September 1-7, 1957
MACMILLAN-BULGANIN: London, 2 – British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan has replied to Soviet Field Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, stating that the British government considered disarmament to be the primary means of rapprochement between the West and East. The letter, written in a moderate and friendly tone, according to the Associated Press correspondent here, neither closes the door to further exchanges of opinion nor appears to be aimed at keeping that door open forever. However, it does reject the proposal to boost trade as long as international tensions remain high. Stepping up trade would mean sending military supplies to Russia… The letter went on to reiterate the West’s views on the unification of Germany, European security and the Middle East. SYRIA: Cairo, 31 – In a report from Beirut, the newspaper Al Saab writes that «all Arab countries, united, will resist any attempts at military intervention in Syria. Any act of this nature would force Egypt to close the Suez Canal.» The same newspaper said that US State Department official Loy Henderson had failed in his efforts to isolate Syria.
