Youssef Nadda, an Egyptian army captain captured in the Israeli Sinai campaign, today asked for and received temporary asylum in Israel
In a statement to Dr. Louis Gailland, International Red Cross representative in Israel, Capt. Nadda said he hoped for the possibility of repatriation to England or some other neutral country. He said he preferred England, his native country, where his mother’s family still resides.
A graduate of the Cairo Military Academy, the 27-year-old officer said he wanted to return to England to resume his studies in psychology, and that he had wanted to do so since 1954. He said Egyptian law forbids resignations of military officers, an offense punishable by court martial.
Capt. Nadda’s English mother and his sister are with his father, an engineer in Kuwait. He is staying in a Tel Aviv hotel at Government expense pending repatriation to England.
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