COLONEL HOUARI BOUMEDIENNE, THE PRIME MINISTER OF ALGERIA, ARRIVED IN CAIRO YESTERDAY (MONDAY) AT THE START OF AN EIGHT-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC. PRESIDENT NASSER WAS AT THE AIRPORT TO MEET COLONEL BOUMEDIENNE. THE ALGERIAN VISITOR ALSO MET A LARGE PARTY OF EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS AND MINISTERS AND MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS IN CAIRO. AND THERE WAS A BIG CROWD OF ALGERIANS WHO LIVE IN CAIRO AT THE AIRPORT TO GIVE HIM A ROUSING WELCOME.

THE VISIT TO THE U.A.R. IS THE ALGERIAN LEADER'S THIRD STATE TRIP ABROAD SINCE HE OUSTED FORMER PRESIDENT BEN BELLA IN A MILITARY COUP IN JUNE, 1965.