Next came the last true obstacle, Money. Egypt would apply for a loan from the World Bank for the High Dam and request payback from the British for loans made during World War II. In exchange they would allow the British to take part in some of the engineering of the High Dam. The British agreed, but the World Bank was another story. At the time of the loan there were only three super powers that could support such an amount: British, Russia, and US. Trying to keep Russia from anymore influence in Africa and trying to secure more Middle Eastern ties the US and Britain insisted on lending the money.

All was going well for the construction of the High Dam. Until it was known that an Egyptian and Czechoslovakian weapons agreement was in fact an agreement with Russia. This suspended the talks with the US and British on the loan. Then the Russians proposed a loan themselves, which the Egyptians used as negotiation chip to win back the loan from the US and UK. The US had to keep the Russians out of Egypt so they resumed talks and loaned the money to Egypt, on three conditions though. First, Egypt was to prevent further inflation of her currency. Next, Egypt would have to concentrate her internal resources on the project. And lastly, Egypt was to have no aid from the Soviets on the Dam project. These conditions were agreed on at first but the Egyptian people and press reactions showed on unwillingness to accept these terms and soon after the Egyptian government would not cooperate with the terms.

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