Milford chronicle., 1956-01-06

uncontrolled flow Of arms might
set off war.
The Baghdad Pact: The West
ern partners, notably Britain,
hurried to bolster their proven
friends in the area ~,2d Joined
this alliance Of anti-Communist
states along the northern tier Of
the Middle East.
But the pact split the Arab
world in two. Iraq and Iran
Joined Turkey and nearby PAX
list j in the alliance with Britain
in the teeth Of bitter protests
from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and
Syria.
Cairo had long aspired to lead
the Arab world II feared the
alliance would enable the Iraqis
to assume that leadership.
Caught between Cairo and Bagh-
dad, little Jordan state that
Britain carved out of what once
was Palestine-has been split
over British efforts TO bring it
into the alliance.
Egypt'sDefense SYSTEM Egypt
Ito challenge the Baghdad Pact,
, launched her own defense sys-
D tenn made up of inter-linked
! alliances with Saudi Arabia and
Z Syria. The three, like the Bagh-
r dad allies, are pledged to resist
S aggression, to unity their mili-
+ ltary commands. They are trying
!, to bring in the Lebanon, Jordan.
!, Libya and Yemen with offers Of
I financial al.
Oil Resource The United
States and Britain agrCe on the
broad aims Of their Mideastern
b lpolicies although their national
e oil company interests sometimes
y conflict in their quest for new
el sources of the precious fuel But
y their differences wherever pos
: lsible are kept from public view
= American interests own a big
3. chunk Of Saudi Arabian oil con-
n cessions. The British are tops IN
II the Iradi fields. "a consortium Of
American, British, French, Dutch
saland Iranian interests are work.
7eging the fields in Iran, which
"a Britain's Anglo -Iranian oil com
q panv-in which the British gov
Or lernment had the biggest holdinf
~ used to own.
Terror Stalks Colony
n Cyprus: In Britain's East Medi
terraneai island colony, 100000
Greek-speaking Cypriots arl
- campaigning for the right t
= choose their own political futurl
- within a fixed time. Most wan
- to unite with Greece, who's
= = government IS backing their de
- lmands. AS a result, Turkey
- - which once owned Cyprus be
- fore losing it to the British il
World War Z, is bitter toward
the Greeks. Turkish-descende'
Cypriots form the. islands mi
nority. The British, whose Mid
die East land and air forces ar
headquartered on the strategi
island, say they intend stickin
to Cyprus come what mas
Meantime terror stalks th
colony and the British hav
clamped down a state Of emei
gency to cope with what look
ike a full scale insurrection.
The Bureimi Oasis: The sme
of oil in this disputed fronti'
area has st rival sheiks and Il
governments Of Saudi Arab
and Britain oUarreling. Boi
Saudi Arabia and the Suliana'
of Oman claim Bureimi
their own territory. Muse
and Oman are British-protecte
British-led forces have lately @
cupied the Oasis after Londl
accused Saudi Arabia Of offe
ing huge briEes to local Ara
in the hope Of winning posse
sion Of the priced desert str
Yemen and Alden: The Yem
and Britain are at odds over
defined frontiers which oft
get lost in the shifting desl
sal.ds. Swift night raids BY ri'
tribes often have brought
Royal Air Force into action
punitive expeditions. Britain
protector Of Alden, a sentiI
territory at the approach Of
Red Sea.
Political Tightrope
biggest preoccupation Of
United States ard Britain in
- Middle Eastern situation IS b
to keep Red influence and pov
- out. They consider that # Z
10 were to lose their dominance
.-5 I the region to Russia, it would
! to perhaps an even greater disas
vel to their global policies than
Nrs- loss Of China to the Commum
Western investn,an and
.sas Vests strategic stake there
.5,e5 deemed greater than those
,,ea- when China wens Red.
The United States and Brit
ting have recognized that they r
raS treaI a sort Of political tli
eo,,r rome II dealing with Nideasi