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Worried Ernest Davies promptly hurried to the office of Socialist Boss Herbert Morrison for advice. On one of his many telephones Morrison got through to Bevin and warned him that the rebels meant to be tough. Truculent at first, Bevin finally agreed that Davies might make any concessions that good judgment dictated...
That night, while Bevin dined in the Palace, the harried Davies faced the combined attack of Labor Party rebels and the Tory opposition. Under heavy pressure, Davies finally announced: "No tank will be shipped to Egypt before [Mr. Bevin] has come to the House and reported...
General Assault. Heartened by the temporary defeat of one Bevin policy, insurgent Labor backbenchers proceeded to a general assault. Within the next three days a total of more than 80 Labor members had introduced three motions calling for a fundamental change in British foreign policy. One of the motions urged that the advance of U.N. forces in Korea be halted. Two of them proposed fresh "peace" talks between Britain, France, the U.S. and Russia...
...arms-to-Egypt incident had somehow revived that group of Labor M.P.s which all along has more or less secretly opposed Bevin's firm anti-Soviet policy. A few of these M.P.s are Communist fellow travelers, more of them are anti-American, or isolationist, or inspired by fear that the U.S. alliance will sooner or later drag Britain into a hot war with China and Russia. Said one Labor rebel last week: "I've been Bevin's admirer for years. But now it's different. A bull was never meant to walk a tightrope...
...issues more' fundamental than Farouk's tanks, the tightrope existed only in the minds of the Laborite rebels. The Tories would scarcely join with Labor's left wing in an effort to force Bevin into compromises with Communism...