World: Middle East: Between Hope And Menace

AS Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser lingered in Moscow, extending
his stay once, twice, then a third time, statesmen in a score of
capitals wondered what was up. Were the Russians, mindful of recent
U.S. warnings, finally trying to strong-arm their client into seriously
considering the latest peace plan put forward by U.S. Secretary of
State William Rogers? Or were the Russians and Egyptians taking all
that time to check out a new shopping list of late-model Soviet
weapons? When Nasser finally ended his 19-day visit last week and flew
back to Cairo,...