Letter from Norman Brook (Cabinet Office) [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] to WSC on developments in the Suez [Canal crisis], 4 Oct 1956

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/2/31/20-23

Scope and Contents

Reporting on subjects including the Prime Minister's [Anthony Eden] visit to Paris and negotiations with the French Government, [Gamal Abdel] Nasser [President of Egypt] and the fear that the Middle East will fall under the influence of [the Soviet Union] if Nasser succeeded in [nationalising the Suez Canal], the position of the United States and [John Foster] Dulles' [United States Secretary of State] "far from helpful" statements at a press conference, and upcoming discussions in the [United Nations] Security Council.

Dates

Creation: 4 Oct 1956

Conditions Governing Access

From the File:

Folio 59 is closed on instruction of the Cabinet Office. The rest of the file is open.

Extent

1 item(s)

External Documents

The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions

Additional Description

Custodial History

On cataloguing this item was attached to a piece of paper annotated "2/181" [CHUR 2/181].

Related Materials

Related to the Churchill Papers [from CHUR 2/181]. Particularly related to CHUR 2/181/272-317, correspondence with Norman Brook and related correspondence, Aug 1952-May 1959.

Bibliography

An extract of this letter is published in 'Winston S. Churchill' volume VIII 'Never Despair' by Martin Gilbert, pp.1213-1214 and the full letter is published in 'The Churchill Documents' volume 23 'Never Flinch, Never Weary, November 1951 to February 1965' by Martin Gilbert and Larry P Arnn, pp.2134-2135.