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Enjoyed the marvelous Aug. 20 pages on the Mediterranean, and the article as well. It was an excellent picture of that area of the world, and may make a few people realize that what seems an insurmountable problem has existed many times before, and has somehow settled itself...
Cyprus' union with Greece in the near future. Every new troop transport arriving at Nicosia last week underlined the basic reason-namely, that Britain feels it must have a secure eastern Mediterranean base from which to safeguard its Middle East interests...
This was the reality behind all the appearances. From military encampments on the Salisbury Plain, Britain moved more troops toward embarkation ports and the eastern Mediterranean. In Paris the Defense Ministry announced appointment of three-star General André Beaufre, an expert on airborne operations, to command a new "Mediterranean force." French newspapers, kicking up a new martial stir over the Suez, reported that air units were grouping at fields near Paris, armor and paratroop forces massing near Algerian ports...
...Zarchin, 59, citizen of Israel, happily checked the calculations of another test project that may prove his point. The Israeli government had given him $270,000 to build a pilot plant in the Negev the vast, parched area in southern Israel. The plant will use water pumped from the Mediterranean Sea. "We are too poor a country to reject dreams," said one official. Only men who do nothing are always right...