526. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State1
1350… . this morning intimate Nasser advisers after clearing with President stated Egypt had not asked for Soviet help but could not … issue statement rejecting Soviet offer. However GOE requesting Hammarskjold act with utmost speed in dispatching UN force.
Advisers then pled for immediate dispatch Sixth Fleet as only hope forestall Soviets.
[Page 1028]… Ali Sabri sent information that reports from Egyptian Ambassador Moscow and Kisselev here convince Sabri Soviets prepared go all the way in knowledge risking third world war.
Consider significant fact this message repeated and urgent request for Sixth Fleet intervention.
… ominous information received from Egyptian Embassy Moscow… .
- Source: Department of State, Central Files, 661.74/11–656. Secret; Niact. Received at 1:26 p.m. Repeated Niact to London, Paris, and Moscow.↩