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dated April 28, 1956: No solid achievement

British and Soviet leaders, after ten days of secret talks in London, issued on April 26 a 2,000-word statement of good intentions, but could record no solid achievement. Both countries pledged themselves to do "everything in their power" to ensure peace in the Middle East and to support any UN initiative to bring about a permanent settlement between the Arabs and the Jews. But no joint proposals were offered. The statement, signed by Sir Anthony Eden and Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, the British and Soviet Prime Ministers, did not contain a single binding agreement. Russia offered to buy up to one thousand million pounds sterling worth of goods from Britain in the next five years if Britain imposed no restrictions on the goods sold, the statement disclosed.

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