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"10 G6666_____ , 104-10326-10083 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET MHFNO: 95-9691281 SENSIND: RYBAT PAGE: 1 / / SECRET FRP: / STAFF ACTION: NE/NAOE (125) INFO: DC/NECI, LIMITO, MDSX, NEDORECORD, ODPD, FILE, CIC/NE, NE/SAONIBS (4/W) 95 9691281 ASR PAGE 001 IN 9691281 TOR: 091021Z MAR 95 KTMN 65560 SECRET 091013Z MAR 95 STAFF CITE KATHMANDU 65560 TO: CAIRO, DIRECTOR. FOR: LIMIT NE/NAOE INFO NE/SAONIBS, CIC/NE SLUGS: WNINTEL RYBAT FCWAFER SUBJECT: CONTACT WITH EGYPTIAN FIRST SECRETARY MURTADA ALI MUHAMMAD LASHIN - REF: KATHMANDU 65446 95 9431042 TEXT: 1. ACTION. REQUESTED: NONE, FYI. 2. IN A CONVERSATION AFTER TENNIS ON 8 MARCH 1995, C/O BAECHLER SOUGHT TO DRAW OUT EGYPTIAN FIRST SECRETARY MURTADA ALI MUHAMMAD ( (LASHIN) ) ON HIS FAMILY SITUATION AND CAREER ASPIRATIONS. IN RECENT DAYS LASHIN'S WIFE HAS HAD ANOTHER ULCER/COLITIS ATTACK, BUT SHE AND LASHIN HAVE NOT YET MADE A FINAL DECISION ON WHETHER TO GO TO TEXAS FOR A COMPLETE PHYSICAL . LASHIN'S WIFE HAS PREVIOUSLY RUN THE MEDICAL GAMUT IN BANGKOK: ENDOSCOPY, BARIUM X-RAYS, EVEN A CAT­ SCAN. LASHIN OBSERVED THAT HIS WIFE IS VERY CLOSE"