- Title: EGYPT: LIBYAN LEADER COLONEL GADDAFI ADDRESSES ARAB SOCIALIST UNION.
- Date: 8th February 1973
- Summary: 1. GV Building 0.05 2. GV Delegates seated 0.10 3. SV Gaddafi 0.19 4. SV & MV Delegates seated (2 shots) 0.26 5. MV Gaddafi seated on rostrum 0.32 6. SV & MV Delegates seated (2 shots) 0.42 7. CU Gaddafi ZOOM OUT SV Ditto 0.53 8. GV Delegates seated 1.00 Initials BB/0153 PK/DW/BB/0200 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: CAIRO, EGYPT
- Country: Egypt
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- Story Text: A call for the strengthening of Arab unity was made by the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi when he spoke to the members of the Arab Socialist Union in Cairo on Thursday (8 February).
Colonel Gaddafi had been in Cairo for several days for talks with Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and Syria's President Hafez Al-Assad on political and military strategy in the Middle East crisis.
They wee meeting as the Presidential Council of the Federation of Arab Republics, which links their three countries.
Colonel Gaddafi told the A.S.U. members, that Arab nationalism did not discriminate between Moslems and Christians. He denounced Marxism for ignoring the vital role of religion and nationalism in building nations throughout the world.
The principles of the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser, he said, were "landmarks in the history of the Arab nation's struggle."
Arab nations should respect Nasserism and learn lessions from its principles, he said.
The visiting leader told the A.S.U., which is Egypt's only political organisation, that attempts to stir up sectarian strife in Egypt would only serve imperialism and enemies of the Arab nation.
SYNOPSIS: In Cairo, members of the Arab Socialist Union meet to hear an address by the visiting Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who has been in Egypt for several days for talks with the Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat, and Syria's President Hafez Al-Assad.
Colonel Gaddafi told members of the A.S.U., which is Egypt's only political organisation, that attempts to stir up sectarian strife in Egypt would only serve imperialism and enemies of the Arab nation. He said Arab nationalism did not discriminate between Moslems and Christians, and denounced Marxism for ignoring the vital role of religion and nationalism in building nations throughout the world.
Colonel Gaddafi praised the principles of the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser as "landmarks in the history of the Arab nation's struggle", and said all Arab nations should learn lessons from the principles of Nasserism.
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