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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-00915R000700140008-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 19, 1997
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 20, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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of the 4di, QIi:tves between the great guest
f Egypt, the Afghani premier, and President Nasr. The
most important point of the communique was the affirmation
of the Bandung resolutions and adherence to the principles
of positive neutrality and opposition to groupings. The
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an Egyptian-Afghani communique was issued concern-
`1 )'communique has three points of significance:
1. The time of its issue;
2. Its contents; and
3. The position of the two signatory states.
The circumstances in which the communique was issued
is of significance. It was issued at a time when imperialism,
under the leadership of America7., was directing its attack
against the independence and freedom of the Arab and Asian
peoples. Following the failure of the triple aggression
against Egypt, America started to direct her attack under the
name of the Ztcl[ Eisenhower plan against the Arab tstates
their
with the object of undermining aodK unity and tisudominating
them one after another. Perhaps the Jordanian events are
the best k. i. this. The communique was issued at a
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time when imperialism was intensifying its attack on the
Arab countries and at a time when some politicians chose
to forget the Bandung principles and positive neutrality.
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Therefore the communique was issued as a confirmation of
the Bandung principles and for positive neutrality and as
an appeal to x restore zk cohesion and links to what they
were before.
As for the second point of the communique, it came as a
slap to those lying in wait who could not imagite that
there are small states capable of preserving their inde-
pendence and of adhering to positive neutrality and helping
in the consolidation of world peace. It also came as a
directive to those who say that we must neither be with
the East or with the West--and in this they of course mean
the West. The communique showed that joint security (pas-
sage indistinct) is the only way of limiting the domination
of one state over another. It is a way of preventing (bloc?)
and groupings, and it is a way of preventing the settlement
of disputes by d force. It also consolidates the independence
of the smaller states. The communique also stresses the need
for us, we the independent smaller states, to adhere to these
principles, since in them is to be found our existence and
security.
As for the third point of star! significance in the
communique, it mss; is that it was b-6he-issuer?
gypt
and Afghanistan. Egypt is the liberation force in
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the Arab east and it is a country against which the forces of
imperialism have cone 2trued in an attempt to isolate
it from the Arab and against which out of all the countries
of the Arab East, propaganda has been intensified in an
attempt to revive the old propaganda concerning direct
and indirect Soviet aggression. And now the phrase "positive
neutrality" has come to mean Communism in the view of
the Americans. Aghanistan is a state whose borders are
adjacent to the borders of the Soviet Union, and it is a
state (word indistinct) and in spite of this, its policy
has been one of independence and peace. Afghanista
of how to live in peace with the Soviet s Union and did not
think of how to defend itself against the Soviet Union.
Ag Afghanistan had faith in her independence and positive
neutrality. The years have passed and the Soviet Union
has zwqmmdffi respected the independence of Afghanistan
and has given her aid without conditions and without inter-
fering in her domestic affairs. The Soviet U is preserving
the independence of Afghanistan. Thus aea*vaTr&6*Afgbanistan
is not afraid for her political regime and does not fear the
Soviet Union and has t3z faith in her positive newtrality.
Now we wouldn toask yt
rialist press :On A~
Afghanistan ; 42 ~ and ?slamic state which believes
in positive neutrality, is she also a victim of International
Communism? Sincere greetings to the Afghan premier and the
great Afghani people of glorious tradition, who believe
in their freedom, independence, and positive neutrality.
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