Word: instru
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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...quota, just as Britain had subscribed $1.3 billion, and now the U.S. simply made the cash available. This way of helping Britain suited Treasury Secretary George Humphrey; he did not have to ask Congress for the money. The U.S. decision to use the fund as the main instru ment for supporting Britain was also in line with President Eisenhower's decision to handle the Middle East crisis through the U.N. In both operations, the U.S. turned to the world organizations instead of tackling the problems unilaterally...