Word: mubarak
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Perhaps because the Administration realized that prospects were nil for a diplomatic breakthrough, the White House had originally scheduled just 30 minutes of private policy conversation between Reagan and Mubarak. But that short shrift ran counter to the Administration's aim, which was, as a U.S. official explained, "to establish a personal relationship" between Reagan and Mubarak, and the meetings were lengthened to one hour...
...White House had decided in advance to give Egypt almost everything it wanted, except elevation to a formal status of "parity" with Israel. Militarily, Mubarak wanted $1.5 billion a year in aid, half in loan and half in grants, a package comparable to Israel's. Reagan instead pledged an increase from $900 million to $1.2 billion, which is probably about as much as Egypt can usefully absorb in a year...
...nonmilitary aid, Egypt and Israel are already roughly comparable. Mubarak succeeded in persuading the U.S. to allow Egypt to switch the allocations from specific projects to general sectors of the economy, the same flexibility enjoyed by Israel...
...Mubarak pushed hard for the right to shift expenditures from the ambitious develop ments favored by Sadat, such as building cement factories, to small-scale construction, especially of housing. He also wants to change commodity imports from luxuries to staples...
...present, Mubarak can count on a strong measure of good will from Egyptians. He has given them stability in the aftermath of the assassination and stirred hopes that he can continue the peace and make Egypt a more prosperous nation. Meeting those expectations will be difficult; some fear that people are expecting too much. But there is general agreement that Mubarak has made a remarkable beginning, even if, as a Cairo editor says, "it's like the first step of a thousand-mile journey...