Addressing 60,000 persons at a public rally upon his return to Yugoslavia from Egypt; Marshal Tito said yesterday that “Egypt wanted peace” and is not threatening anyone, the New York Times reported today in a cable from Belgrade. Simultaneously, the official Yugoslav newspaper “Borba” took sides for the first time in the Arab-Israel conflict, supporting the Arabs, the cable added.
“Egypt,” Tito said, “does not want war. She is saying through us to our people that she wishes in live in peace, that she wishes to preserve her independence, and she is strongly determined not to return to the past that is, foreign domination. She wishes to manage herself and establish relations with all countries that best correspond to her interests on an equal basis. There was nothing in Marshal Tito’s address to indicate that he believed the Israel might be such a country, the New York Times report stated.
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