US Government announces it will not finance the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.
26 JULY
President Nasser nationalises Suez Canal Company.
1 AUGUST
Dulles arrives in London for talks with Britain and France.
2 AUGUST
Government announces recall of reservists; Labour says it will support force only if used in accordance with United Nations.
3 AUGUST
Britain, France and the United States announce international conference to be held in London.
10 AUGUST
Chiefs of Staff present plan Musketeer to the Egypt Committee of the Cabinet.
16 AUGUST
International conference opens in London.
23 AUGUST
International conference sends Menzies mission to Cairo.
28 AUGUST
Cabinet endorses referral of the Suez dispute to the United Nations.
1 SEPTEMBER
French intimate to the Israelis that they would like coordinated action against Egypt.
3 SEPTEMBER
Menzies and Nasser meet.
4 SEPTEMBER
Cabinet warned two Soviet submarines have left the Baltic manned by Russians and
Egyptians; Dulles proposes idea of a Suez Canal Users' Association (SCUA) to British Ambassador in Washington.
6 SEPTEMBER
Eden reports Eisenhower disquiet to Cabinet; Eden unwell in the night.
7 SEPTEMBER
Chiefs of Staff change invasion plan to Musketeer Revise.
9 SEPTEMBER
Menzies mission fails 10 SEPTEMBER Egypt Committee accepts Musketeer Revise; Mollet (French PM) and Pineau (Foreign
Minister) in London for talks
11 SEPTEMBER
Macmillan in Cabinet says only force will regain Canal; Cabinet endorses SCUA; Eisenhower rules out US involvement in
use of force.
12 SEPTEMBER
Uproar in Commons as Gaitskell, Leader of the Opposition, demands pledge that force will not be used unless under terms
of UN Charter; SCUA announced, Dulles undermines it at Washington press conference by saying 'we do not intend to shoot our way through'.
l9 SEPTEMBER
Second international conference opens in London
21 SEPTEMBER
London conference approves SCUA; Treasury warns Macmillan of sterling vulnerability even if Nasser falls
23 SEPTEMBER
Britain and France refer dispute to UN Security Council; Macmillan sees Eisenhower in Washington
24 SEPTEMBER
Egypt complains to Security Council about Anglo - French troop concentrations; Sir Walter Monckton steps down as
Minister of Defence.
26 SEPTEMBER
Security Council meets; Eden and Lloyd to Paris for talks.
30 SEPTEMBER
Israeli delegation in Paris for talks with the French.
1 OCTOBER
First meeting of SCUA in London; Eden warns Egypt Committee of French impatience. 2 OCTOBER Dulles at press conference
says SCUA has 'no teeth'.
3 OCTOBER
Dulles apologises to British Ambassador for SCUA remarks; Eden warns Cabinet Russia might conclude pact with Egypt.
5 OCTOBER
Lloyd and Pineau meet Eisenhower and Dulles; Security Council debate starts; Eden enters hospital.
10 OCTOBER
Six principles for international management of Suez Canal agreed in New York by Lloyd, Pineau and Fawzi (Egyptian foreign
minister).
13 OCTOBER
Security Council and Egypt accept the six principles bul Egypt refuses to accept they accord with the 18 Nation Plan
produced by London Conference. 14 OCTOBER Eden at Chequers to receive French emissaries, Gazier and Challe, who outline plan for Israel to invade Egypt
with Britain and France separating the combatants.
16 OCTOBER
Eden and Lloyd in Paris for talks. 18 OCTOBER Eden reports Paris conversations in general terms to the Cabinet.
21 OCTOBER
Meeting of inner circle ministers and officials at Chequers.
22 OCTOBER
Representatives of France, Britain and Israel meet at Sevres in Paris suburbs.
23 OCTOBER
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24 OCTOBER
Collusion agreed and Sevres Protocol signed by representatives of British, French and Israeli governments. 25 OCTOBER Eden
tells Cabinet 'we must face the risk that we should be accused of collusion with Israel'.
29 OCTOBER
Israelis attack Egypt.
30 OCTOBER
British and French governments send ultimatums to Israel and Egypt instructing them to withdraw 10 miles either
side of the Canal to allow Anglo - French occupation; uproar in the House of Commons; at the UN Britain and France veto US resolution calling for ceasefire
and Soviet resolution calling for ceasefire and withdrawal of Israeli forces; Anglo - French task force sets sail from Malta.
31 OCTOBER
Anglo - French air attacks on Egyptian airfields; Security Council calls emergency meeting of UN General Assembly.
1 NOVEMBER
Gaitskell denounces ~act of disastrous folly'. Commons suspended after uproar. Anglo - French planes destroy 260
Egyptian aircraft; Israelis rout Egyptians in Sinai, widespread Commonwealth condemnation; UN General
2 NOVEMBER
General Assembly calls for ceasefire; Mountbatten begs Eden to turn back assault force; Pineau in London for talks;
Gallup poll taken on 1 - 2 November shows 40% agree with Eden's handling of the crisis, 46% disagree, 14% don't know.
3 NOVEMBER
Britain and France reply to General Assembly giving conditions for ceasefire; Israel accepts ceasefire
provided Egypt does the same.
4 NOVEMBER
Egypt blocks Suez Canal; Russians enter Budapest; Lloyd warns Egypt Committee of US oil sanctions; Cabinet meets - 12
ministers for going on, 3 for postponement and 3 for stopping; Cabinet informed while meeting in progress that Israel had nor accepted ceasefire.
5 NOVEMBER
Resignations announced of Anthony Nutting (Minister of State, Foreign Office) and Edward Boyle (Economic Secretary to
the Treasury); British and French paratroops land in Port Said and Port Fuad; Russia threatens rockets on Paris and London; Israel accepts ceasefire.
6 NOVEMBER
Anglo - French seaborne landings at Port Said; pound critical; Macmillan telephones Washington - only a ceasefire by
midnight will secure US support for an International Monetary Fund loan; Macmillan reports to Cabinet, Eden's supporters for carrying on reduced to 3
ministers; Eden telephones Mollet'and Eisenhower and announces ceasefire in Commons at 6.00pm effective from midnight; Anglo - French advance stops at El
Cap 23 miles down the Canal from Port Said.
7 NOVEMBER
UN General Assembly agrees UN police force for Egypt.
8 NOVEMBER
Vote of confidence in Commons, 8 Conservatives abstain.
11 NOVEMBER
Gallup poll taken on 10 - 11 November shows 53% approved of military action against Egypt, 32% disapproved.
15 NOVEMBER
First UN contingents arrive in Egypt; in London Egypt Committee told no US financial support will be forthcoming until
Anglo - French withdrawal from Egypt starts.
19 NOVEMBER
Egypt Committee agrees to a UN detachment in Port Said; Eden's doctors say he needs a complete rest.
23 NOVEMBER
The Edens fly to Jamaica.
30 NOVEMBER
Cabinet accepts withdrawal from Egypt inevitable.
20 DECEMBER
Eden tells Commons 'there was no foreknowledge that Israel would attack Egypt'.
22 DECEMBER
Evacuation of British troops from Canal Zone completed.
23 DECEMBER
Destruction (dynamiting) of the De LeSepps statue by Yahia Al Shaer.
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