1953 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox summit meeting | summit_name = 6th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference | other_titles = | image = | alt = | caption = | 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]]<br />([[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]) | follows = [[1952 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Economic Conference|1952]] | precedes = [[1955 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference|1955]] | website =  | keypoints = [[Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II]], [[Cold War]], [[Korean Armistice Agreement|Korean armistice talks]], [[Suez Canal]], economic development. }} The '''1953 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference''' was the sixth [[Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference|Meeting]] of the [[List of Commonwealth Heads of Government|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 British [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], Sir [[Winston Churchill]].

The meeting was held prior to the [[Three Powers Conference|Three-Power Conference]] between Churchill, [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Dwight Eisenhower]], and [[Prime Minister of France|French Prime Minister]] [[Joseph Laniel]] in [[Bermuda]], which Commonwealth leaders hoped would lead to a Four Powers summit with the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[Korean Armistice Agreement|Armistice talks]] to conclude the [[Korean War]] were also discussed.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> 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 [[sterling area]] set out at the [[1952 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Economic Conference]].<ref name=":0" />

==Participants== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Nation ! Name ! Portfolio |- | {{Country|United Kingdom}} | Sir [[Winston Churchill]] | [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] (Chairman) |- | {{Country|Australia}} | [[Robert Menzies]] | [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] |- | {{Country|Canada|1921}} | [[Louis St. Laurent]] | [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] |- | {{Country|Ceylon}} | [[Dudley Senanayake]] | [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka|Prime Minister]] |- | {{Country|India}} | [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] | [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] |- | {{Country|New Zealand}} | [[Sidney Holland]] | [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] |- | {{Country|Pakistan}} | [[Muhammad Ali Bogra]] | [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] |- | {{Country|Southern Rhodesia}} | Sir [[Godfrey Huggins]] | [[Prime Minister of Rhodesia|Prime Minister]] |- | {{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]] | [[Daniel François Malan]] | [[Prime Minister of South Africa|Prime Minister]] |- |}

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