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Show member Libya as one of the few nations anywhere to refuse Soviet So-viet economic aid. It needs all the aid it can get. But the populace popu-lace as well as the ruling regime endorse opposition to Soviet penetration pen-etration and Nasserism. Most Mid-Eastern and African nations are, in fact reliably allied al-lied with the West and oppose Nasser. Saudi Arabia and Iraq need European markets for oil. The Western tradition is expect- Central- Intelligence Agency, under fire for its failure to predict pre-dict the pro-Nasser coup in Iraq, is being warned about intensive efforts to subvert two other reliable re-liable pro-Western regimes Arab Libya to Egypt's west and the Sudan, to the south.' Moreover, neither the American Ameri-can people nor official Washington Washing-ton realized how close the U.S. came to becoming involved in war in the Sudan, even as we sought to prevent a Middle eastern east-ern war over Lebanon and Iraq, which kept us busy enough. The Sudanese were able to foil an Iraqui-type pro-Nasser coup timed to coincide with the July 22 Egyptian celebration of the revolt that ousted King Farouk, in 1952. The reasons are Nasser's expansionist ex-pansionist policies, his effort to harness the upper Nile in the Sudan for Egyptian hydro-electric and irrigation projects and hopes for developing sizeable uranium deposits in the Sudan, to make Nasser's United Arab Republic an atomic power. Nasser has made repeated attempts at-tempts to move back into the Sudan following the Anglo-Egyptian Anglo-Egyptian withdrawal giving the Sudan indepedence in 1955. Nasser's Nas-ser's agents lobby openly in the ed to be a key factor in stabilizing stabiliz-ing Lebanon after American troops withdraw, probably in the next 90 days. King Hussein of Jordan is courageous and determined de-termined to remain independent. Israel's only hope is with the West. Other nations such as Moslem Turkey, Iran and Pakistan have been repeatedly overrun by the Russians and are steadfast allies. Above all these, however, are some of the best friends freedom could find anywhere in the whole world. Like Libya and the Sudan, Su-dan, Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie also asked to be in on the Eisenhower Doctrine, fought with the U. S. in Korea and is proving an able leader of his people. King Mohammed V of Morocco is equally able and pro-democratic. But there is also Premier Ha-bib Ha-bib Bourguiba of Tunisia, whom many call the "Churchill and Thomas Jefferson of the Moslem world." He is firmly against communism, Nasserism and is pro-American. His goal is a "United States of North Africa," membershiy in NATO, closer ties between Moslems and the Vatican, Vati-can, a just settlement of the Arab Israeli feud, and better living standards for the Arab world's miserably poor. If French waging of the Algerian Alge-rian war is not soon ended with a peace settlement, however, Moslem extremists may even be able to overthrow Bourguiba. It would really spell catastrope for the West and Vice President Nixon has declared we must look to Bourguiba for a way out of the chaos threatening to engulf the Middle East. Sudanese Parliament, which has failed by only a handful of votes to join Nasser's NAR. The reason for Sudanese opposition op-position to Nasser is a long tradition tra-dition of Egyptian aggression. But the pillar of freedom in the Sudan is Premier Abdullah Kha-lil, Kha-lil, who detests Nasser and who, fortunately for freedom's side, is forward looking, progressive and democratic in trying to carve a modern nation out of the Sudan. He even openly applauded ap-plauded the U.S. intervention in Lebanon. The Sudan was also an original member of the Mid-East Eisen-) hower Doctrine. The U. S. therefore there-fore is committed to defend the Sudan whenever aggression or subversion from within threatens threat-ens just as it did in Lebanon and Iraq. Nasser's attempted coup in the Sudan, therefore, also threatened to involve American troops just as U. S. forces were" embroiled in Lebanon. Premier Khalil is prepared to call for U. S. military mili-tary forces any time Nasserism seriously threatens his regime and in the recent coup attempt Nasser's supporters in the Sudan came perilously close to seizing the Sudan while the world was watching the crisis in the other direction. Libya, to Nasser's west, is another an-other important barrier to Nasser's Nas-ser's expansion into North Africa just as the Sudan bars him in the south. And here again the free world is fortunate in having the enlightened regime of King Mohammed Mo-hammed Idris to rely upon. He, in turn, relies on the exceptionally exception-ally able Premier ben Halim, who relies on the presence of the U. S. Strategic Air Command Com-mand base in Tripoli to back him up in opposing Nasser. Libya, like the Sudan, was one of the first Mid-East nations that did not wait to be asked to join the Eisenhower Doctrine pact when it was first proposed. King Idris requested membership. He has barred Egyptian military attaches at-taches from possessing weapons in Libya, and frustrated Nasser's every effort to start a Lebanon-style Lebanon-style civil war going in Libya. Congressmen might also re- |