Mrs. Meir will visit Washington in early August instead of in July as originally intended, it was learned here today. Mrs. Meir was invited by President Nixon and accepted but no date for her visit was announced. Sources here said she decided to postpone the trip until after Mr. Nixon returns from his round-the-world tour next month during which he will visit several Asian countries and Rumania.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt has sent a personal envoy to Paris with messages for President Georges Pompidou and former President Charles de Gaulle, it was reported here. The envoy, Hussein El Shafei, a member of the executive committee of Col. Nasser’s Arab Socialist Union, Egypt’s sole political party, arrived in the French capital yesterday. Reports from Cairo said his mission was to cultivate relations with the new French Administration. Arab capitals are uneasy over reports that the Pompidou Government plans to reconsider the embargo on aircraft, military equipment and spare parts for Israel which was imposed by former President de Gaulle after the June, 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Col. Nasser’s message to Gen, de Gaulle reportedly expressed appreciation for France’s past pro-Arab stand.
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