Eisenhower weighs UN route over direct Middle East action
Congress leaders discussed Iraq revolt and possible U S military moves in Lebanon and Jordan. Officials said the United States would seek an emergency UN Security Council session while troops in the Mediterranean stood ready.
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Egypt
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Israel withholds comment on Iraq upheaval reported
Israeli officials offered no official comment on the Iraqi upheaval. The Jerusalem Post quoted that Israel saw the Arab federation of Iraq and Jordan as hostile as the United Arab Republic of Egypt and Syria. Prime Minister Ben Gurion planned a meeting with Foreign Minister Golda Meir to discuss Iraq, with questions about possible spillover into Jordan. Diplomats reported quiet in the Jordanian sector of Jerusalem.
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Syria
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Golda Meir
Solons Demand New Look At U.S. Mideast Policy
U S lawmakers react grimly to reports of the Iraqi revolution urging a new Middle East policy. Senators Mansfield Wiley and Green call for reassessment of the Eisenhower doctrine amid fears Russia may exploit the crisis to gain influence. Fulbright and Flanders urge stronger noncommunist alliances and study of policy failures.
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Middle East
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D-Mont
United Nations
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Alexander Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mansfield
Theodore Francis Green
R-Ri
United States
Green
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Flanders
Ralph E. Flanders
Vermont
Leading characters in the Iraq revolution drama
The Associated Press lists key figures in the Iraq upheaval. Brig Gen Abdel Karim Kasim leads the rebellion and is named premier and defense minister. King Faisal II, 23, sits as figurehead with real power held by Nuri Said and Crown Prince Abdul Ilah. Crown Prince Abdul Ilah, 43, regent and power broker, aided Arab federation plans with Nuri Said. King Hussein of Jordan, 22, watches developments as Iraq-Jordan federation looms. Gamal Abdel Nasser, president of the United Arab Republic, sees gains if the Iraqi revolt succeeds.
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Baghdad
Israel
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Nuri Said
Noo'ree Sah
Abdul Ilah
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Arab Legion
Iraq-Jordan
France Sums Ships to Mideast Amid Iraqi Uprising
French forces, led by Premier De Gaulle, sent two aircraft carriers the Lafayette and Romains and a destroyer escort from Toulon as Iraq’s coup sparks regional tension. Aimed to protect French lives and interests, the fleet patrolled the eastern Mediterranean while De Gaulle prepared to confer with the foreign minister and seek U.S. and British views.
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Lebanon
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De Gaulle Leds 45 Ships 115 Planes In Naval Display
In the Mediterranean a French squadron muster reached 45 ships and 115 aircraft including the reserve battleship Jean Bart. De Gaulle saluted every vessel and ten small kayaks with frogmen. At Toulouse parachute troops clashed with labor exchange barricaders as troops prepared to assault the building until police intervened injuring one trooper.
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