Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-29
BY the Associated Press

The girl is brown-haired Narri-
man Sadek, daughter Of an Egyp-
tan civil servant and the be-
trothed Of Zaki Hachian, 81, slen-
der, Harvard-educated economic
expert who is on leave without
pay from the Middle East section
of the United Nations Department
Of Economic Affairs. She speaks
French and Arabic, plays the
piano and Is competent on the
tennis court. She and Mr.. Ha-
chan have been friends since
childhood.
The Posts dispatch supple
mented news of the romance re-
ceived by the Associated Press
Tuesday from q responsible source.
No announcement has come from
Cairo. Egyptian news is heavily
censored.
Envoy Issues Statement.
The Egyptian Embassy in Wash
ington denied yesterday that King
Farouk had split up Mr.. Hachian
and Miss Sadek. but said nothing
about whether the King and the
girl will marry.
Ambassador Kamil Bey Abdul
Rahim issued a statement pro-
testing inaccuracies as well as
what I consider a false impress
sion" in the A. p. story. He re-
fered to a statement that the
King fell in love with the girl
when Mr.. Hachian took her to the
palace in November to ask the
Kings blessing" for their mar
rage and that police later seized
all photographs of Miss Sadek In
Mr.. Hachian's apartment.
The source of the A. r. account
revised a part of that yesterday,
saying the correct information was
"the King first saw the girl In the
shop of Ahmed Nagib Pasha. .
leading Cairo jeweler, on Decem-
Der 4, while she was selecting q
ring with her f1ance. Hachian."
The adjusted version CORE
spends with the Posts account
from Mr.. Atwood. The King was
reported to have been summoned
to the shop by the jeweler, q
middle-aged crony of Farouk's, for
a look at the girl after the couple
dropped in to get ring.
Mr.. Atwood wrote that the
King abruptly decided to marry
her, though the marriage OF Mr..
Hachian and Miss Sadek was set
for December 8 and hailed by the
Cairo press as "the wedding Of
the year."
Sister Opposes Marriage.
The girl was reported stunned,
but blurted out that she loved
Hachian and later said the same
thing to the Kings sister, Princess
Fawzia, who urged the King to
call the whole thing off.
The princess was. quoted rs say
ing two days ago:
HE can't mean tit must be
a joke"
The Attwoon account went on:
But Mr.. Hachian had been for
hidden December 81 to see the girl,
ordered to leave the country In
two weeks and return to his post
at Lake Success. It was also sug-
gested he marry some one else
first.
"I'll 60 because I feel I'm going
crazy here" Zaki told Mr.. Atwood
Tuesday, "but will marry no one
else. I still love hartman and I
know she still loves Ne"
1t is still possible that what be-
gan as a within may end as a whim,
especially as Farouk is confronted
by hostile world reaction. The King,
who is absolute ruler of Egypt de-
spite the fiction of a constitution,
could suddenly change his mind
and deny the whole thing in the
censored press.
If that happens, Zaki. who is
leaving for New York next week,
has no doubts about what he'll
do.
hartman and I will get mar
RED" he said, "if she still wants
me-"
Left u. N. in 194S.
Reports of Mr.. Hachian's difh-
cuIties' aroused great . interest
among his fellow workers at Lake
Success. q. N. officials said hs
left the u. N. payroll ainafs4S ID
study economics at Harvard: They
did not know he had returned to
Cairo. His position. in the U. N
pay-scale calls for take home sal
sary OF $3.50 a year.
The Egyptian Ambassador
statement on the case said:
'Unhappily your (AP) report
conveyed the impression that the
police power helped disrupt q
romance between two of the
Kings subjects, thereafter SUBJ
jecting the man in question to
punitive action. This I strongly
deny on the authority Of my gov
eminent.
He said it was not the custom
| to ask the Kings blessing for APP
preaching marriages. or for the
King to receive ladies In audience.
Secondly, it is out of character
/ in democratic Egypt" he said
for the police to have searched
the young mans quarters, de-
prived him 4 certain photographs