor and Minister of Guidance, revealed in his newspaper last week that Nasser twice had thought about resigning because he was in increasing pain from diabetes, circulatory ailments and heart disease. No one knew this better than the Russians; it was their doctors who had been treating Nasser for his various disorders and who undoubtedly passed on their clinical charts to the members of the Politburo...
...three Vice Presidents, as his successor. Nasser quickly resumed his post and a year later, after a fallout over economic policy, Mohieddin went into premature retirement. He is considered a long shot, but he has the backing of a small group of influential moderates, possibly including Mohammed Hassanein Heikal, Guidance Minister and editor of Al Ahram. After Nasser's funeral, Heikal's paper printed a story-later proved untrue-that Mohieddin's main rivals, Sadat and Sabry, had suffered heart attacks during the ceremony...
...Cairo, Brown lingered so long with the crewmen of the 14 ships trapped in the Great Bitter Lake by the closing of the Suez Canal that he stood up Arab Commando Leader Yasser Arafat and influential Editor Hassanein Heikal for lunch. During his talks with Nasser, he repeatedly addressed Nasser's adviser on foreign affairs, Dr. Mahmoud Fawzi, as "you wily old bugger...
...Egyptian "diplomats who are doing nothing but buying cars, or ties and perfume from Paris." One man not only writes such things but also gets away with it. In addition to being editor and voice of Egypt's biggest and most authoritative newspaper, AI Ahram (The Pyramids), Mohammed Hassanein Heikal happens to be Nasser's closest confidant, adviser and friend...
Young King Hussein took the first step toward reconciliation with his old enemy. Stopping off in Paris during a tour of Europe last month, the King ordered his military aide to find Nasser's personal spokesman and friend, Mohammed Hassanein Heikal, who was also expected in town on a visit. One hour later Heikal was in Hussein's thirdfloor suite at the Hotel Crillon, sipping tea and enjoying a friendly cigarette. Passing casually over their past struggles, Hussein asked: "Is there any way to close ranks against our enemies?" Then he answered the question himself by suggesting...