A further extension of Soviet influence in the United Arab Republic was seen here today in an agreement signed in Cairo yesterday under which the Russians will construct five new air fields in Egypt.
The agreement also provided for Russian building at a thermal power station at Suez and an undisclosed and unspecified number of “new enterprises.” The agreement followed talks between A. Nikitin, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Soviet Council of Ministers, and Abbas Aziz Sidky, Central Ministers, of Industry for the UAR. All of the new construction is slated for Egypt.
The new UAR-Soviet agreement followed President Nasser’s announcement over Cairo Radio last month that the UAR would launch a five-year plan in 1959 for the industrialization of the UAR at a cost of 256,000,000 pounds sterling.
The first shipment of Russian equipment under the industrial credits agreement with the United Arab Republic arrived at Alexandria earlier this month. It included 3, 200 tons of industrial machinery.
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