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    "ocrText": "- 3 -\nThe so-called Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Conference is another\nvehicle for Nasser's anti-U.S. activities. This organization, largely\nstaffed by Egyptians with headquarters in Cairo, is forever fomenting at-\ntacks against our country among the newly created states of Africa and\nAsia. When President Nasser in his Port Said speech defiantly declared,\n\"Our policy is clear and we say it openly. We say that we sent arms to\nthe Congolese people and we shall keep on sending arms to the Congo,\" he\nrevealed the true nature of his regime which is not only a threat to peace\nand security but a dagger poised at the very vital interests of our coun-\ntry.\nCan it be said that those U.S. officials who defend aid to Egypt and\ncarefully skirt over the fundamental question of the nature of the Nasser\nregime, are meeting their responsibilities in terms of protecting the na-\ntional interests of our count ry ? All of the significant evidence in\nword as well as deed, shows that the Nasser government is by its very na-\nture anti-American and anti-Western. The \"good works\" attributed to U.S.\naid to Egypt indicate, in our opimion, that the American people are being\nkept in the dark and misinformed concerning the real character of the\nNasser government. It is this lack of candor and clarity which dismays\nthe Society.\nAccording to the recent vote in Congress, the President is empowered\nto continue aid to Egypt if he finds it in the national interest. This\nraises, among others, the following questions:\n1.\nIs Nasser's pressure on Libya to liquidate American bases there\nin our national interest ?\n2. Is Nasser': S providing the Congolese rebels with weapons in our\nnational interest ?\n3. Is the war waged by 40,000 Egyptian troops in Yemen in our na-\ntional interest ?\n4.\nIs Nasser's anti-Western propaganda in the Aden zone in our na-\ntional interest ?\n5. Is Nasser's interfering with our relationship with Ethiopia,\nSaudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan and elsewhere in our national in-\nterest ?\n6.\nIs Nasser's undermining of our prestige in the various African\ncountries in our national interest ?\n7.\nIs Egypt's sending an Ambassador to Communist North-Vietnam\nin\nour national interest ?\n8. Is the contimious anti-American propaganda in the government-\ncontrolled Egyptian press (such as the cartoon showing Uncle Sam\nputting a dagger in the back of an Egyptian) in our national\ninterest ?"
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