do you want me to refresh your memory? SUEZ CRISIS
that was in 1956 when the US decided to attack sterling causing millions to lose millions during the day
and how the US brought UK to the next, they punished the English who understood the lesson
The United States, passive until then, is demanding the withdrawal of Western forces to defuse the crisis. This country is increasing the pressure against the British government by launching a monetary attack on the pound sterling. The Bank of England having lost $45 million between October 30 and November 2 and Britain's oil supply having been restricted by the closure of the Suez Canal, the British had immediately asked for help from the IMF, but it was refused by the United States. Eisenhower ordered his Treasury Secretary, George Humphrey, to prepare to sell part of the US government's holdings of sterling bonds.
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