§ 88. Mr. P. Noel-Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what point the Israeli troops had reached in the Sinai Peninsula at 9.40 p.m. on 30th October; and how near this was to the Suez Canal.
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreAccording to Her Majesty's Government's information at the time, which has since been confirmed, Israel forces had already on the evening of 30th October reached a position eighteen miles from the Suez Canal. Further forces were advancing westward.