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    "ocrText": "4\n14\nMARLIN E. SANDLIN\n1700 SOUTHWEST TOWER\nHOUSTON, TEXAS 77002\nOctober 22, 1967\nThe President\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. President:\nLast Friday evening in New York City I was the dinner\nguest of His Excellency Mr. Mahmud Riad, Minister of Foreign Affairs\nof the United Arab Republic, His Excellency Mr. Abdel Moneim el Rifai,\nMinister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan, and His Excellency Mr. Hassan\nSabry E1 Kholy, Personal Representative of the President Gamal Abdel\nNasser. Our Iraqi associate, Mr. Lutfi Al Obaidi of Baghdad, was also\npresent.\nMy business purpose was to discuss our proposal of de-\nveloping the sulphur resources of Iraq for the markets of the Free World.\nI was given absolute assurance that President Nasser would continue to\nsupport our position in this matter, even to the extent of a letter to be\nwritten by His Excellency Mr. Riad to the Minister of Oil in Iraq giving\nassurance of the support of our project in Iraq by the Government of the\nUnited Arab Republic.\nFor this action, I am grateful indeed for my company and\nfor my associates. But, what is more important is that it is so meaning-\nful to the Free World to know that we (and not the Soviets or DeGaulle)\nmay have the opportunity of developing and marketing this fabulous sul-\nphur reserve for mankind.\nIt developed, however, that our conversation readily\nturned to the international political situation and particularly, at great\ndepth, to the relations between the United States and the Middle East.\nI was given absolute assurance of these facts by my hosts in whom I\nhave great confidence:\n(1) The United Arab Republic desires, as soon as possible,\nto re-establish diplomatic relations with the United States.\n(2) Once this relationship is re-established, the other\nArab nations will support the United Arab Republic.\n[5 of 8)"
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