مجموعة ١٠/١٧(٣) "شؤون داخلية: الوضع السياسي؛ العلاقات مع الحكومة البريطانية" [و‎‎١‎١‎٣] (٥١٣/٢٢٥)

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From: EGYP T.
Decypher. Sir M. Lamoson (Cairo).
17th January, 1941.
D. 10.10 p.m. 17th January, 1941.
R. 1.05 p.m.-, 19th January, 1941.
No. 120.
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My t'elegimin No. 1841*
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' • Prime Minister has read to me extempore translation
of reply from Irapi Prime ivlinister,-substance of which
is as follows:’
After explaining that translation belligerent
government was a mistake for friendly government vsee
Bagdad telegram No. 847 to me;, Iraqi Prime Minister
asserts that Iraqi Government are executing treaty
loyalty because they are sure that fulfilment ol
aims of Egypt, Iraq and other Arabic nations will be
far easier in agreement with the British ally.
2. Egyptian Prime Minister added that in conversation
with Egyptian representative at Bagdad, Iraqi Prime
Minister had asserted that the last thing he ^isheo. was
to be against England, but that he could not help being
upset about the attitude of Great Britain towards
Palestine. He agreed with the White Paper but saw r,
reaSSh for delay in its execution. He feared that after
the war, in which he hoped and was sure that England
would be victorious, America,who would have afforded, ner
great help in achieving victory and was pressed by Jews,
would influence England against the Arabs
He wanted England to understand that m Arabic nations
she would find better friends than elsewhere and that
it was to her interest to appease the Arabs over this
question with a view to strengthening their collaboration
during the rest of the war.
3 . I did not discuss substance either of the two
above communications but confined mysel f to t
His Excellency for his friendly response to aa r request
for representations in Bagdad. But I read to him in
strict confidence paraphrase of.certain passages in your
telegram No. 9 to Jedda as proving definite falseness of
Iraqi Prime Minister’s assertion that.he was acting
loyally by us or executing Anglo-Iraqi treaty.
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