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Coll 17/10(3) 'Internal: political situation; relations with HMG' [123r] (245/513)
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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From: IRAQ,
Sir Bo Newton (Bagdad)
1st January, 1941,
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No. 1.
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Angora telegram No, 1760.
On instructions from his Government, the Turkish Minister
made a verbal communication to the_Minister for foreign
Affairs on December 28th in the following sense.
2. The Turkish Government had been happy to learn from
the Iraqi Charge d'Affaires as a result of enquiries he had
made, that information received from, ./ashington was not well
founded. As an allv of Great Britain and a member of the
Saadabad pact, the Turkish Government were particularly glad
that Anglo-Iraqi relations should develop satisfactorily on a
basis of friendly co-operation.
5. The communication sounded to me somewhat colourless ? and
to accept Iraqi professions at their face value. My Turkish
colleague told me however, that on receiving it,.Nun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
had remarked that this helped his task. . There is no doubt
that enquiry previously made by the Turkish Government of the
Iraqi Charge d’Affaires at Angora produced a considerable
impression here.
4. Earlier on the same morning of December 28th. Nuri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
had called on me for further long discussion ^nd had
told me that Taha, while agreeing to the necessity for
change of Government, wished for more time m which to make
it. ° I had renlied to Nuri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, that, in the opinion of
His Majesty's Government, delay in remedying serious
situation to which attention of the Iraqi Government had been
drawn was already excessive.
5. Nuri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
also.told me.
Regent had sounded Navi Suwaidi
to accept invitation to fprm a
subsequently confirmed this to
reluctant to accept but he and
Taufiq Suwaidi assured me that
that Rashid Ali must go and he
effected in about a fortnight.
on December 28th that the
who might perhaps be willing
Government,* Taufiq Suwaidi
me saying that his brother was
others were urging him to do so,
it was generally realized now
thought the change would be
Repeated to Cairo telegram No. 1 and Angora
telegram No. 1.
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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)
- Arrangement
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'
- Pages
- 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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