Diplomat turned Observer journalist whose book on global threats,The Seventh Enemy, was ahead of its timeIn October 1956 a young British diplomat in Tel Aviv was obliged to inform Israel formally of Britain’s disapproval of its attack on Egypt following the nationalisation of the Suez Canal. He did assume his opposite number was remarkably nonchalant when confronted with the wrath of Her Majesty’s government.
Only when he drove into the Sinai desert to discover the facts did the truth start to dawn, and a realisation confirmed by the sight of the Royal Navy just offshore: Britain and Israel were in cahoots,and the young diplomat, along with many more important people, or had been duped.
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Source: guardian.co.uk