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...MACMILLAN will gladly go to the U.S.-if he is asked. His friendship with Ike, which goes back to their work together in North Africa during World War II, is very dear to Macmillan, and, at the moment, Anglo-American relationships are uppermost in his mind...
Speaking to an overflow crowd of about 1400 in Sanders Theatre, Gaitskell stressed the need for increased Anglo-American cooperation in this area of the world. He conceded that it might be necessary "for the United States to proceed without close and obvious cooperation with Britain and France," but asked for some consultation now with a gradual increase in the future...
...sharply attacked Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden in a speech in the House of Commons for the British-French intervention in Egypt, calling the government's move an "assault on the free principles which have governed British foreign policy for at least the last ten years." He called the Anglo-American alliance "the basis for maintaining the peace...
...Suez dramatized what had long been an unadmitted fact: that the Anglo-American alliance is not, as it was often assumed to be, something that reflects a common policy around the world. No joint policy existed for the Middle East. No joint policy exists in the Far East, where the two powers disagree over the recognition of Red China. The U.S., in helping emergent peoples in Asia and North Africa, had often found its achievements compromised by the U.S. association with the colonial powers. This stigma might not have been crippling if the U.S., Britain and France had hammered...
...face of petrol rationing? For the past few weeks the breath of every car owner of my acquaintance has reeked of petrol. "Oh, it's only a can in case of emergency; might have to visit the hospital, you know." In the interests of whatever is left of Anglo-American solidarity, I think you should warn any of your countrymen who are proposing to come over here to be very careful where they toss their cigar butts...