244. Editorial Note

On July 26, the Egyptian Government nationalized the Suez Canal Company, precipitating an international crisis. The U.S.–U.K. “special relationship” came under considerable stress in the succeeding months as a result of a divergence of views at various stages of the crisis and particularly by the British decisions to refer the Suez Canal dispute to the United Nations Security Council and to participate with France in hostilities against Egypt without informing the United States Government. For extensive documentation on the crisis, see volume XVI.