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Approved for Release: 2020/08/11 C02000172 SECRET # UAR Takes Lead in Anti-French Campaign Nasir has taken the first big step in an anti-French campaign which may lead to concerted Arab action against French interests in the Near East. Following Nasir's instructions, the UAR National Assembly on 9 January called on all Arab governments to sever relations with France and to nationalize French properties in protest against the Algerian war. (the assembly's action may be followed by UAR moves to resequester French assets seized at the time of Suez, nationalize other French investments, and expel French nationals.) Other Arab states are unlikely to follow Nasir's lead immediately. The issue is likely to be discussed at the Arab League foreign ministers' conference in Baghdad on 28 January. French policy on Algeria and have already been widely denounced in the Arab world. Any Arab leader failing to go along with the UAR initiative would risk strong public disapproval. Among the more severe measures available to the Arabs would be Iraqi nationalization of France's 23.75-percent share of the Iraq Petroleum Company, a move already being urged by the UAR-influenced Lebanese press. A boycott of French vessels at Arab ports could probably be undertaken effectively. The UAR-dominated International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions has such a move under consideration. SECRET 11 Jan 61 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 7 Approved for Release: 2020/08/11 C02000172

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