مجموعة ١٧/ ١٦(٣) "المسألة الآشورية" [و‎‎٢‎١‎٨] (١٢٠٦/٤٤٦)

THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OEJHIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
EASTERN (Iraq).
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June 6, 1934.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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Section 2.
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No. 1.
United Kingdom Delegate to Foreign Office.
—(Received June 6.)
(No. 72.)
THE United Kingdom delegate to the League of Nations presents his
compliments, and has the honour to transmit copies of a record of the twenty-
ninth meeting of the Council Committee, on the 31st May, 1934, respecting the
Assyrian question, of which a copy has been sent to His Majesty’s Ambassador
at Bagdad.
United Kingdom Delegation,
Geneva, June 4, 1934.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Assyrian Question.
Record of the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Council Committee, held on
May 31, 1934, at 9 p.m.
THE meeting had before it a draft telegram (Annex A) to the Spanish
Ambassador at Rio de Janeiro, which had been prepared by the United Kingdom
representative and M. Arocha.
The President said that he was ready to send this telegram, subject to two
observations : Firstly, if, when the final moment arrived for putting the question
on the agenda of the Council during its present session, no reply had come from
the Spanish Ambassador, he reserved the right to raise the question again of
referring the matter to the Council. Secondly, if a reply were received which
was indefinite, he also maintained his wish to refer to the Council, unless, of
course, the reply showed that real hope of carrying through the Brazilian scheme
still existed, in spite of present expectations.
The Italian, Mexican and French Representatives agreed to the text with the
same reservations.
The Danish Representative agreed to the text and to a fresh meeting to
consider reference to the Council in the cases contemplated by the president.
The President then suggested that a draft of a report to the Council should
be drawn up, and that it should be worded in such a way as to try to meet the
difficulties of those members of the committee who did not at present ^
a report to the Council. He thought that it should be very concise, and should
simply report to the Council that the Brazilian scheme had failed, and that,
though the prospects of settlement elsewhere had not been exhausted, no suitable
alternative was at present feasible.
The Danish Representative asked whether it was not proposed to put
anything in the report about the situation of the Assyrians in Iraq.
The President replied that on this point he had not yet made up his mind.
The Danish Representative said that, if the situation of the Assyrians were
0 be mentioned, the committee ought to consider first, with the Iraqi repre
sentative, the situation created by the decision of the Brazilian Cons i uen
Assembly.
oo ■Furthermore, there were points in the latest situation reports (C. Min. A.® 8 -
and 38) submitted by the Iraqi Government which required comment. Ine
s a ^ e health in the refugee camp at Mosul was alarming.
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