ABSTRACT
As the Soviet Union saw and interpreted the events in Egypt between 1953 and 1955, a new non-aligned policy and a refusal to enter into military alliances had emerged from the Revolutionary Council. The Egyptian government took a stand against the attempt of Western states to entice Egypt into joining military pacts; Nasir strongly criticized the Baghdad Pact, which was established in February 1955 under the auspices of the imperialist forces. Early in 1953 Soviet-Israel relations worsened. In January there was the Jewish Doctors’ plot against Stalin's life, a conspiracy handled with care by Soviet broadcasting stations. Nationalism seemed to encompass the whole of the Middle East. Soviet perceptions of the general Arab political development were wide ranging. Khrushchev's conclusion added two further points to the Soviet Union's foreign policy objectives.
