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    "ocrText": "EXECUTIVE\n4\nS/P: W.W. Rostiow\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE\nCO304\n(Drafting Office and Pficer)\nDEPARTMENT OF STATE\nIT14\nF05\nMemorandum of Conversation\nFG105\nDATE: January 10, 1966\nx\nSUBJECT:\nGeorge Woods' Discussions in Cairo\nPARTICIPANTS:\nMr. . George D. Woods, President, International Bank\nfor Reconstruction and Development\nMr. W. W. *Rostow, Department of State\nCOPIES TO:\nSecretary Rusk\nNSC - Mr. Komer\nUnder Secretary Ball\nNEA\nMr. Mann\nE\nAID - Mr. Bell\nWhite House - Mr. Valenti\nS/P - Mr. Brewer\ns/p (2)\n7\nMr. Woods telephoned me today to report on his trip to Cairo.\nHe saw Nasser and' *Kaissouni at some length, as well as Zakaria\nx\nMuhieddin.\nWoods said he had been informed in Washington that there had\nbeen a quite sharp change in the direction of Egyptian policy.\nHe\nhad been sceptical. He is now convinced that this is so.\nThe character of the change is, simply, that Nasser realizes\nthat he must turn increased attention to his economic problem; and\nthat the character of that economic problem required good, stable\nworking relations with the World Bank, the U.S., and the West in\ngeneral.\nSpecifically,\n1. Nasser is extremely grateful to the Soviet Union for its\nhelp in the Aswan dam and in military assistance; but he cannot get\nfrom the Soviet Union the long=term credits he needs for industrial\nand agricultural investment.\n2.\nHe has\nL\nFORM DS-1254\n8-61\nLIMITED OFFICIAL USE\nRECEIVED\nJAN1 2 1966\nCENTRAL FILES\n[1 of 2)"
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