Anthony Eden visits Cairo in February 1955,…

1955 CE

Anthony Eden visits Cairo in February 1955, seeking again to persuade Nasser to join the Baghdad Pact.

Nasser again refuses.

Many Egyptians are skeptical of Britain's intentions and believe that membership in the pact will amount to trading one form of British domination for another.

In addition, however, Nasser is increasingly attracted to the Nonaligned Movement that eschews membership in either the Western or the Soviet camp.

Nasser is no particular friend of the Soviet Union, and the Communist Party remains outlawed in Egypt.

It is Western imperialism and colonialism, however, that Egypt has been struggling against.

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