Word: withdrawing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dissatisfied U.S. Reports came in that the State Department had fresh evidence of collusion between Britain, France and Israel, and that the U.S. was in no hurry to promise any oil until the British left Suez. There was the discontented U.N. Hammarskjold was insisting that British and French forces withdraw from Port Said before any settlement was made for the canal. There was rebellion among Eden's own followers: a committee of backbench Tory M.P.s from the "Suez group" came to tell him bluntly that he must stand up firmly to U.N. demands or lose their support. In another...
...Egypt"-whether Butler could "confirm that the troops will not be withdrawn from Port Said until Her Majesty's Government are satisfied that the U.N. is willing, and its police force is able, to secure international control of the canal." Said Butler carefully: "We are not prepared to withdraw until we consider that this force is competent to discharge the tasks which the Assembly has given it to do." Leader of the Opposition Hugh Gaitskell was instantly on his feet to challenge Butler's evasion. "Will the Leader of the House make it clear . . . that international control...
...role, it was just to start a fight. If Israel hadn't felt the support of Britain, France and others, the Arabs would have been able to box her ears and she would have remained at peace. I think the British and French will be wise enough to withdraw their forces, and then Egypt will emerge stronger than ever...
Turning again to the Westerners, Khrushchev declared: "You say we want war, but you have now got yourselves into a position I would call idiotic" ("Let's say delicate," offered Mikoyan) "but we don't want to profit by it. If you withdraw your troops from Germany, France and Britain -I'm speaking of American troops-we will not stay one day in Poland. Hungary and Rumania." His voice was scornful as he added: "But we, Mister Capitalists, we are beginning to understand your methods...
...general strike, issued a back-to-work ultimatum. To back up Kadar's stand Soviet Major General Grubennyik said that a further 20 Soviet divisions, comprising 200,000 men, were entering Hungary. Kadar assured the workers' councils that, once the strike had ended, the Red army would withdraw. No one trusted Kadar, but the Central Workers' Committee of Budapest, after a stormy debate at the Fisvek Club, agreed to try him out, reserving the right to strike again if he failed in his promise. The question was whether the workers, like the miners, who threatened to flood...