Contents

• Preface
• List of Sources
• List of Abbreviations
• List of Persons
• Suez Crisis
  • United States response to Egyptian nationalization of the Suez Canal Company and related Arab-Israeli developments, July 27–October 29, 1956:
    • Initial U.S. reaction to Egyptian nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, July 27–July 28
    • The London tripartite conversations, July 29–August 2
    • Continued U.S. consideration of the Suez sitation; United States diplomatic activity prior to the Suez Canal Conference, August 3–15
    • The Suez Canal Conference at London; inception of the Anderson mission to Saudi Arabia, August 16–23
    • U.S. involvement in the Suez Committee; the Anderson mission to Saudi Arabia; the Menzies mission to Egypt, August 24–September 9
    • Secretary Dulles’ proposal for a Suez Canal Users’ Association, September 9–18
    • The Second Suez Canal Conference at London; continued consideration of the Users’ Association proposal; increasing violence along the Israel-Jordan border; the Macmillan visit to Washington, September 19–October 4
    • U.N. Security Council debate on the Suez Canal question; the Iraqi proposal to move troops into Jordan; Anglo-American differences over SCUA; Israeli mobilization; and U.S. diplomatic activity prior to the outbreak of hostilities, October 5–29
  • United States diplomacy and the Sinai and Suez Campaigns, October 29–November 6, 1956:
    • The Israeli invasion of Sinai and the Anglo-French ultimatum, October 29–30
    • Deadlock in the U.N. Security Council; convening of the first emergency session of the U.N. General Assembly; the Anglo-French air bombardment of Egyptian installations; creation of a U.N. Emergency Force, October 30–November 5
    • Anglo-French assault on the Canal Zone; the threat of Soviet intervention; acceptance of a cease-fire, November 5–6
  • United States efforts to obtain a British, French, and Israeli withdrawal from occupied territory, November 7–December 31, 1956:
    • Referral of the Middle East item to the U.N. General Assembly; the European oil supply problem and the activation of the Middle East Emergency Committee’s plan; Anglo-French decision to withdraw forces from the Suez Canal Zone, November 7–December 4
    • U.S. retrospection on the Anglo-French Israeli collusion; NATO summit meeting at Paris; continued U.S. interest in General Assembly action concerning the Palestine and Suez questions; agreement on financial arrangements for clearing the Suez Canal, December 5–31
• Index