294:'s strong response, placed Banks in a difficult position and he deplored the vacillation in policy, while agreeing in principle with Eden that the canal should be an international waterway. When Eden sent British troops to occupy the canal, Banks was appalled and on 8 November he announced to his constituents that he had renounced the Government
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understanding in the Middle East, and would stand down at the next election. He refused to be ashamed by being a friend of
President Nasser, whom he declared wanted friendship with the west. After a visit to Egypt the following month, Banks complained at the propaganda being broadcast to Egypt by a station called "The Voice of Truth" set up in
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