Photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles
10/30/1956
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This is a photograph of President Dwight D. Eisenhower conferring with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles on the crisis in the Middle East.
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This photograph of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles was taken on October 30, 1956. The two were discussing the U.S. response to the worsening Suez Crisis. The crisis began on July 26, 1956, when Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalization of the British- and French-owned Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez (the Suez Canal Company).
This primary source comes from the Records of the National Park Service.
National Archives Identifier: 594347
Full Citation: Photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles; 10/30/1956; Records of the National Park Service, Record Group 79. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/1-photograph-of-dwight-d-eisenhower-and-john-foster-dulles, October 13, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.