BRIEFING: NEW MAN IN CAIRO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00587R000201200002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 8, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ARTICLE AP NEW YORK TIMES
ON PAGE 8 January 1986
WASHINGTON TALK
Briefing
New Man in Cairo
jsident Reagan is preparing to
lr nominate Frank G. Wisner, a
career r Foreign Service officer,
to succeed Nicholas Veliotes as Am-
bassador to Egypt. Mr. Veliotes, who
clashed with Egyptian officials over
the hijacking of the Achille Lauro
cruise ship last October, has resigned
from the State Department after 31
years for a position in private indus-
try, State Department officials said
yesterday.
Mr. Wisner, a 47-year-old graduate
o ce on, served as Ambassador
to Zambia from 1979 to 1982. Since
then he has been Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for African At-
fairs. He is a son of the late Frank G.
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overheard on ship-to-shore radio in
the Achille Lauro hijacking angrily
demanding that Egypt prosecute
those who had killed Leon Klinghoffer
aboard the Italian liner. Secretary of
State George P. ahultz reportedly
wanted him to ret rn to Washington
for consultation now, but he refused
and resigned from the service.
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