774.5 MSP/11–1654: Telegram
No. 1371
The Ambassador Egypt (Caffery) to the
Department of State
secret
Cairo, November 16, 1954—3
p.m.
673. Egyptian Minister Foreign Affairs approached military aid this morning from another angle (mytel 642, November 11)1. He asked if it were not possible to find some means of their obtaining military aid without having to sign an agreement. I told there was no way to avoid carrying out provisions of pertinent law.
If Department has any suggestions I should be glad to receive them.
Caffery
- In telegram 642 from Cairo, Nov. 11, not printed, Ambassador Caffery reported that Foreign Minister Fawzi had revived the question of military aid, indicating that in view of the much improved domestic atmosphere the Egyptian Government would like to make a new study of the projected military assistance agreement and would like to find out if it were possible to make certain changes in it. (774.5 MSP/11–1154)↩