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...Iraq revolution broke out," said Nasser blandly, "while I was in Yugoslavia." He pictured both Egypt and Tito's Yugoslavia as lands that had rescued themselves from "oppressive forces" that "wanted to colonize them"-but in such an ambiguous way that he could always tell the Russians that the only oppressors he had in mind in Yugoslavia's case were the old Austro-Hungarian empire or the Nazis...
Burma. Neutralist Premier U Nu wrote his friend Tito to urge Tito's friend Nasser to use "caution...
...early July, when it gets searing hot in the Middle East, the man who had forehandedly helped make the place particularly hot went off on a graciously appointed yachting cruise with his family to visit his old friend Tito at the marshal's isle of Brioni in the blue Adriatic. In that way, Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt, President and founder of the New United Arab Republic, could escape the heat built up by his subversive doings in Lebanon. And he could also pursue his studies at Tito's knee in the perilous and racking business...
...Nasser sailed from Pula, Yugoslavia for the return trip to Cairo. He sailed two days in the Adriatic. When he learned about American troop landings in Lebanon and the increase of tension in the area, Nasser returned to Pula, where he met with Tito to discuss the situation. From Pula, Nasser, accompanied by U.A.R. Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi, went to Brioni. From Brioni, Fawzi and Nasser flew to Moscow, where Nasser had two meetings with Khrushchev that lasted eight hours. They discussed the international situation and necessary steps to preserve peace...
...Brothers." The Yugoslavs, who have been locked for months in bitter cold war with the Kremlin, embarrassedly denied that Nasser had gone back for Tito's advice before rushing to Moscow, insisted that Nasser must have gone ashore in Albania and taken a plane from there. The Russians, with widespread pleasure, proclaimed that the idol of the Arab masses had once again been their guest, this time to seek their help against the "American aggressors." But from Cairo came a wholly different version, indicating that Nasser's main purpose in flying to Moscow was to appeal to Khrushchev...