Though sailing under a Sudanese flag, with a Greek captain, the Athos was revealed to be carrying over seventy tons of arms and ammunition — all loaded in Alexandria and purchased with Egyptian money.

XREF: Connects to the wider timeline of Nasser/Egyptian strategy leading up to the 1956 Suez Crisis.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 482