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Schlesinger will discuss the post-war tensions in the Middle East, with special reference to the Anglo-Egyptian dispute over the Suez Canal and the role of the United States in the present situation...
...growl. What sometimes muffles this unpleasant sound is the sweetly reasonable voice of Adenauer himself . . . He is for the Schuman (coal and steel) Plan and the Pleven (European army) Plan. He is against both neo-Nazis and Communists. He manages to be on the side of the angels, the Anglo-Saxons and even the French . . . But the voice of Adenauer is a voice that finds little echo in the German nation. He has great qualities, but not the capacity to evoke affection for himself or real enthusiasm...
Farouk was already styling himself King of Egypt and the Sudan. By abrogating the treaty with Britain, Egypt claimed to have ended the 52-year-old joint Anglo-Egyptian rule over the Sudan. The Sudanese, most of whose leaders seek independence-from both Britain and Egypt -wanted no part of Egypt's action. Last week Britain's new Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden promised the 8,000,000 Sudanese that by the end of 1952 they would be allowed to decide whether they wanted to be free or join Egypt. The British didn't really believe the Sudanese...
Must Do to Make Do. At Ottawa, the contraction began. Under W. Averell Harriman, an Anglo-American-French committee nicknamed "The Three Wise Men" was formed, and a committee of the twelve NATO countries ("The Twelve Apostles") was set up to assist them. The Wise Men and the Apostles went to work to determine what kind of NATO force could be made out of what the NATO countries could actually contribute. With that, the byword of NATO and SHAPE changed from "must do" to "make...
Officially, the U.S. was playing the role of "honest broker" between Iran and Britain-a role which pleased neither. Unofficially, the State Department talked of a settlement based on full acceptance of Iran's nationalization laws. That would mean final liquidation of the old Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.'s holdings, with compensation for British properties already seized. The British would market Iranian oil at prices sufficient to assure Britain a reasonable profit. A "neutral" manager under Iranian government control would run the Abadan refinery with an international staff of Dutch, American and other technicians, including British...