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political department, when he visited Egypt in 1945 or 1946. They met at a cocktail party. At the time Harmer was working as a journalist and accepted in the highest circles of Egypt society. She was able to gather intelligence in
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in 1947 and 1948 declaring that they "will sacrifice all the political and economic interest of the Arab world in order to save Arab
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