A British cargo ship bound for the Far East has been held up for 36 hours in Port Said by Egyptian authorities after the Egyptian customs spotted a case addressed to the Israel Embassy in Manila on the ship manifest. The British Foreign Office asked the British Embassy in Cairo to look into the incident and report back to London.
The Egyptians refused to allow the vessel, the 8,000-ton Cardiganshire, owned by the Glen and Shire Line of London, to proceed through the Suez Canal. Despite the captain’s protests, he was ordered to unload his cargo at Port Said until the Embassy-bound package was found and confiscated.
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