1953 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
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{{Infobox summit meeting
| summit_name = 6th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
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| country = {{UK}}
| dates = {{nowrap|3–9 June 1953}}
| venues =
| cities = London
| participants = 9
| heads_of_state_label = {{nowrap|Heads of Government}}
| heads_of_state =
| chairperson = Sir Winston Churchill
(Prime Minister)
| follows = 1952
| precedes = 1955
| website =
| keypoints = Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Cold War, Korean armistice talks, Suez Canal, economic development.
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The 1953 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the sixth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in June 1953 on the occasion of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill.
The meeting was held prior to a Three Powers conference between Churchill, US President Dwight Eisenhower, and French Prime Minister Joseph Laniel in Bermuda, which Commonwealth leaders hoped would lead to a Four Powers summit with the Soviet Union.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wdIwAAAAIBAJ&pg=4656,2191080&dq=commonwealth+prime+ministers|title=Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=2016-05-10}} Armistice talks to conclude the Korean War were also discussed.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vciLoneE8GYC|title=The Commonwealth at the Summit: Communiqués of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings, 1944-1986|last=Secretariat|first=Commonwealth|date=1987-01-01|publisher=Commonwealth Secretariat|isbn=9780850923179|language=en}} Concerns about the security of the Suez Canal and the importance of maintaining British military installations were also discussed (see Suez War) as were the economic situation and the objectives for development and strengthening of the Pound sterling area set out at the 1952 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Economic Conference.
Participants
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Nation
! Name ! Portfolio |
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{{Country|United Kingdom}}
| Sir Winston Churchill | Prime Minister (Chairman) |
{{Country|Australia}} |
{{Country|Canada|1921}} |
{{Country|Ceylon}} |
{{Country|India}} |
{{Country|New Zealand}} |
{{Country|Pakistan}} |
{{Country|Southern Rhodesia}}
| Sir Godfrey Huggins |
{{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} South Africa |
References
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Category:Diplomatic conferences in the United Kingdom
Category:20th-century diplomatic conferences
Category:1953 in international relations
Category:United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations
Category:June 1953 in the United Kingdom
Category:1950s in the City of Westminster
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