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  • Forget peer review, this isn’t even good basic editorial control apparently no one who compiled the report called Makins, and he was surprised today at the number of calls he was suddenly getting.

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  • Dulles met with British ambassador Makins that evening and proposed a meeting of the eighteen nations in London on September 19 for the purpose of launching SCUA.

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • Makins was taken aback by its suddenness and complained that the British government would have preferred more consultation before a decision was reached.

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • The American offer was formalized in a December 16 meeting with Hoover, Makins, Black, and Abel Moneim el Kaissouni, the Egyptian finance minister.

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • Dulles immediately informed Sir Roger Makins of the decision.

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • On Wednesday, December 14, undersecretary Hoover explained the implications of the new policy in a meeting with an Egyptian delegation, the British ambassador, Roger Makins, and Eugene Black, the World Bank president.

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • Makins was taken aback by its suddenness and complained that the British government would have preferred more consultation before a decision was reached.

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • After returning to Washington, he called in the British ambassador, Sir Roger Makins.46 Dulles was more direct with Makins than he had been with the president.

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • The American offer was formalized in a December 16 meeting with Hoover, Makins, Black, and Abel Moneim el Kaissouni, the Egyptian finance minister.

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • He told Makins that his inclination was to tell Nasser “what the situation is.”

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

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