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Nasser raises Egypt flag over Suez Canal zone
Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser hoisted the Egyptian flag at Navy House Port Said after Britain began its long withdrawal ending 73 years of occupation. Soviet and British officials attended as Cairo prepared for a three day celebration marking the departure and a national holiday June 18.
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Nasser
Egypt
Suez Canal
Port Said
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Suez Canal Zone
Dmitri Shepnov
Bernesht
Nile Delta
Cairo
Czechoslovakia
Alexandria
Shepilov
Middle East
Pravda
Britain
Brian Robertson
Iraq
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Jordan
Canal
Canal Zone
Farouk
Turkey