Eden’s Convocation At Columbia (1952)

Columbia University, New York, United States of America (USA). LS. The procession moving into the Low Memorial Library at Columbia University. LS. Anthony Eden receiving a scroll. LS. Anthony Eden addresses the University - natural sound: “I am indeed grateful for the compliment you have paid me by conferring this degree upon me this afternoon. I fully understand that this honour is extended not to me personally, but to the University in Britain of which I have the honour to be Chancellor. I am also grateful for the opportunity to deliver the Silver Lecture and thus follow in the footsteps of two great Americans, my predecessors on this occasion - General Marshall and General Eisenhower.“ LS. MS. Eden continues: “The world is in grievous trouble. It is divided into two camps, the war or the threat of war weighs directly or indirectly on all peoples. I do not consider that the risks of world war are greater today than they were a year or two years ago. In fact, I believe the reverse. But it is essential