Cartoon by Illingworth on the efforts made to establish Western Union (16 March 1948)
Image On 16 March 1948, on the eve of the signing of the Brussels Treaty, British cartoonist Leslie Gilbert Illingworth illustrates the efforts made by Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary, and George C. Marshall, US Secretary of State, for the establishment of Western Union, under the suspicious eye of Moscow.
Source and copyright
Source: Daily Mail. For King and Commonwealth. 16.03.1948, No 16.174. London.
Copyright: (c) Leslie Illingworth Associated Newspaper / Solo Syndication, London
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