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Diary of President Dwight Eisenhower about Suez Crisis

  • 8/8/1956

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This document relates to the Suez Crisis. President Dwight D. Eisenhower made this entry in his diary on August 8, 1956, about two weeks after Egypt President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, announced that the Egyptian Government would control the Suez Canal.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Collection DDE-EPRES: Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers as President of the United States.

National Archives Identifier: 186483

Full Citation: Diary of President Dwight Eisenhower; 8/8/1956; Diary – Copies of Dwight D. Eisenhower Personal 1955-56 (1); Dwight D. Eisenhower Diary, 1953–1961; Collection DDE-EPRES: Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers as President of the United States,; Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, KS. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/diary-president-dwight-eisenhower/, April 2, 2026]

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