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- 1989 - 1991 (Creation)
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13pp
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Transcript of interview with Sir (D'Arcy) Patrick Reilly, Minister in Paris, France, and Under Secretary at the Foreign Office during the Suez Crisis of 1956, mainly relating to his recollection of key events at the Foreign Office during Aug-Sep 1956; the meeting between Rt Hon Sir (Robert) Anthony Eden MP, Prime Minister, Rt Hon John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn-Lloyd MP, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Guy Alcide Mollet, French Prime Minister, and Christian Paul Francis Pineau, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, in Paris on 16 Oct 1956; Reilly's drafting of Eden's response to the note of 5 Nov 1956 sent by Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin, Soviet Prime Minister, hinting at Soviet military action against Great Britain and France. Two copies, minor variations. 13pp
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The original Israeli copy of the Protocol of Sèvres is kept within the Ben-Gurion Archives, Sde Boqer, Israel.