774.00/3–3054: Telegram
No. 1313
The Ambassador in Egypt (Caffery) to the
Department of State1
Cairo, March 30, 1954.
1209. Re Embtel 1208. Decisions March 5 and 25 which RCC decided yesterday to suspend until end transition period were following:
March 5
- (1)
- formation elected Constituent Assembly to meet July 23 to study and proclaim new constitution and exercise sovereign functions of Parliament pending election new Parliament.
- (2)
- Martial law to be lifted before elections.
- (3)
- Immediate abolition censorship.
March 25
- (1)
- formation political parties authorized.
- (2)
- RCC not to form political party.
- (3)
- No deprivation individual political rights.
- (4)
- Direct election Constituent Assembly with no appointive members as sovereign Parliament.
- (5)
- RCC to be dissolved July 24 when revolution to be considered ended. (Embtel 1053 and Embdesp 2117 March 6.2)
- (6)
- Assembly to elect President. (See Embtel 1167 March 25, Embdsp 2301 March 26.3)
Caffery