Lord Butler on Suez crisis

Title

Lord Butler on Suez crisis

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1976

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Duration

00:03:09

Description

Tony Tucker interviews Lord Butler (Richard Austen Butler, otherwise known as Rab Butler) of Saffron Walden about the Suez Crisis in 1956, the actions of Anthony Eden and involvement of the USA. Butler was the Leader of the House of Commons and then acting Prime Minister at the time of the conflict. Audio slightly muffled.

Contributors

Tony Tucker; Rab Butler

Keywords

USA; Egypt; Middle East; Politics; UK; International relations; Military affairs; Warfare; Suez Canal; Anthony Eden; Suez Crisis (1956); Canals

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