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Sudanese Officer Sentenced to Prison for Allegedly Spying for Israel

January 27, 1964
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A Sudanese military court has sentenced a former major, Abbas Gamal Eldin, to nine years in prison on charges of spying for Israel, it was reported here today from Khartum. The defendant was found guilty of serving as a link between spy rings in Cairo and Asmara Eritrea which gathered information about Egypt and passed it on to Israel.

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