Sadat had moved very cautiously at first…
May 1971 CE
On May 2, 1971, however, Sadat had dismissed Ali Sabri, the vice president and head of the ASU.
On May 15, Sadat announces that Sabri and more than one hundred others have been arrested and charged with plotting a coup against the government.
Also charged in the plot are Sharawy Jumaa, minister of interior and head of internal security, and Muhammad Fawzi, minister of war.
These men are considered to be left-leaning and pro-Soviet.
They have been arrested with other important figures of the Nasser era.
They had all resigned their positions on May 13, apparently in preparation for a takeover, but Sadat, anticipating their moves, had outflanked them and is now able to assert himself and appoint his own followers, rather than Free Officer colleagues, to leadership positions.
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