Word: hassouna
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June 20, on a train speeding from Alexandria to Cairo, Foreign Minister Abdel-Khalek Hassouna Pasha entered Premier Hilaly's compartment with disquieting news: an important ex-government official and crony of King Farouk, acting for the powerful Wafd Party, had called on U.S. Ambassador Caffery and offered to make a deal. Its substance: the Wafd would reverse itself completely and support the State Department's pet project, the Middle East Command. In return, the U.S. embassy had to use its influence with King Farouk to get Hilaly fired and the Wafd returned to office. Reason...