He was scathing of his successor Eden's handling of the Suez Crisis of 1956 following the Egyptian President, Gamal Nasser's nationalisation of the Suez Canal in which Britain was a major stakeholder.

在埃及总统贾迈勒·纳赛尔将苏伊士运河国有化（英国是其中主要利益相关者）之后，他严厉批评了继任者艾登对 1956 年苏伊士危机的处理方式。