Talk:Norman Brook, 1st Baron Normanbrook

Latest comment: 7 years ago by Kyle Andrew Brown

Burning Of Suez Secret Documents

Sir John Chilcot made reference to Norman Brooks in testimony to a Parliamentary Committee after release of the Chilcot Report on the Iran War (November 2, 2016).

Chilcot was speaking to the point of the relationship between the Civil Service and the Cabinet in their relationship to the Prime Minister in foreign affairs. This article will benefit from an editor familiar with the Israel Egypt War. See: Secrets and lies at the heart of Britain's Middle Eastern folly [1]

"Back in London, Eden ordered the protocol destroyed. The cabinet secretary, Norman Brook, burned the British copy and other incriminating material in his Downing Street fireplace -and ordered the two diplomats back to Paris the next day to persuade the French do the same."Kyle Andrew Brown (talk) 22:39, 3 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

  1. ^ "Secrets and lies at the heart of Britain's Middle Eastern folly". Guardian. Retrieved 3 November 2016.