The War Illustrated, Volume 3, No. 65, Page 572, November 29, 1940.

For some weeks in October and November, 1940, Mr. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for War, toured the Near East, visiting numerous military establishments in Palestine, Egypt, and Sudan. Accompanied by General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief in the Middle East, he inspected units of the Palestine garrison in Jerusalem, subsequently visiting Amman, the capital of Transjordania, where he was received by the Emir Abdullah of Transjordan, and inspected a desert patrol of the Arab Legion and a unit of the Transjordan Frontier Force. In Egypt Mr. Eden paid a surprise visit to the Fleet Club at Alexandria and was given an ovation by 5,000 officers and men of the Mediterranean Fleet and members of the R.A.F. He also inspected anti-aircraft defences at Alexandria. After a short stay at Suez, Mr. Eden spent some days with the field army in the Western Desert. At Khartoum, on October 27, he met General Smuts, Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa. Broadcasting to the Forces in the Middle East on his return, Mr. Eden said that his journey had been a most vivid and encouraging experience. "Yours is the quality that commands success."