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. "+ DOUGLAS HORTON RANDOLPH NEW HAMPSHIRE Date Dear membe rs of the Cairo Board of Tr ustees , Recent correspondence ~rom Cairo indicates that the question whether the University is to be placed under the new law and 80 lose the ability to make the distinctively American contribution to Egyptian li~e which we have re garded as all-important, is now coming to a head. President Nasser is being ~orma ll y requested ~or an interview, and after that we shall undoubtedly know better where we stand. In the meantime we ought all to recognize that 1'le are at a parting o~ the ways. I~ .the government decides to put us under the new law, it will undoubtedly mean that \·Ie cannot continue the oper ation ~ of the University in the form '-Ie have known- .i t ... L.e t us pray that " ~- d'J< c¥"_J.,,",,. wisdom may be g~ven those who are to Q89ia8,\Ri& ~eetlOri. All this means that . . our meeting scheduled for Noveube r 18 and 19 is likely to be a highly i mpo rtant one . There is a poss ibilfty t at it may even be held earlier Ever faithfully your