1957 – Macmillan backed Syria assassination plot Timelines: N-Syrien, N-USA, US-Imperialismus

• The Guardian: Macmillan backed Syria assassination plot

Newly discovered documents show how in 1957 Harold Macmillan and President Dwight Eisenhower approved a CIA-MI6 plan to stage fake border incidents as an excuse for an invasion by Syria’s pro-western neighbours, and then to “eliminate” the most influential triumvirate in Damascus.