Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, The Near and Middle East, Volume IX, Part 2

641.74/6–1753: Telegram

No. 1184
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Aldrich) to the Department of State

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London, June 17, 1953—noon.

6606. Eyes only Secretary. At meeting with Churchill yesterday I told him I felt President was concerned over tone of Churchill’s message to President concerning Egypt.¹ Churchill obviously regretful and said that he would “soften that up”. I did not understand this to mean that he intended to alter his position but simply to express himself less belligerently in future. He urged very strongly the necessity of not disclosing in any manner to Egyptians the development of new formula referred to in Deptel 7866, June 10. With this I am sure we all agree.

Aldrich

1. Ambassador Aldrich was in Washington when President Eisenhower received Prime Minister Churchill’s letter of June 15.