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Dangerous Lottery. Why had Nahas Pasha acted so brazenly, if he could not match deeds with words? One possibility was that, watching Mossadeq's success, he too expected the British lion to roll over and play dead. A likelier explanation was that he badly needed a diversion at home, where there was much talk of corrupt government. King Farouk had returned from his honeymoon distressed by the reports. Recently when 400 acres of land near Alexandria were sold to the poor at bargain prices, the lists proved that among the "poor" new owners were relatives of Nahas Pasha...
...exceedingly happy," Iran's young Shah cabled 72-year-old Premier Mossa-deq in New York, "to felicitate and congratulate you on your success in the oil dispute . . . We also would be happy and delighted to hear of your state of health." Mossadeq's much-discussed health was improving (see MEDICINE) almost as fast as his reputation as a politician...
...Security Council, boldly informed by Mossadeq that Iran's dispute with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. was none of the U.N.'s business, lamely ducked the issue. It passed the question of the U.N.'s authority back to the International Court of Justice at The Hague. The Court probably won't get around to deciding until mid-January; in the meantime, the Council wanly hoped that Britain and Iran would resume negotiations on their own. Said Britain's Sir Gladwyn Jebb: "... A most serious precedent...
...Mossadeq & Co., who boycotted the final Security Council session, heard the result with jubilation. Next day the Premier addressed a group of starry-eyed Iranian students in New York, urged them to study thoroughly U.S. oil-industry techniques. Said he: "The mere possession of a source of wealth is not sufficient. The main point is its utilization . . . Equip yourselves...
Ready with Demands. Mossadeq's example was admiringly watched and quickly followed in the Middle East. In Egypt, 75-year-old Premier Mustafa Nahas Pasha, who like Mossadeq has spent most of his life baiting the British, seized the chance of a lifetime, jumped on the British with rough demands that they vacate the Suez Canal zone and the Sudan...