Attlee were consistent, he would have congratulated the Iranians on their great socialist achievement. [fact]
In 1952 Mises observed the irony of the disavowed symmetry between Global South and North when he said, “If it is right for the British to nationalize the British coal mines, it cannot be wrong for the Iranians to nationalize the Iranian oil industry. If Mr. Attlee were consistent, he would have congratulated the Iranians on their great socialist achievement.” Röpke wrote a year later that “the Mossadeqs appeal to the Atlees and the Bevans, who have inspired them with the idea of nationalization.” In fact, the British case against the expropriation of Anglo-Iranian Oil was one of the most important signals to the international business community that new standards were necessary for more robust protection of foreign property.
Quinn Slobodian, Globalists, loc. 463