Office of the Historian

504. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State1

Cairo, July 25, 1956—7 p.m.

135. From Hart. Reference Embtel 119.2 Nasser met for 2 hours with Kisselev last night. Meeting attended by 3 “Soviet officials” and Min State for Planning Boghdadi. No statement. However earlier in day Kisselev told press “I reiterate what Soviet FonMin Shepilov has already said that Soviet Govt is prepared finance High Dam scheme if Egypt requests such financing”.

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  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 874.2614/7–2556. Official Use Only. Received at 7:30 p.m. Repeated to Moscow and London.↩
  2. The Embassy in Cairo reported in telegram 119, July 23, that Soviet Ambassador Kisselev had met with Nasser on July 22. Al Ahram reported that Kisselev had informed Nasser that the Soviet Union would honor its pledge to Egypt to finance the Aswan High Dam project as Shepilov had made clear in his statement. (Ibid., 974.61/ 7–2356)↩