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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Staff work for possible use of armed force to retake Suez, according to the Brombergers, was begun in a secret bombproof bunker beneath the Thames in early September. The operation, known as "Project Terrapin," was in military readiness by Sept. 20. At this time there had been no mention of the inclusion of Israel. But on Oct. 14 the Israelis advised Defense Minister Bourges-Maunoury of their intention to invade Sinai, asking at the same time for extra military supplies. Bourges-Maunoury rushed over to the Hotel Matignon, say the Brombergers, bringing to Premier Guy Mollet "on a silver platter...
Bald Terms. Nasser was plainly more cocky than he had been last fall. There was now no mention of the U.N.'s six principles he had accepted then, in particular the provision that the canal be "insulated from the politics of any nation." Compensation for the old company's stockholders was referred to "arbitration," in which Nasser could be expected to bring counter-claims for war damages. Though there were polite thanks for the U.N.'s help in clearing the canal and promises of "continued cooperation" with users, the plan stated in all but bald terms that...
...conciliation of the Cyprus dispute among Greece. Turkey and Britain. They also agreed to renew their offer to free Makarios (but not to return him to Cyprus), provided he publicly called on EOKA to cease all violence. But, at Harding's insistence, the government agreed to make no mention of negotiating with him, now or ever...
...Eden. Surveyors checking their lines during construction of a Navy drydock in 1941, noticed that the ground had sunk a little. Long Beach sages, only slightly alarmed, suggested various causes. It was an earthquake, maybe, or the result of dredging and filling in the harbor area. Few liked to mention the obvious conclusion: that the sinking of Long Beach was caused by extraction of the oil that was making the city rich...
...similarly heartening to note the faculty co-operation in the campaign. A classics professor has offered his services as "A Homer," an English professor has promised to place the neo-Homeric chronicle in the main-stream of American literature, and an Economics professor has promised to mention the campaign in his forthcoming Book-of-th-Month Club selection...