MR. EDEN AT CAIRO
IMPORTANT INTERVIEWS
RUGBY, October 24
“The Foreign Secretary (Mr Eden) is visiting Egypt, where he has conferred with the new Egyptian Prime Minister (Ahmed Maher Pasha) and the Foreign .Minister,” says a Cairo correspondent. “He arrived in Egypt from Russia with Air Churchill and remained behind “for a short rest.” It is surmised that the Foreign Secretary has taken the opportunity to acquaint himself with the political position in the Middle East and with the results pf the Cabinet changes in Egypt, Syria and Iraq.” Mr Eden had lunch with Ahmed Maher Pasha and Nokrashy Pasha at the house of Mr T. A. Shone, British Minister in Egypt. Also present were Hassanim Pasha, Chief of the Royal Cabinet, and Sir Walter Smart, Oriental Secretary at the British Embassy. To-day Air Eden saw the former Premier of Iraq, Nuri el Said Pasha, and members of the Iraq delegation at the Pan-Arab conference. He also, held a consultation with Lord Moyne, British Resident Minister, on current problems of supply and other matters. He met General Sir Bernard Paget, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, and visited a number of camps and installations. Mr Eden had an audience with King Farouk, with whom he had a long friendly talk. LATER. I Mr. Eden, who is spending a few days in Cairo, will visit Athens before returning to London. The Exchange Telegraph Agency’s Cairo correspondent says a meeting between Mr. Churchill, President Roosevelt and Mr. Stalin is being arranged as soon as practicable.
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