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poned, presumably for Mr.. Muir
ply to await Instructions from
Washington.
The three were due to get to-
gether this evening after Mr..
Pineau and Mr.. Murphy had had
separate talks with Sir Anthony.
If the three powers settled upon
the internationl control board
plan, preparations would then be
made to call for a conference of
the worlds chief sea powers to
put it into effect.
Byroade Sees Nasser
In Cairo, United States AM
oassador Henry Byroade met with
Col. Nasser for 80 minutes. 1t
was their first talk together since
the United States announced 10
days ago the withdrawal of its
offer to help finance Egypt's As
wan high dam. The two met at
Col. Nasser's request. Neither
side indicated the topic of the
conference.
There were signs of revolt
among Sir Anthony's own Con-
sentative Party in the House of
Commons should he fail to pro-
duce effective retaliatory action.
The loudeSt demand came from
Conservative Deputy Julian Am
cry, who declared Britain and
France should use force If neces-
sary, whether or not the United
States Joined in.
Secretary of State Dulles dis
cusSed the Suez crisis by tele-
phone with President Eisenhower
weekending at his Gettysburg
farm. Aides said Mr.. Dulles, just
back from the presidential in
auguration in Lima, would not
take part in the London talks
as reported earlier.
Dulles ASSails Seizure
Mr.. Dulles labeled the seizure
a "grievous blow at international
confidence" He declared Col.
Nasser's action could be mat
ter of deep concern to the United
States" if it affects international
shipping.
Mr.. Pineau was expected to
report to the French National
Assembly tomorrow on his Lon
don talks. Frenchmen of all
factions-except the Communists
showed rare unanimity in de-
handing strong action on the
Suez issue. The RightiSt news
paper l'Aurore urged that a
French squadron be sent at once
to join British naval units cruis-
ing between Britain'S Middle
East bastion of Cyprus and
Egypt. Most Paris papers COM
pared Col. Nasser's action to
Hitler's 1886 occupation of the
Rhineland.
Traffic Proceeds Normally
So far, traffic was reported
proceeding normally through the
canal. Reports that Egyptian
planes and naval units were be-
ing rushed into the canal zone
brought statements from Cairo
officials that all military move
ments in the area were normal
and routine.
But on the International eco
nomic front moves and counter
moves continued:
/. Britain and France already
have frozen the assets of the
seized canal company in Paris
and London. The British treas
ury also blocked payment of all
Egyptian funds. public and pri-
vate, banked in Britain.
2. Egypt retaliated with an an
nouncement that checks drawn
on British or French banks
would not be accepted for canal
tolls. The Egyptians said they
would take cash in sterling or
checks on banks outside Britain
or France.
3. Commerce Minister Mo-
named Abou Nosseir said his
government had halted all ex-
ports to Britain and its colonies
which had to be paid for in
sterling. He added that four
ships in Alexandria already had
unloaded nearly 100000 worth
of cotton and rice destined for
Britain. Mr.. Nosseir said ex-
ports could still go to Britain
if paid for in another currency
acceptable to Egypt.
4. The Cairo government con-
tended the British freeze on
Egyptian sterling balances has
no legal basis whatever" and vi
olates the British Egyptian ster-
ling agreement of 1851. But Mr..
Nosseir told reporters Egypt has
no intention of freezing British
and French assets in Egypt.
Free Flow Assured
/ The Egyptian embassies in
London and Washington issued
statements assuring that the flow
of traffic through the canal
would be maintained 'in a most
efficient manner. with the OBJ
vious objective Of giving no
cause for complaint or threats
of Intervention by any of the
maritime powers"
Matters could come to a quick
head, however, if any French or
British captain refused to pay
tolls to Egypt in the form de-
manded and his ship was halted.
Parliament Member Amery, mi
demanding British-French mill
Itary action II necessary, pfSum-