Evening star., 1951-12-03
A. P. Chief in Cairo
0usted by Egypt on
'Bad-Faith' CHARGE
BY the Associoted Press

tldIl TeSlutIlCc VISA OF FTeQ LuSy
Associated Press chief of burea,
in Cairo. Cairo press report
charged him with bad faith il
his news reports.
An official of the ministry.
passport division told Mr.. Zusy
that he must leave Egypt on OF
before Friday by order of interior
Minister Fouad Serag Ell Din.
The official declined to explain
whether the order was prompted
by reports Mr.. Zusy had written
1t was the first official notice tt
the American of the expulsion
order-neWS of which Was carried
in Cairo's press today.
These reports were confirmed
last night by Abdel Basit AL Hag-
gagi. director of the press depart.
ment of the Interior Ministry, who
said Mr.. Zusy's expulsion was or.
dered because of bad faith" in
his reporting. He said Mr.. Zusy
had been warned several times
that his work was aimed at harm
ing the interests of Egypt"
Mr.. zusy denied receiving any
such warning.
The American Embassy in Cairo
said today it had made repre-
SentationS" to the Egyptian For
eign Office about the cancellation
of Mr.. Zusy's permit. This step
was made without any request
from the Associated Press office
in Cairo.
(This dispatch, sent through
Egyptian censorship, did not
specify what Mr.. Zusy had done
or written to be charged with
bad faith" The Associated
Press headquarters in New York
has received no indication or
complaint from any official or
non-official source that Mr..
Zusy had been doing any more
than discharging his obligation
to cover the news)
The pro-government newspaper
AL MiSri printed a dispatch today
saying Mr.. Zusy was being ex-
PEELED in a week for bad faith
and dishonesty" and activities
against Egypt's interests"
The independent newspaper Al
Abram in a four-line item said
Mr.. Zusy was being expelled for
violating the laws of the coun-
try"
Mr.. zusy first heard of the de-
ciSion last night through a report
prepared for publication in today's
issue of Al Misri.
Ready to Accept Replacement.
The Al Misri story said Ell Din
had asked the director of the
press department to cable the
general manager of the Associated
Press in America to inform him
that the Cairo Office will be left
open with all its employees in it
and to indicate in his cable the
bad faith of this correspondent,
MIR. Zusy, and that the Egyptian
government is ready to accept any
other correspondent as a replace
ment, provided he will have the
two qualities of truthfulness and
good faith"
mo cable from Al Haggagi
has been received at the gener-
al Offices of the Associated Press
in New York;
The Al Misri story said the
Press director warned Mr.. Zusy
in two private meetings Of the
consequences of his activities
against Egypt's interests" THE
correspondent answered that he
is free to do his press duties as
his conscience dictates" the story
said.
Al Haggagi confirmed the AL
MiSri account, but said it was not
an official statement.
Al Haggagi said he had sent
cable to the AP general manager
explaining the reasons for the
expulsion and assuring that Egypt
welcomes the Associated Press
and welcomes all Associated Press
correspondents now in Egypt and
those who will be willing to come
here in the future
Warning Is Denied.
He added, however. that Mr..
Zusy personally. in all his work,
was aiming to harm the interests
of the country and. although he
was warned several times, he
continued to do more harm every
day"
Mr.. Zusy said he had received
no such warning from any Egyp-
tan authorities, though AL Hag-
gagi had summoned him to his
Office on October 80 to inform
him that there was a report in
Mr.. Zusys dossier that his stories
going out of Egypt were pro
British"
Mr.. Zusy said that when he
asked the basis of this charge, AL
Haggagi replied that a monitored
telephone call to London, during
which Mr.. Zusy dictated a news
story, had indicated pro-British
bias.
The press director. MI. Zusy
said, then asked him to give the
Egyptian viewpoint in his dis
patches.
Mr.. Zusy said he was not told
the date of the telephone call to
London in question, nor was he
told the subject of the story he
dictated. He replied to the
charge. he said, that the tele-
phoned story probably was based
on an official British announce
ment and attributed to British