EGYPT'S AIM OF EVACUATION OF BRITISH TROOPS
■’««*•».) CAIRO. Jan. 16. The Egyptian Government would ■pare no effort to bring about the sDeedv evacuation of British troops from the Nile Valley, it was announced In the speech from the Throne read by the new Prime Minister, Nashas Pasha, at the opening of Parliament today.
1 “The nation is complete and unanimous on the necessity to liberate the Nile Valley—both in Egypt and the Sudan —from all kinds of restrictions on its freedom and independence,” he said.
The Prime Minister announced that the new Wafd Government had decided to lift martial law.
■ He added that Egypt was deeply grieved over the disaster which had befallen martyred Palestine and her refugees who had been thrown from their homes bv aggression. The Government had decided to strengthen the Army, to build armament factories and send militarv missions overseas. It also intended to launch industrialisation plans to raise the country’s standard of living.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23154, 17 January 1950, Page 5
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