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    "ocrText": "INCOMING TELEGRAM\nDepartment of State\nSECRET SECURITY INFORMATION\n5-H-X\nAction\nControl: VR-1170\nRec'd:\nNEA\nSeptember 18, 1952\nFROM: Cairo\n9:25 p.m.\nInfo\nTO:\nSS\nSecretary of State\nG\nNO:\nE UR\n730, September 18, 7 p.m.\nL\nDMS\nSMSA\nPRIORITY\nP\nI\nSENT DEPT 730, RPTD INFO LONDON 251, PARIS, ROME UNN.\nLt. Col. Amin came to me today with msg from Gen Naguib and mil\ngroup running Egypt. Msg was as fols:\n1. After eight weeks concentration on domestic issues mil now\n(rpt now) believe time has come to move into next stage of\nrevolution and consider Egypt's internatl position.\n2. They are completely on side of US and unalterably opposed\nto Communism.\n3. Their first problem is \"selling US to Egypt public\" and\neducating average Egypt on dangers of Communism.\n4. To sell US to Egypt public they need \"mil\" supplies and fin\nassistance from US\"\n5.\nIn exchange they are prepared give in secret certain commitments\nconcerning long-term objectives of movement including MEDO and/or\npartnership with US.\n6. They believe giving commitments openly at this time wld destroy\nchance of achieving objectives, but want to work as rapidly as\nposs toward open commitments.\nCol. e Amin said mil's questions were:\n(1) Wld US be interested in such coop?\n(2) What sort of secret commitments wld US want and wld Naguib\nbe acceptable as their author?\nGroup had obviously not (rpt not) worked out definitions of\n\"fin and mil assistance\" as this was a \"feeler\" conversation on\nprineiples involved. Amin had in mind \"Cld you perhaps buy our\ncotton? on financial side and \"tank parts, armoured cars, gun\nDECLASSIFIED\n130\ntubes, small ammunition\nNEW ed\nthe\n<<<\nAuthority NLT F2-11\nSTATE DEPT. LTR. 2-3-13\nREPRODUCTION FROM THIS\nb.s.\nBy HL NLT Date 3-11-13\nCOPY, IF CLASSIFIED, 13\nPROHIBITED"
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