Show Arab charges Unfounded It II is gratifying to note a general gen gen- general eral recognition In the American Ameri Amen can press that the previous charges against the Arabs were unfounded The Arabs had tad been accused of or being Communist or pro-Communist pro and amI during the Congo crisis they were accused of oC having Communist arms to the Congolese rebels The New York Times of or June Junc 7 reports of or Communist propaganda ganda ganda anda attacks upon the Arabs and of ot Arab reaction The campaign against the United Arab Republic in the Soviet pres and on the radio and in Communist organs in Prague Rome and Beirut has leas been rising in intensity during the last five months But Soviet complaints against the United Arab Republic go back hack to the 1958 union of or Eg Egypt 1 t and Syria which halted Soviet penetration of Syria The United Arab Republics Republic's counterblast counter began by the diplo diplomat diplomatic diplomatic mat matic c editor of or the Government owned Middle East News Agency Agen Agen- cy who wrote that the Soviet campaign could no longer be tolerated His words appeared in all three Cairo morning dailies dailies dail dail- ies under banner headlines And the Time magazine of or June 16 writes of oC the Communist attacks on the Arabs that if the Soviet Premier had hoped hop ed to cow Nasser the campaign was vas a v v vs v's s flirtation with Arab nationalism seemed to have come to nothing nothing noth noth- ing but a costly flop Regarding the n s that the Arabs had Communist arms to the Congo Walter Lippmann the Dean of or American columnists writes that Egypt has played a decisive decisive deci deci- sive part in preventing the flow of or Soviet arms to the rebels inThe in inThe inThe The Congo We have constantly maintained maintain maintain- ed cd that Arab nationalism is if incompatible in in- incompatible compatible with Communism f the Arabs in the past had hadnot hadnot hadnot not attacked Russia that was for the simple reason that Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia had not attacked the Arabs But whenever the Soviets attempt attempt at at- tempt to interfere in Arab affairs affairs affairs af af- fairs the Arabs respond with strong opposition to such Soviet moves Any expectations that the Arabs should be pro America is childish any accusations that is an they are arc Russia pro insult Arab nationalism is a movement for the independence of oC the Arabs and therefore it itcan itcan itcan can neither be Russian pro nor pro pro- American Mohammad T. T Mehdi PhD Ph.D. Director Arab Information Center i iSan San Francisco California i |