Today, 68 years ago, on January 10, 1957 (Lunar Calendar, December 10, 1956) McMillan took over the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to Aiden. On January 10, 1957. Harold McMillan, the right-wing leader of the Conservative Party, was now elected as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II. McMillan, 62, was former Treasury Secretary. He would replace Anthony Aiden, who resigned because of his poor physical condition. According to reports, Sir Winston Churchill had told the Queen that he had chosen McMillan and not the conservative left-wing spokesman R-A-Buttler. One of McMillan¡¯s first tasks was to restore the traditional affinity with the United States severely damaged by the invasion of the Soviet Canal.