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Le Canal de Suez, 1854–1957. Chronologie et Documents. By B. Boutros-Ghali and Youssef Chlala. (Alexandria: Imprimeries Al-Bassir, 1958. pp. xii, 211.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2017

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1961

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References

1 The footnotes are numbered 1-13, 2, 3, 5, 1, 2, in that order, without apparent reason for the peculiar sequence.

2 Quotation on page iv of Art. 16 of Concession set out on page 14.

3 The following, translated from page 85, is illustrative of the tenor of the Chronologie et Documents under review:

“16 October 1956

Conference in Paris between Mr. Guy Mollet and Sir Anthony Eden, attended by Mr. Christian Pineau and Mr. Selwyn Lloyd. The Franco-British military intervention was decided.

“22 October 1956

Secret meeting between Mr. Ben Gurion and Mr. (Guy Mollet at the Villacoublay airport. A pacte moral was concluded. France would assist Israel in the offensive which it was preparing against Egypt.

“25 October 1956

Secret mobilization of Israel.

“28 October 1956

The United States calls home its nationals in Egypt.