U.S. Decision to Withdraw Support from the Aswan High Dam and Egyptian Nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, March 13–July 26, 1956


370. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 874.2614/5–2656. Top Secret; Priority. Received at 8:36 p.m. Repeated priority to Addis Ababa, London, and Khartoum.


371. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 874.2614/5–2656. Top Secret; Priority; Limited Distribution; Omega Handling. Received at 10:51 p.m.


372. Telegram From the Embassy in the Sudan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 874.2614/5–2656. Top Secret. Received at 1:05 a.m., May 27. Also sent to Cairo, London, and Addis Ababa.


373. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, May 28, 1956

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 784A.56/5–2856. Secret. Drafted by Hoffacker.


374. Telegram From the Embassy in Ethiopia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 874.2614/5–2956. Received at 7:25 a.m. Also sent to Khartoum and repeated to Cairo and London.


375. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Minister-Counselor of the Israeli Embassy (Argaman) and the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant (Russell), Department of State, Washington, May 29, 1956

Source: Department of State, NEA Files: Lot 59 D 518, Omega—Memos, etc. fr April 24, 1956 to June 30, 1956. Confidential. Drafted on June 1 by Russell.


377. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, May 30, 1956

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 784A.56/5–3056. Secret. Drafted by Blackiston.


378. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/5–3056. Top Secret; Omega Handling; Limit Distribution. Received at 2:45 p.m. Transmitted under cover of a separate memorandum on June 1 to Allen Dulles. (Ibid., S/SNEA Files: Lot 61 D 417, Omega #6)


379. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 874.2614/5–3056. Secret. Received at 11:24 p.m. Repeated to London and Khartoum.


380. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.84A/5–3056. Secret. Received at 9:43 a.m., May 31. Repeated to London, Paris, Cairo, Beirut, Damascus, and Amman.


381. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Hoover) to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Rountree)

Source: Department of State, S/SNEA Files: Lot 61 D 417, Omega #6. Top Secret; Omega.


382. Memorandum From the Counselor of the Department of State (MacArthur) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, S/SNEA Files: Lot 61 D 417, Omega #6. Top Secret; Omega. The source text bears notations that Secretary Dulles, Hoover, and Rountree saw this memorandum.


383. Telegram From the Embassy in the Sudan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 874.2614/6–156. Top Secret. Received at 9:03 a.m., June 2.


384. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 874.2614/6–256. Top Secret. Received at 12:16 p.m.


385. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.74/6–256. Secret. Received at 5:46 p.m.


386. Memorandum From the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant (Russell) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/6–556. Top Secret. Also addressed to Hoover. The source text bears a notation that Dulles saw this memorandum. Another copy of the memorandum is ibid., S/SNEA Files: Lot 61 D 417, Omega #6.


387. Memorandum for the Record, by the Counselor of the Department of State (MacArthur)

Source: Department of State, S/SNEA Files: Lot 61 D 417, Omega #6. Top Secret; Omega. Sent to Macomber with copies to Hoover, Murphy, Russell, and Rountree.


388. Memorandum to the File, by the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant (Russell)

Source: Department of State, NEA Files: Lot 59 D 518, Omega–Memos, etc. fr April 24, 1956 to June 30, 1956. Secret.


389. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Rountree) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 874.2614/6–656. Top Secret. Drafted by Burdett and Shaw.


390. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 874.2614/6–756. Top Secret. Received at 8:35 a.m.


391. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.74/6–756. Secret; Priority. Received at 10:13 p.m. Repeated to Amman, Baghdad, Beirut, Damascus, Jidda, and Tel Aviv.


394. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.6174/6–1256. Secret. Received at 5:04 p.m. Repeated to Moscow, London, Paris, Alexandria, Amman, Bahgdad, Beirut, Benghazi, Damascus, Jidda, Khartoum, Port Said, Tel Aviv, and Tripoli.


395. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Under Secretary of State (Hoover) and the British Ambassador (Makins), Department of State, Washington, June 13, 1956

Source: Department of State, S/SNEA Files: Lot 61 D 417, Omega #7. Top Secret. Drafted by Rountree. A notation on the source text indicates Secretary Dulles saw this memorandum.


396. Memorandum From the British Embassy

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 874.2614/6–1456. Top Secret.


398. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 874.2614/6–1656. Top Secret. Received at 1 p.m.


399. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 874.2614/6–1656. Secret. Received at 11:35 p.m. Repeated to Tel Aviv, London, Amman, Baghdad, Beirut, Jidda, and Damascus.