September 22, 1952 — NY Daily News (Letter)
| The Mossadegh Project | February 9, 2024 |
In this vintage letter to the editor, a reader praised Mohammad Mossadegh and Egyptian Premier Mohammed Naguib.
At the time, Premier Mossadegh had just rejected the joint proposal on oil sent by Winston Churchill and Harry Truman. Gen. Naguib recently became Prime Minister after King Farouk was overthrown.
The Daily News (New York)
September 22, 1952
MID-EAST LEADERS
Three cheers for Iran’s Mossadegh and Egypt’s Naguib. These real men are honest and fearless. They put their own country first.
Mossadegh has told Truman and Churchill what they could do with their suggestions, and Naguib is jailing all the corrupt politicians and running the limeys out of the country. The socialized yellow-livered rats in Washington could learn something from these men.
RAY LOVELACE.
Lodi, N.J.
Related links:
IRAN: Rioters Cry for Return of “Old Weepy” | New York Daily News, Jan. 28, 1962
Dr. Mossadegh and the Iranians | Letter to The Washington Star, Nov. 27 1951
Middle East Contrasts | St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Nov. 1952 Letter)
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