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Economic Stakes

Great Britain · Warfare / Suez War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1956

Harold Macmillan27 July 1956

London · Warfare / Suez War

Warns that control of the canal affects oil supplies, sterling and Britain's financial position

Names involved

Harold Macmillan

Provenance

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