The meeting was held prior to a Three Powers conference between Churchill , US President Dwight Eisenhower , and French Prime Minister Joseph Laniel in Bermuda which Commonwealth leaders hoped would lead to a Four Powers summit with the Soviet Union . Armistice talks to conclude the Korean War were also discussed . 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 Pound sterling area set out at the 1952 Commonwealth Prime Ministers ' Economic Conference
1952 Commonwealth Prime Ministers ' Economic Conference
1952 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Economic Conference
1953 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference