17 JULY 1953, page 4

Where Is Beria ?

There is one rather important omission in the announce- ment 'from Moscow of an open break in the innermost circle of the Russian leadership, an announcement attended by a flood......

The Challenge Challenged

It was clear enough from the beginning that the patchwork programme set out in Challenge to Britain was not the fruit of agreement within the Labour party. Nor, in spite of the......

Persia's Rebuff

It must have been with the sense of liberation with which a victim brings his blackmailer to court that the White House published President Eisenhower's letter to Dr. Mossadek.......

Keeping Greece Solvent

Since 1945 Greece has been kept solvent only by foreign aid. But the Americans, who have met most of the cost, have shown some impatience at the country's political instability,......

Playing With Fire

The dispute about Aircraftman Rigden, which came near to ruining the remaining chances of an Anglo-Egyptian agree- ment on the Canal Zone, was extraordinarily silly as well as......