مجموعة ١٠/١٧(٣) "شؤون داخلية: الوضع السياسي؛ العلاقات مع الحكومة البريطانية" [و‎‎١‎٤‎١] (٥١٣/٢٨١)

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To: IRAQ.
Cypher telegram tc Sir B. Dev/tcn (Bagdad).
Foreign Office, 9th December, 1940. 6.00 p.m.
No. 636.
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IMMEDIATE.
r/ Your telegrams Nos. ^734 and 735 (of December 2nd.
'^’political situation in Iraq).
Situation appears to fce that Iraqi Government are now
awaiting a further c°^ UIlication f 1,0 " 1 ," 1 ®^/.ave
explanations furnished by Iraqi Charged A ^ a ^ res . hav< r,.
caused His Majesty's Government to modify their view
they can no longer place any confidence in Rashid All s
assurances. They seem also to expect to he told whether or
not there is any basis for some reconciliation between Hi
Majesty’s Government and Rashid All s Government,
therefore be necessary to make it clear to the Iraqi
Government that it is quite impossible for us to modify a
views or to attach credence to any assurances from Rashid
Ali regarding his willingness to co-operate with us m futur .
9 It mav be well to recapitulate the misdeeds of
Rashid’All and his Government which have led us to form his
conclusion. First, there is the resumption of direct
telesranhic communications with Italy and Germany. Iraqi
Chared d t Affaires* explanation that this was merely rcu in
corresoondence which had always been maintained since the
beginning of the war does not correspond to the facts, i,
by the Iraqi Government of public criticism the German
Sn^is^^
"F^FEEH^iloin^gram HO^ ^(of ^ember^).
that it was Rashid Ali who was responsible for suppression
of criticism.
3. There are also the complaints enumerated by you^^
recently to the Regent, of your telegram
27th). Of these, by ^r the diplomatic relations
Ali’s Government have failed to break a ^ y j; ti . bot h
with Italy, and^are carry out the policy
based "on the Anglo-Iraqi Alliance, ^^ 1 °
of our charges against Rashid Al. g & po iioy of
Government have been °? e uly the Axis Powers. ’This "neutral"
"neutrality" between us ana the Axis^Powe s^ ^
policy is reflected in the Iraqi active pro-British
the Iraqi Government have faiiea 10 gx
guidance.
+-hP Tmoi military authorities, undoubtedly
4 . Moreover, the Iraqi mil y^ were (untll found
whose/