Rep. Donald Rumsfeld, Illinois Republican, today accused the State Department of “callous disregard” of Congressional directives prohibiting aid to aggressor nations, and called for a rigid prohibition against further aid to Egypt.
Rep. Rumsfeld charged that Nasser’s economy has been indirectly subsidized by the United States, facilitating Egyptian intervention in the Congo and Yemen. Rep. Rumsfeld was a leader of last September’s drive on the House floor to sever aid to Egypt. The drive almost succeeded. He predicted today that Congress would this year “overwhelmingly approve” a measure for mandatory severance of aid to Egypt unless Nasser suddenly alters his policies.
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