Coll 17/10(3) 'Internal: political situation; relations with HMG' [‎106r] (211/513)

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INDIA
with reference to my telegrams 3oe. §0l_and
tecemDer ^4th 1 have the honour to transit to you herewith
a full translation of the official text published in the pres*
of the stateaient on foreign policy which the / ri *e »iniater
made to the Finance Committee of the Chamber on i.cce c-r 21b t.
2. /s I have already reported it contains a number oi ^
ambiguous phrases which can at will be int er P^ ete ? v to ® a ii s ;£
many different shadea of opinions For example, the fiist o
the Prime ! inis ter 1 b three principles of policy is so *or<ic
that it would, nt his convenience, be held to mean either
that he would continue to secure the protection of .raq
through the Alliance with Great Britain or that he was
firnly determined not to allow the Alliance to be used to
embroil Iraq with Britain 1 a enemies*
% ' he second principle embraces ■*Iraq’s national
mission” but does not define it. The Prase in commenting
have however generally assumed that this mlfeion is to strive
for the realist ion of Arab national aspirations concerning
Palestine and Hyria#
u. ™h« Prime iinleter'a third principle ol’ foreign
policy hae the outward appearance of a fell end f r^n-c
acceptance of the letter and spirit of the Anglo-*raqi
Alliance but it is evidently qualifier* by the equally
emphatic statement that "os an Independent State ^raq
Bhould in all her proceedings aewn; her national int eiects
^d the realisation of her national «Pirotlons and^vold
being carried away on a course i run ns is tent- with theee
interests and aspirations '. Similarly the £ hr *® e (which
Is •■racially vague and difficult to tranalate in the
original) "nut there la no doubt that we are require-. _
cxeAlac icuch care and steadiness to bring all of t.^oe
rti.rv f T>pincit>leB) into haiwony and we rscst not be
influenced by propaganda of any xind’ arousee the suspicion
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if It was found to be coming into conflict aitn the iir
or second-
c It will be noticed that Immediately *fter speuicint
of ;n lo-Irnql relatione the Prime Sinister referred to the
strengthen!^of good relations with other friendly States.
TMs la another statement that ie not above BuEpleion and
I fear that It Implies the Prime Mir.iotcr’s nd -„
i- se^jr aoocl relation^ with all States prepared to be friendiy
with Iraq, regardless of the condition of their relatione
Iith Treat Britain. My TurKleh colleague expressed the
peraonafoplnion that ll might be deflhitely intended as
a kind of reaesurance to Germany and .taiy.
6. A Deputy who was present at the diBcuaslon^elatea
that after the Prime iniater s state .ent u current
whether there was any truth in the stories , » iw ^
whetfcerjh.re BrlUeh Govom e nt “ad demanded that
‘held be allowed to enlist .raqia ^he frltia^ Army^
t Iraui troops should be sent to rignv
1 'Tha^Prime Ulnieter replied that all such etorlea
ulte baaeleBB. Another aetiber then es^ y
clrcunw tances a crisis had developed between
OFf^
The Right Honoureble
the
Antony ^den, 1 sq.
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