WAFD PARTY DEFIANCE
Renewed Tension In Egypt
(N.Z. Pr.ss AWcciatton— Copyright) (Rec. 10 p.m.) CAIRO, September 28. , Ca, r°’. s ,I ? ta 2 Commander last night declared a e 5 hC l ca r> ltal after the Wafd Party had defied Egypt s new rulers. t Tr i,° OpS p,aCed on guard duty at Radio House and ether .ter order ®' J to wear steel helmets and carry their rifles with bayonets fixed. 1 »£ er ° f the Wafd Partv > hBs now openly defied the Egyptian Prime Minister (General Naguib). Mr Nahas announces that he would stay as leader of the " af jJ.!| S l , an r.l' e ? i''^ Ud ,K“ t . r, ' g ' 9t ‘ >r a * a new as demanded by General Naguib’s “purge or be dissolved’* law. Egypt new awaits General Naguib’s move. It is expected to be swift and drasLc. Political commentators in Cairo said the Government has the right to declare the Wafd, Illegal, to seise its fS and to elose its headquarters when the purge, is effective.
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26848, 29 September 1952, Page 7
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