Word: naguib
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...warning that Britain will stand fast until the Egyptian government signs an international agreement providing adequate defense for the Canal Zone. If the Egyptian army, "which is being aided and trained by Nazi instructors," tries any monkey tricks, Britain will defend itself. "Unfortunately," he growled, "it was necessary for Naguib to gain as much popularity as possible by the well-known process of taking it out on the British...
This week General Naguib spoke beside the tomb of Egypt's Unknown Soldier: "We [have] washed our hands of talks which were intended to impose a disguised occupation on Egypt. Hot bloodshed is the only way of attaining independence. We are not afraid of death...
...Anglo-Egyptian relations swirled into this violent state, U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles flew into the storm center at Cairo (see below). At the airport he read a prepared statement acclaiming Naguib as "one of the outstanding free-world leaders," and added: "Perhaps my visit here will help clear up some misunderstandings...
...they sat down together for their first meeting, Naguib was startled to see Dulles pull a holstered, .32-calibre Colt automatic from his pocket and place it on the mahogany table. The Secretary laughed and handed the pistol to Naguib, still slightly bewildered. Then he read from a silver plate on the handle: "To General Mohammed Naguib, from his friend, Dwight D. Eisenhower." It was one of the President's personal pistols. "This is to preserve peace with, not fight a war," said Dulles. Naguib smiled and said: "I know...
...officers. "I trained and brought up all the officers in the Free Movement," says Nasser. "I spent ten years on them. I tested them all without them knowing it." When the time came, Nasser and the others looked for a respected senior officer, picked bluff, thrice-wounded General Mohammed Naguib, a soldier's soldier. On July 23 King Farouk fell, and the world discovered General Mohammed Naguib...