Word: unblock
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...vindication of Sadat's political strategy. Egypt's President has been roundly criticized by left-wing Arabs for accepting aid from Saudi Arabia's conservative King Faisal (see box page 26). Last fall he was heavily pressured by army officers to make enough concessions to unblock the flow of Soviet arms. The army's concern was clear: since the October 1973 war, Egypt had received only two shipments of Soviet spare parts. Brezhnev's visit was considered a propitious omen; when he canceled out, the pressure on Sadat resumed...