AIRPORT SCENES; SYRIAN LEADER ARRIVES; MET BY PRESIDENT NASSER; FOUR LEADERS IN PALACE; AT CONFERENCE TABLE.




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Background: THE SYRIAN HEAD OF STATE, NUREDDIN AL-ATASSI, FLEW INTO CAIRO YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) TO JOIN THE UAR's PRESIDENT NASSER AND TWO OTHER ARAB LEADERS IN A ROUND OF TOP-LEVEL TALKS. ALREADY IN CAIRO WERE PRESIDENT ABDEL RAHMAN ARIF OF IRAQ AND ALGERIAN PRIME MINISTER HOUARI BOUMEDIENNE.

SUDANESE PRIME MINISTER MOHAMMED AHMED MAHGOUB WAS DUE IN CAIRO TODAY (FRIDAY) TO JOIN THE FOUR OTHER LEADERS FOR THE "LITTLE SUMMIT". KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN ALSO HAD TALKS IN THE UAR CAPITAL ON MONDAY.

THE SYRIAN HEAD OF STATE WAS NET BY PRESIDENT NASSER AND THE TWO LEADERS AT CAIRO AIRPORT WHEN HE FLEW IN YESTERDAY. THEY WENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE HIGH-WALLED KUBBAH PALACE, WHERE THE TALKS WERE HELD.

ACCORDING TO ARAB OFFICIALS, THE TALKS AIM "LIQUIDATING THE CONSEQUENCES OF ISRAELI AGGRESSION". ALTHOUGH FEW OTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED, THIS PHRASE HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY USED.