Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev will visit Cairo in the next two months, in an effort to bolster the prestige of Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser, it was reported here today. Mr. Khrushchev’s scheduled visit to Egypt has been on the agenda for a long time, but the timing of the visit in the early fall was said by observers here to result from a desire by the Soviet chief to revive Nasser’s bid for Middle East hegemony at this time, when Nasser faces opposition by dissident Arab forces lined up with the Baath Party in Iraq and Syria.
Nasser is reportedly planning to use the forthcoming Khrushchev visit as “proof” that he is still the foremost leader, not only of the Arab world but also of Africa as a whole.
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