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The Archive Hour: Suez - the Missing Dimension

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Suez crisis,
Professor Scott Lucas examines the key role played by British intelligence services in the ill-fated invasion of Egypt. He uses new evidence to uncover how MI6 planned for the overthrow of Egypt's President
Nasser, how it shocked CIA colleagues with the proposal to use Israel in the attempt, and how it eventually produced the plan for "psychological warfare" that failed in November 1956, with catastrophic results for the Eden government. Producer Simon Jacobs

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Professor Scott Lucas
Producer:
Simon Jacobs
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