Suez Crisis (1956)
Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:
Articles, 1951-01 - 1954-05
Subjects include: a unified command in the Middle East; a European Defence Community; European federation; the Commonwealth and the Council of Europe; Britain's relations with Europe; the revolutionary role of private enterprise in Africa; Joseph Chamberlain; the Suez Canal; the liberation of Eastern Europe from the Soviet Union; relations with Europe and the Commonwealth.
Articles and BBC broadcast scripts, 1953-01 - 1953-11
Subjects include: racial equality, relating to China, the Middle East and Africa; Joseph Chamberlain's memoirs; the Commonwealth in the post-war world; the future of the Suez Canal Zone [Egypt]; review of "Tito Speaks"; Europe's view of the United States; the future of Eastern Europe; Europe or the Commonwealth.
Articles and BBC broadcast scripts, 1954-02 - 1954-07
Subjects include: the Anglo-Japanese Trade Agreement ("The Black Pact") and its effect on the Lancashire cotton industry; the Suez Canal [Egypt]; the Government's successes and aims; review of the 6th volume of Sir Winston Churchill's war memoirs, "Triumph and Tragedy"; the Conservative Party; National Service; MPs' pay.
Also includes extracts from JA's book "Sons of the Eagle", on his wartime experiences in Albania.
Copy of an account of the Suez Crisis, 1980 - 1983
With correspondence, 1980-3 (5): including letters from Sir Ian Jacob, 3 December 1980 (1), and Lord Carver, 4 December 1980 (1), about the Suez Crisis; and a letter from Sir Hermann Bondi, 28 January 1981, about a British nuclear deterrent. These letters are a mixture of photocopies and originals.
Correspondence N - Z, 1953-01 - 1953-12
Correspondence with Dwight D Eisenhower, 1956-11
Correspondence between Churchill and Eisenhower, President of the United States, on the Suez Crisis and Churchill's belief in the importance of the Anglo-American alliance in the Cold War. Also includes a covering letter from Winthrop Aldrich, American Ambassador to Britain.
Correspondence with Julian Amery, 1942-10 - 1955-08
FO2 Med to Sea Lords and Naval Secretary, 1952 - 1954
Correspondence between Davis and the Admiralty, on subjects including: senior naval appointments; Davis's view of American aircraft carriers; Fleet exercises; concerns about Egypt and the Suez Canal Zone, Trieste, Jordan and the Maltese general election.
General correspondence, 1956-10 - 1957-01
General correspondence, 1956-05 - 1957-01
General correspondence, 1956-05 - 1956-12
Letter from A J Collins (Treasury Chambers) to [Anthony] Montague Browne sending a draft (included) statement by the Minister of Defence [Anthony Head] for WSC to use [in preparation for his public statement supporting military intervention in the Suez Canal zone], 2 Nov 1956
Collins writes that the Chancellor of the Exchequer [Harold Macmillan] had read the draft statement and agreed with it. Also informing WSC about the likely actions of the United Nations in reaction to the Anglo-French invasion of the Suez Canal zone, and how the Government might react to this.
Letter from Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to WSC] to WSC on subjects including his discussion with the Prime Minister's Principle Secretary, Freddy Bishop, relating to the Suez Crisis and enclosing (included) a letter from Bishop outlining the latest developments in the Suez Crisis, 17 Oct 1956
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
Middle East, 1950 - 1957-02
Draft manuscript on JA's experience of the Middle East (particularly relating to Iran and the Suez Canal, Egypt), with extracts from Hansard giving JA's various speeches on the Middle East.
Miscellaneous political papers, 1981-02 - 1991-07
Notebook, 1956 - 1957
Notes on the Suez Crisis.
Pamphlets, notes and papers collected as material for speeches, mainly on Suez, 1956
Papers on Julian Amery, including the Suez Crisis, 1942-12 - 1954-07
Includes: press cuttings; article by Julian Amery on the risks of withdrawing troops from Suez [Egypt]; photograph of Julian Amery in uniform.
Preston: complaints against the Government's Suez policy, 1956-11
Constituency correspondence from JA's seats of Preston, Lancashire, and Brighton Pavilion, Sussex.