The projected Middle East Command may be established soon with headquarters in Cyprus, it was reported here today. The report said the United States, Britain, So. Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Turkey are willing to have the Middle East defense organization operate from Cyprus.
“The present situation in the Middle East,” the report said, “makes it imperative to have the defense organization established as soon as possible in order to plan Middle East defense in the event of aggression.” Once the organization is set up. Egypt may find it to her advantage to join it, the report pointed out.
Cyprus has long been considered the probable location for the Middle East Command headquarters and is in many ways preferable to the Suez Canal zone, the Daily Telegraph comments today. It says that the project to establish a joint command in the Middle East has been held in abeyance, but has never been dead. “The project is now likely to be revived,” the London newspaper asserts.
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