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U.S. Pro-arab Group to Appeal to Democratic Republican Conventions

August 2, 1956
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The National Committee for Security and Justice in the Middle East, a pro-Arab organization, will appeal to the platform committees of the Democratic and Republican parties to adopt planks at their forthcoming national conventions urging Presidential candidates “to take the Middle East out of domestic politics,” it was announced here today by Alfred M. Lilienthal, leader of the Committee and active member of the American Council for Judaism.

Mr. Lilienthal characterized Western reaction to Egypt’s nationalization of the Suez Canal as “hysteria.” He insisted that the Anglo-American withdrawal of the offer to finance the Aswan Dam “forced Nasser to seek new revenue for this (Aswan) project and to save face with his people.”

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