SIR,— Last week you published a letter from Mr. Anthony Gibbs
in which he suggested that the most interest.ng feature of the Suez affair was the motive working in the mind of Anthony Eden.
It occurs to me that if this observation is valid, and it can hardly be otherwise, then there is little point in further discussion until the publication of Sir Anthony Eden's memoirs, which I understand will be appearing in the New Year.
There has never been a shortage of commentators anxious to justify or explain Eden's actions during the autumn of 1956, but the one person best quali- fied to do so, Sir Anthony himself, has, until now, held his peace.
Indisputably he occupied, with Colonel Nasser, the centre of the political stage during those momentous days. In the last analysis, therefore, his reputation as a statesman stands or falls by the historical judg- meat which the outcome of this formidable con- ttoversy will spawn. Surely he should be allowed.
the courtesy of giving his own accouht, before that judgment is passed.—Yours faithfully,
:% NI I Itniss'
3 Rutland Street „S'It7
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