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Sterling Crisis

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

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1956Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1956

Harold Macmillan6 November 1956

London · Warfare / Suez War

Warns Cabinet of the worsening sterling crisis and the financial consequences of American pressure

Harold Macmillan7 November 1956

Washington · Warfare / Suez War

Seeks American financial support as sterling comes under severe pressure

Anthony EdenNovember 1956

London · Warfare / Suez War

The United States links support for sterling to British acceptance of a United Nations solution

Names involved

Anthony EdenHarold Macmillan

Provenance

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