The issue of the Suez Canal is…

1954 CE

The issue of the Suez Canal is more complex and linked to Britain's desire to involve Egypt in the West's Cold War with the Soviet Union.

As early as September 1952, the British government had announced that there is no strategic alternative to the maintenance of the British base in the canal area.

In the opinion of Anthony Eden, British foreign secretary, Egypt has to fit into a regional defense system, the Baghdad Pact, and agreement on this point will have to precede any withdrawal from the canal.

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Cairo > Al-Qahirah Al-Qahirah Egypt View →

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Anthony Eden View → Gamal Abdel Nasser View →

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Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian View → Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or Soviet Union View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) View → Egypt, Arab Republic of View →

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Cold War View →

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Government View → Custom and Law View →

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