British documents: Sadat would leave power voluntarily!According to British secret documents released today, the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat intended to give up the presidency, but the assassination ended his life in a tragic way.
Sadat had spoken repeatedly in the months before his assassination, wanting to retire, but his speech was not taken seriously.
British documents obtained by the British Broadcasting Corporation reveal that a detailed report sent by Michael Ware, the British ambassador in Cairo to his government, 23 days after the assassination, said Sadat was serious about stepping down.
The ambassador assumed that this would happen on the day that Egypt retrieved the remaining portion of Sinai from Israel on 25 April 1981, about seven months after the assassination.
"I think he may have really thought he would retire on that symbolic date," the British ambassador said. "If he were to do that, he would have had a much more popular feeling."
Other British documents indicated a good relationship between the British ambassador and Sadat, and Ware had met the Egyptian president nearly five months before his assassination, accompanied by a prominent British lord who wanted to persuade Sadat to make another visit to Jerusalem.
The ambassador and three British military attachés and their wives attended the military parade in which Sadat was killed.
According to his account, Ware sat directly behind the main platform where Sadat was sitting and his deputy, former President Hosni Mubarak and Mashaer Abu Ghazaleh.
Source: Al-Ahram Gate
Mohamed Eltaher
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