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Coll 17/10(3) 'Internal: political situation; relations with HMG' [59r] (117/513)
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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DEPARTMENTAL (SECRET)
Sir B. Newton, (Bagdad).
6th March, 1941.
3.18 p.nio
2.30 a.m.
6th March, 1941.
9th March, 1941.
No. 193,
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Addressed to Cairo telegram No. 66.
Foreign Office telegram No. 584._
When I last saw the Regent, Sunday evening, he did
not fear immediate danger and said that one member of
clique (not the ring-leader) had made tentative overtures
for reconciliation.
2. On the other hand I hear on fairly good authority
that General Taha recently broached with clique the question
of a temporary transfer from Bagdad area and met with a
rebuff.
5. I much hope that Secretary of State will think
fit to urge very strongly that if stability in Iraq is to
be maintained, Government must govern and make it impossible
for military officers to influence policy. His Majesty’s
Government are directly concerned firstly on account of
their interest in stability of Iraq and its line of
communication and secondly because political influence so
V improperly exercised by these officers is anti British.
'During recent crisis these officers in their support of
Rashid Ali dared to intimidate the Regent and threaten
his family and in order to avoid further exposure to this
pressure Regent withdrew a few days later to Diwaniya*
4. General Taha seeks to belittle their activities
and to put the blame on Rashid Ali for using them as tools
but I have little doubt that in his heart he vrould like to
be able to use them for his own purpose again in future as he
has done in the past. Taufiq Sawaidi who is believed to
dislike political influence of these officers will therefore
have difficulty in pushing Taha into [2 groups undec,J out
would be at present strongly supported by the Regent and
less strongly by nearly all the political leaders [? group
omitted] Rashid Ali.
Repeated to Foreign Office.
REC». POL. DCPt.
1 3MAR 941
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.
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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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