White Paper on the Nationalisation of the Suez Maritime Canal Company. Published by the Government of Egypt on the 12th of August 1956. pp. (2), 72, (2). * With The Suez Canal: Facts & Documents. pp. 25, (3)

The nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1956 prompted the invasion of the Sinai Peninsula by Israel with the cooperation and encouragement of England and France. Subsequent intervention by U.S. Secretary of State John Dulles brought the Sinai Campaign to a halt and saved Nasser from certain defeat. The two documents offered are the official White Paper and Facts Sheet issued by the Egyptian Government authorizing the seizure of the Canal (previously administered by Great Britain) and its subsequent nationalization