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...Cairo, Brown lingered so long with the crewmen of the 14 ships trapped in the Great Bitter Lake by the closing of the Suez Canal that he stood up Arab Commando Leader Yasser Arafat and influential Editor Hassanein Heikal for lunch. During his talks with Nasser, he repeatedly addressed Nasser's adviser on foreign affairs, Dr. Mahmoud Fawzi, as "you wily old bugger...
...blasted military installations near Cairo-the closest strike coming just nine miles from the city. Egyptian opposition was patchy, though one Israeli jet was downed by antiaircraft fire. Israel enjoys mastery of the air, which it aims to use to make life miserable for Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser. Late in the week, Israeli commandos struck within 36 miles of Cairo-the closest that Israeli ground forces have ever operated to the Egyptian capital...
Libyan Wealth. The Israelis make no secret of their desire to get rid of Nasser. As long as he is President of Egypt, Israel's Premier Golda Meir said in Jerusalem, "I cannot say when there will be peace." A high-ranking Cabinet minister added: "Nasser has imprisoned himself in a position where he cannot make peace and he cannot make war. He can only maintain the status quo, and the status quo will only lead eventually to war. He must be weakened, but it would be better if he went altogether...
Nonetheless, the chances that Israel will succeed in undermining Nasser look slim. Last autumn, Nasser banished Ali Sabry, his only evident rival, from the government hierarchy. Diplomats feel that Nasser is now definitely in command. Indeed, he had encouraging news from neighboring Libya, where Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, leader of the coup that ousted King Idris last fall, formally installed himself as Prime Minister. Gaddafi is firmly in Nasser's camp. Libya's barely tapped oil wealth can be a real asset to Nasser...
...programmed for astrological horoscopes, issued its forecasts for 1970. Richard Nixon will face-and win-a conflict with "a father-figure, some person of authority." Mao Tse-tung is warned to "beware of unleashing vital forces you might have trouble controlling." After an unsuccessful brush with passion, Gamal Abdel Nasser will "see a dream come true. You will assert yourself, push forward and conquer." No word on Israel's Golda Meir...