A proposed visit by Egyptian Premier Mohammed Naguib to Washington to meet with President-Elect Eisenhower has been discussed by the State Department with Egyptian Embassy officials here, it was learned today. The visit would take place after the inauguration.
A note of urgency has been injected into the discussions by the Egyptians to frighten the State Department into the belief that the Naguib Government may be replaced within the next several months by an administration lese friendly in the United States. The view of elements in the State Department in that since Egypt leads the Arab League, a visit by Gen. Naguth to President Eisenhower may provide a vehicle by which Egypt and other Arab League states may be brought closer to the United States.
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