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q deal with traitors" 10 he rev
dictionary regime and eogrupllnl
curing ne time a. ex.king Far0uk
No specific eharges were an
mouneed against auy of TIE r.
Also vas not known when they
would appear before the court.
TIE rgundup came as TIE three
man special tribunal prepared d
begin trials q alleged plotseFs. ne
court hearings seFe scheduled q
open later today end 10 remain In
session throughout The three year
"Ransltlon period" proclaimed
last JanuaTy-ln which Egypt Il
operating under . provisional con
stiiution. Political parties have
been banned during that period.
Those arrested today Included
leaders 81 two once powerful poll
deal parties, several close adviser
of FaFouk and other persons prev
iously accused q corruption undeS
the monarchy.
Nahaa. premier a the Waidisl
aovernment that governed Egypl
from 1919 10 iasa, bis wife, and
Hafex Aifih. former chief II Va,
rouk's Royal Cahinet, were put an,
der house arrest.
The other n weFe taken Ind
custody By military police. They
included;
Ibrahim Abdel HadI, . leader d
The Saadlsi party and premier dur.
ING the ipf6 Palestine War.
Ibrahlm Farag. former eablnel
minister end q Spokesman for Ne,
has Waidist party.
Ex.Price Abbas Hahn, Far0uk'I
second cousin previously acquitted
of charges In eunnection viii
Egyps's notorious Palestine Wal
arms scandal.
Karin Tablet. former press az
wiser TO Farvuk, who last June waI
stripped II political rights Tor Il
years and ordered 20 refund 500
pounds gslt,tool IN hospital fund.-
an anti-grafi court said he acquired
illegally.
DE-. Ahmed n Naklb, former
director 81 N Mouassa Hosplta
tired with Tablet and banned from
holding public office for five years
Ismail Almlligy. brother Of saa
dist party chief Abdel Had.
IL. Col. saad Eldin u sumbati
toFmer police officer previously &C
quilted of charges Of torturlnI
members Of the Moslsm Brother
hood.
Mandolin Rad, former eommeFc.
minister In The Saadist covers
meng.
Hamid Godo. former vice chair
man q The Saadisl party.
Mahmoud Sulelman Chairman
former Wafdist commerce minis
OR.
Kalem N Kawish, former pros
ecuior general ousled when NaRull
took over the government.
Nahas' wife, xelnab. already ha
been ordered 10 pay back ia
pounds tabout 1900 in govern
ment funds spent on q road on on
Of her estates. TIE NaRulb reelm
also has said she and her husbanI
would stand trial together q
charges Of artifieially increasln
Egyptian cotton prices during M
term Of office.
Establishment a the xpecia
court was announced shortly ATE
Naguib and bis top aides told
Cairo rally last Tuesday that
conspiracy had been uncovered /
restore FarOuk 10 the throne. Tn
former monarch was kicked on
july o. 1852. In an army reyoI
led By Naguib. The regime ID
January.
MAJ. Salah salem. minister q
national guidance. charged tha
toreign imperialism had snRI
neered The plot with the promls
o. economic advantages Il IL sue
Although Salem Cid not identif
uhe foreign power repeatedly n
VOWED, Cairo publisher All Ami
declared In New YORK Thursdal
mat Il was Russia. Another hlr
Egyptian source. however. SAL
II Is an Eastern Mediterraneal
country related with NATO"-th
it-nation North Atlantic alllanc
which includes Greece and Turkey
Sources close 70 ne Nagulb SOW
eminent said the special court. BE-
sides dealing with plots against IN
regime, intended 70 clean up sue
past instances Of anu-state aetivit,
as:
I. The defective arms casa
Eleven persons. including Abba
Hahn, were acquitted BY q civ
court June 10 on charges q Supply
ms Egyptian troops defectlv
equipment during the Palex,in
War. The prosecution appealed 70
q retrial.
2 Actions Of FarOuk's eniourags
J. Responsibility Zoe Cairo's an
riots OF Jan. 26. 1889. These al,
orders brought about the fan a
Nahas Wafdist government.
4. The assassinauons in 1919 q
Hassan n Banna, . leader Of N
Moslem Brotherhood. and Add,
kader Taha, an AMY officer wh