But he was not satisfied with only a cease-fire. Before approving any economic aid to Britain, Eisenhower wanted Eden to withdraw his troops from Egypt. The UN would send in a peacekeeping force now, and that force should have no troops from any of the “big five”—the United States, Britain, France, the USSR, and China. “You people ought to be able to withdraw very quickly.” This hit Eden hard. He had assumed that he would be able to keep his forces in the Canal Zone, thus giving him leverage over the Egyptians if they should not
