NEAR EAST (SHORT FORM)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00890A000900070040-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2010
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: March 5, 1958
• Content Type: BRIEF

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NSC BRIEFING 5 March 1958
NEAR EAST (short form)
I. Nasir now in all-out propaganda battle with pro-West Arab leaders.
A. He has now followed up attacks on Jordanian and Iraqi leaders
with an assault on Saud.
1. In revealing Saud's efforts to block UAR, Nasir is taking
step which seems likely to make final the cleavage between
him and the moderate leaders.
II. Nasir's denunciation will tend to strengthen existing dissatisfaction
with Saudis rule. Saud himself is probably undecided on what kind
of riposte to make.
III. There have already been reverberations to Nasir's previous attacks
in Jordan and Iraq. Violence will probably continue.
A. Ammam was earlier forced to close schools in Nablus, West
Jordan.
B. Minor demonstrations by school students in Baghdad.
C. Pro-government newspaper in Jordanian Jerusalem had its
presses blown up this week.
D. The urban crowds in Jordan and Iraq support Nasir.
F. Nasir's next move, as announced, will be to obtain adherence
to UAR by "Arab Palestine," represented by Egyptian puppet,
government in Gaza Strip.
IV. We still uncertain why Saud finally received the Soviet ambassador
to Syria.
A. Saud has now told us that he rebuffed Soviet proposal for
formal diplomatic relations and assistance.
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Y. Yemen, having adhered to Nasir's UAR, seems bent on continuing
to harass British in Aden, relying Bloc and Egyptian arms and
aid.
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