The Hollywood blacklist began after Dwight D. Eisenhower was sworn in as president in 1952.
In November 1956, Eisenhower forced an end to the combined British, French and Israeli invasion of Egypt in response to the Suez Crisis, receiving praise from Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser
Eisenhower personally visited Spain in December 1959 to meet dictator Francisco Franco and consolidate his international legitimation

