A“…Teng said some beautiful things about the “Polar Bear” (U.S.S.R.)…I really wish…he came right out and said what Red China had been saying for years namely that the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R.([Russia]) are WORKING TOGETHER for world HEGEMONY!”
—Robert Fischer, to Pal Benko in a letter dated February 26, 1979
The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati, Ohio Friday, July 21, 1972 - Page 2
U.S.-Soviet Arms Talks Hurt Egypt
Cairo (UPI)—An informal secret agreement between the United States and Soviet Union to limit arms shipments to the Middle East prompted Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's demand for the withdrawal of Soviet military advisers, informed political sources said Thursday.
The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday that Sadat already had made overtures to the United States in hopes of reviving efforts toward a partial peace settlement. Sadat broke off contacts with Washington last year on a U.S.—proposed plan for an interim agreement which would include reopening the Suez Canal.
The Cairo sources said an understanding to slow the Middle East arms race was reached by the two super powers during the summit talks last May in Moscow between President Nixon and the Kremlin leaders.
The sources said Egypt was hit harder by the arms limitation agreement than was Israel.
U.S. - Soviet Arms Talks Hurt Egypt 21 Jul 1972, Fri The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com
