(19 Nov 1956)
General Moshe DAYAN, Commander of the Israell Army, who took the head of the operation in the Sinai Desert, held a press conference on the 14th November in front of roughly a hundred journalists. of all countries. Talking about this rapid operation, the General declared that Isreal could have succeeded in its oper ation without the intervantion of the French and British armed forces, but that their loses would have been much greater, and the campaigb would have lasted much longer., thus enabling the other Arab states to come to the aid of Egypt. The general said that the equipment of the Egyptian forces, was much more modern than that of the Israelians, and that the T-34 tank in particular, was much better than those of the Isaraeli army. Talking to the journalists on the israelo-arab problem, General Dayan said that his country wanted to engage in direct negociations with Egypt, and that the danger was now coming "from Russia and the American attitude".
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