RUSSIA'S MIDEAST DILEMMA - Raouf el-Gammal - December 1972

Raouf el-Gammal

The Soviet Union has discovered what the United States already knows - economic and military aid does not buy friends and allies. Here is why Egypt told the Russians: Get Out! The land of Egypt in midsummer is an oven where temperatures soar to 120 degrees Fahrenheit day-in and day-out – and where tempers tend to get even hotter. Little wonder that in July, a good many were stunned to hear of Sadat's decision to expel some 15,000 to 20,000 Soviet advisers. To some, it was expected, especially since the anti-Communist ball started rolling in the Sudan a year earlier. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library