- Title: U.A.R.: SYRIAN PRESIDENT SEES NASSER.
- Date: 7th May 1968
- Summary: 1. GV CAIRO AIRPORT. 0.03 2. LV AIRCRAFT TAXIES IN. 0.06 3. GV FLAGS. 0.10 4. GV EL ATASSI STEPS FROM AIRCRAFT. 0.15 5. GV CROWDS. 0.20 6. SV EL ATASSI IS GREETED BY NASSER - BOTH MEN KISS. 0.30 7. GV CROWDS. 0.32 8. SV NASSER AND EL ATTASY WALK ACROSS TARMAC. 0.35 9. SV INT - NIGHT - NASSER AND EL ATTASI WALK
- Embargoed: 22nd May 1968 13:00
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- Location: CAIRO, U.A.R.
- Country: Egypt
- Reuters ID: LVA9SIIVAJEEUNKUNTY9R825C8RR
- Story Text: PRESIDENT NOUR EDDIN EL ATTASY OF SYRIA IS IN CAIRO FOR TALKS WITH PRESIDENT NASSER. THEY ARRIVED ON MONDAY (6 MAY). THE SYRIAN DELEGATION IS TWO-PRONGED - MILITARY AND POLITICAL - AND FLEW FROM DAMASCUS FOR TALKS ON THE THREATENING MIDDLE EAST SITUATION. THEIR TALKS COINCIDE WITH THE VISIT TO LONDON OF KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN.
THE SYRIANS DESCRIBED THEIR CAIRO TALKS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE STEPS TO ENSURE "A CONFRONTATION AND DEFEAT" OF WHAT WAS TERMED "ISRAEL AGGRESSION AGAINST THE HOMELAND."
WITH PRESIDENT ATTASY WAS MR. MAKHOUS, HIS FOREIGN MINISTER, AND MAJOR-GENERAL MUSTAFA TLAS, THE ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF. PRESIDENT NASSER INCLUDED HIS VICE-PRESIDENT, HUSSEIN EL CAHFFI, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN HIS OFFICIALS.
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