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LINDSELL 4/5/1-4
Title
Correspondence and press cuttings, Jul 1954, on the possible withdrawal of British troops from the Suez Canal zone, Egypt
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- 1954 Jul (Creation)
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6pp
Scope and content
Correspondence and newspaper cuttings relating to the possible withdrawal of British troops from the Suez Canal Zone, Egypt, including Lindsell's letter to the Daily Telegraph discussing the size of the British military base there and its more recent purpose in protecting the 'right flank' of NATO from communism, 9 Jul, 1954; a letter from Abdul R Hakki, the Egyptian ambassador, enclosing a copy of a letter sent by him to the Daily Telegraph, and Lindsell's reply. 6pp.
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