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Coll 17/10(3) 'Internal: political situation; relations with HMG' [36r] (71/513)
The record is made up of 1 file (256 folios). It was created in 29 Apr 1940-24 Oct 1941. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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[Cypher].
DISTRIBUTION B.
From: IRAQ .
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FROM BAGDAD TO FQRFi.TCT OFFICE*
Sir K. Cornwallis.
No. 265.
April 3rd, 1941.
D. 2.50 p.m.
R. 10.15 p.m.
Repeated to Cairo [grp. undec.J
Grovernment of India No. 56
Angora No. 88
Jedda No. 31
Tehran No. 50.
ii ‘ wlA Li BEG I
5rd April, 1941.
3rd April, 1941.
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My ■ te l e g ra -m No. 262.
Rashid Ali this morning gave the followin
oi his position to Adviser to Ministry of the
Taha had resigned and had refused to carry on until
new Government was formed. Regent had disappeared so no
new Government could be set up constitutionally. In these
circumstances the army, as de facto source of authority, had
asked him to take over the administration of the country
temporarily and to direct public security pending formation
of constitutional Government.
Rashid Ali affirmed what he called his '’fidelity to
Anglo^Ira^i alliance" and mentioned that his action had
been inspired solely by consideration for the welfare of
the country. He claimed that he had consulted all
available ex-Ministers who had unanimously urged him to
assume control.
Position was very different from [?grp. omtd.: that]
describedto me by Taufiq Suwaidi. He said that it was
'Rashid Ali and his mob of friends who had made it impossible
for the late Government to continue in office or even carry
on after the Prime Minister’s resignation until another
Government had been formed. It was moreover Rashid Ali who
had devised plan that he should himself govern as mandate
for the army and who had insisted on carrying out this plan
in spite.of appeals of most of the responsible men in
public life including Naune Suwaidi.
Rashid Ali’s intention now seems to be to extort from
the Regent ah irada making him Prime Minister or failing
that to force the Regent to resign. He is unlikely to
succeed if the Regent carries out firm and prompt intentions
which he described to me yesterday (see my telegram No. 267).
g explanation
Interior.
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This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2861. It contains correspondence and memoranda regarding relations between HMG Her or His Majesty’s Government in London. and the Government of Iraq, and documents the reaction of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and Foreign Office to political developments within Iraq. The papers primarily consist of communications between HM Ambassador to Iraq and HM Foreign Secretary, regarding the cabinet of Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, his resignation in January 1941 and the formation of a new cabinet under Taha al-Hashimi, and the resumption of power by Rashid Ali backed by the military in April 1941. The file concludes with papers detailing the escape of the Regent 'Abd al-Ilah, and initial negotiations with Rashid Ali's Government of National Defence.
The papers include detailed discussion of the relations between Iraq and the Axis Powers, and attempts by the British to persuade the Government of Iraq to sever diplomatic ties with Italy. They also discuss British concerns over the growing anti-British sentiment in Iraq, as a result of British interference in Iraqi internal affairs and British policy towards Palestine and Syria. Amongst the papers are intelligence reports on the 'Golden Square' Generals (folios 58-59), and a copy of British plans to undermine the Mufti of Jerusalem, Mohammed Amin al-Husseini (folios 194-195). The file also contains a small number of communications from the Government of Iraq, and from HM Ambassadors to Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the USSR.
Folios 4-8 concern the affairs of the family of the late Khan Sahib Badruddin Khan, and appear to have come from a different file.
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- 1 file (256 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 256; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-256, and ff 206-225; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- front, front-i, 2r:28v, 30r:80r, 81r:95v, 97r:107v, 109r:137v, 139r:250v, 255r:256v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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