The course the Government had chosen indicated the sincerity of their desire to reach an agreement, but it was not necessarily an indication of se judgment in international affairs, declared Mr. Anthony Eden in explaining his resignation as Foreign Secretary to his constituents at Leamington last evening.
He could not help feeling, he said, that it was perfectly possible to stand firm and obtain the same results, it they had to be obtained, without the risks attending the present course, He was deeply anxious whether it to be an agreement on a solid or an agreement, if they could regardless of basis, The Government's decision, Mr. Eden proceeded, had been made and Parliament had endorsed it. The Government must go ahead, and he sincerely wished them every success.
Now or Never"
He stood by every word he had said in the House of Commons, He had definitely formed the opinion last week-end that the meaning of certain communications received from a foreign government was "now or never." His view remained unk changed, but he was not prepared to press his colleagues on this important issue of interpretation, for he did not believe that it was in the interest 6f the nation Mr. Eden appreciated the impossibility of publishing relevant documents at present He was content to await the verdict of history.
The suggestion that his resignation was due, to some extent, to ill-health was emphatically denied by Mr. Eden, His decision was taken, he said because of his conviction that no Other course was open to him. He was more than ever convinced that his decision was the right one.—Reuter,
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