General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

US though, had already established quite a track record for interfering in policies of UK government by attacking Sterling. They did so in late 1950's to thwart the Anglo-French attempt to retake Suez Canal. A decade later, they did so again to punish UK government for not joining them in their war in Vietnam: one of the factors leading up to Wilson's devaluation and the consequent flight from Sterling held outside of UK.