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Last week British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden flew from Egypt to Turkey, where he had been hailed by the press as "that brilliant man who read Persian poetry at the age of 17-something we Turks cannot even do." With him was General Sir John Greer Dill, Britain's Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and presently British Ambassador to Russia Sir Stafford Cripps arrived by plane from Moscow...
Britain's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Chief of Imperial General Staff General Sir John Greer Dill flew to Cairo last week. The two men carried with them a tremendous responsibility. Two weeks before, the British had captured Bengasi, and for two weeks the Imperial Army of the Nile had been consolidating its conquests. The messages these two men took from London to General Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, the discussions all three would have, and the plans Sir Archibald and his aides would then draw up -these things would decide not only the future operations of the Army...
...before Anthony Eden and General Dill busied themselves with the future, they spent a pleasant time in review. For Anthony Eden, this was particularly satisfying. Sir Archibald Wavell has not been too popular in Downing Street, and last summer, when the Italians pushed into Egypt and he seemed to do nothing about it, there was a strong movement in London to recall him. Anthony Eden stood up for him. Twice Eden flew to the Middle East and talked with him. The second time, he may have warned General Wavell he was under a cloud. Shortly afterwards Sir Archibald attacked...
Before reconstruction, Britain is likely to suffer a lot more destruction. But men like Churchill and Wavell, like Eden and Dill, see no reason for taking it lying down. By last week the military situation in Europe had put Britain on an especially tough spot: nothing ventured, everything lost. The question was what could be ventured with a chance of gain. There was no use just jumping into the billabong to save the swag...
...could say, last week just what the Army of the Nile was up to, just what Messrs. Eden, Dill and Wavell had up their sleeves. Unquestionably it was some rush job. Now, as never before, Britain was faced with the need for decision, boldness, speed...