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World Service,01 Jan 1985,28 mins

The Suez Crisis

Not so Long Ago

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"The chaps have been perfectly splendid" Says Sir Harry Stockwell before Anglo-French forces fail to wrest the Suez Canal from Egypt's President Nasser's control.

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