• This cartoon was published in the British journal The New Statesman on 23rd April 1965.
  
• At the time of the cartoon the British Prime Minister was Harold Wilson and the US President was Lyndon Johnson.
  
• The caption shows what Johnson is saying to Wilson in 1965 as the US forces have been committed to Vietnam.
  
• The building in the background is the White House.
  
• Both Britain and the USA had fought several campaigns against Communist uprisings in Malaya in the 1960s. Wilson was criticised for following US policy too closely in order to stay on good terms with the USA.