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Coll 17/10(3) 'Internal: political situation; relations with HMG' [38r] (75/513)
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]
With th« Compliments
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Under f eoi'&tary of Rtata
7 FROM BAGDAD TO FOREIGN OFFICE .
t^ui,AM.e. Sir B< Nevrton
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31st March, 194-1. R. 11.25 p.m.
31st March, 1941.
2nd April, 1941.
• Repeated to Cairo No. 92
Government of India, Saving
Angora, Saving
Jerusalem, Saving
Jedda, Saving
Tehran, Saving
Bushire, Saving.
SECRET
Regent yesterday sent me news that a few days ago an order
had been issued transferring Kamil Shabib (one of the four
leaders of military clique) to Mwanmajh to the command of
division there and that he refused to obey. The Prime Minister
had thereupon asked the Regent to receive these four officers,
to accept apology from them and thereafter to consider the
affair of their conduct during the last crisis as closed.
Regent had not accepted this proposal.
This morning I visited Minister for Foreign Affairs and
the Prime Minister who gave me a different account of the
situation. They stated that the Prime Minister had refused
request of the four officers to cancel the order transferring
Kamil Shabib to Diwanmajh but that Kamil had been granted
three weeks leave as the officer commanding Diwanmajh had advised
that owing to Rashid Ali’s intrigues among local tribes a
change of commanders was for the moment inexpedient. Prime
Minister assured me that in the meantime Kamil was not in
command of his former division.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs explained that the
Government felt obliged to proceed cautiously in dealings with
military clique because Rashid Ali .was trying to organise new
political party and they did not wish to have too much on their
hands at once. The Government had decided to refuse permission
for the formation of this party.
Shortly after my return from these visits the Regent sent
me further message to the effect that the Prime Minister with
[grp. unde. J and the Presidents of the Senate and Chamber had
all visited the Palace this morning and had endeavoured to
persuade/
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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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- Coll 17/10(3) 'Internal: political situation; relations with HMG'
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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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