President Nasser of the United Arab Republic has more tanks today than Marshall Montgomery had in his desert victory over Nazi Field Marshall Rommel at El Alamein, Shimon Peres, Israel’s Deputy Defense Minister, reported today.
Mr. Peres made the disclosure in a report on Nasser’s growing military strength at a meeting of the political committee of the 25th World Zionist Congress.
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