 Complete the following phrase:  In February 1952, following Januarys violent riots in Cairo amid widespread nationalist discontent over the continued British occupation of the Suez Canal and Egypts defeat in the 1948 ArabIsraeli War, CIA officer Kermit Roosevelt Jr. was dispatched by the State Department to meet with Farouk I of the Kingdom of Egypt. American policy at that time was to convince Farouk to introduce reforms that would weaken the appeal of Egyptian radicals and stabilize Farouks grip on power. The U.S. was notified in advance of the successful 