As of yesterday, a total of 1,666 troops had been transported from Capodichino Airport, the staging area for the units of the UN Emergency Force (UNEF) near here, to Abu Suweir, Egypt. The troops have included units from Canada, Colombia, Denmark, India, Norway and Sweden. In addition, Yugoslav troops sent to Egypt directly put the total strength of UNEF in Egypt today at 2,474.
In front of the plane in which he just arrived from overseas, a Canadian soldier on his way to Egypt.