Office of the Historian

774.56/5–1453: Telegram

No. 1167
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Aldrich) to the Department of State1

secret
London, May 14, 1953—7 p.m.

6092. I saw Chruchill again this afternoon and conveyed to him substance Cairo’s 2424 ad 2428, May 13. Prime Minister, who was in very ebullient frame of mind because of yesterday’s Conservative by-election victory, expressed his gratification re these messages. He said he had sent message of congratulations to Secretary re his visit Cairo. It was obvious Churchill was reassured and pleased.

Churchill also said he believed pistol publicity here has probably blown over (Embtel 6065, May 13).

Aldrich
  1. Repeated to Cairo as telegram 324 and to Damascus for the Secretary of State as telegram 34.↩