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Appendix C 20 June ) • PROGRESS REPORT ON THE UNIVERSITY AND THiF, ffiTYPTIO—nricAT1511 LAW (lItb—of 1958) n•• In March 1959 trie Central Minister of Educatioa of stated that the "University must come under the Educ:atior Lau." At, the same time a request was made that the University fu-znish the Ministry with a document setting forth its natura, hiatory, program, procedures, etc, It was assumed that thia documant, riigh become the basis upon Iilhich the Universi44 cou16 "come under 'Aie law," This document, dated 6 April 1959 and entitled simply T:ae Amricen Universiqat Cairo wae prepared ir. both English ind Arabic and iTapplied to the ginistry. Later conver.sation, how:7ftr, indicated thst the University must "come under the law" with respect to all of its Articles, In anticipation of ou:,:h a development, tho administration wao already in procass of preparing a "position satc,ment" which would set forth the pointa at which it felt the University could not 'come undor the law' and e;till be an American university. (Th6 fturth revision of this paper, dated ll May 1959, i bofoito thk. Board for its considoration today, along with tbc 6 April geneal document,,) Tho substance of this document, entitld Tho bilitias of tha American Universiat Cairi:) • wafi communicated orlaly G7:171;-"TriTiTifiT—y,- arriirewr:73-Fd--w-a-Ts rctTry—jr-that "all Articlos would applied" to us, the President then want to Mr. Hai n Hoikle, an viser to President Nasser, to discuss the 5ituation. It waa pointed out to him that, the basic issue was not with one or another of 'Coe Articles of the law, but, was whether or not Egypt wanted the University to r=ain in Cairo. Ths substanc;b of the "position 7,tatq-ment" was given to 163% Heikle, along with the statement that vhile the.) University wished to remain in Cairo it was quit6 ready to lev.ve if the minimum 4)esentia1s for its operation ae an Allezican university could not be granttd. Heikle had conversation with Presidon'c, INasser on that zamz day, April 29th, and on tha 30th told mo the folloving, which I oct.. municated to Ambassador Hare: That President Nasser fully appeciatod ths fcl!,Ay years service of the University and, sepecially those-. latter years (during and after the aggression), "That he vanted the University to remain in Egypt, anca tht, at this poll:it, ha was by no means apoaklng for hiolf alon(,;