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Coll 17/10(4) 'Internal: political situation; relations with HMG' [238r] (475/1031)
The record is made up of 1 file (515 folios). It was created in 10 Apr 1941-19 Mar 1947. 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 BAGDAD TO FOREIGN OFFICE.
Sir K. Cornwallis
No. 559 •
24 th May, 1942.
D. 9.50 p.m. 24th May, 1942.
R. 12.45 a.m. 25th May, 1942.
Repeated to Minister of State Cairo No. 48 Saving,
My telegram
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m No. 477"!] ^p aragraph 5 (D).
sf On May 22nd I handed to the Minister of the Interior
41(1 cweru . a list of 75 persons whom our Security authorities regard
as sufficiently disaffected to warrant internment. His
Excellency promised to study the list carefully and I will
pursue the question with him in a few days time.
2. So far as internal security generally is
concerned, I made a particular point after executions and
before my departure for Mosul, of impressing upon the Regent
and the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs the importance
of following up the good effect of firmness shown by the
Government. Emphasising the danger of leniency on the eve
of possibly critical war developments, I urged the necessity
of rounding up all dangerous fifth columnists.
5. Since I returned from the North I have spoken
in similar strain to the Prime Minister, Ministry of
Finance and Minister of the Interior. The response in each
case has been satisfactory and all seemed to appreciate the
reality of the danger.‘• Indeed, the Minister of the Interior
observed that he had [group undec.: ? entire] authority to
intern everyone who might be dangerous at the first sign of
outside emergency.
4. We must now see to what extent performance ful
fils promise. I do not anticipate that all those figuring
in list mentioned in paragraph 1 will be, in practice, de
tained; for the time being at any rate I would be satisfied
with a decent percentage. One factor that I feel should
move in our favour is the realisation on the part of most of
the Administration that since the drastic [group undec.:
‘ ? steps] of executions they have burnt their bridges as far
as their enemies are concerned.
INDIV.
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[Copies sent to iir. Armstrong.]
REO.POL.DEPt,
?9 MAY 1942
IN^'A OFFICE
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This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2862. It contains correspondence and memoranda regarding relations between HM Government ( 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 file opens with descriptions of the situation following the coup d'état of Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, and documents the build-up to the Anglo-Iraqi War (2-31 May 1941), including the arrival of British and Indian troops in Basra (under rights granted in the Anglo-Iraq Treaty of 1930), arrangements to evacuate the Regent 'Abd al-Illah, British attempts to shore up support from the Turkish and Egyptian authorities, and Axis propaganda in Iraq. The papers then contain communications regarding the progress of the war, including reports on troop movements, the dispatch of war materials, the actions of Germany, Italy, France and Turkey, and Indian public opinion regarding the conflict. These papers consist of dispatches sent by the British Ambassador to Iraq (Sir Kinahan Cornwallis) to the Foreign Office, as well as numerous copy communications between the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Commander in Chief of the East Indies Section, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. Kuwait, the Viceroy of India, and HM Ambassador to the United States.
From the end of the war the file consists primarily of dispatches from Cornwallis to the Foreign Office, reporting on the return of the Regent, the pogrom against the Jewish community, the breaking of diplomatic relations with Vichy France and Japan, the trial of the coup supporters, the Iraqi declaration of war against Germany, Italy and Japan, the possibility of Iraqi membership of the United Nations, and the release of political prisoners from the Ammara [̔Amāra] concentration camp. The regular dispatches also contain details of various cabinet crises, and details of the domestic economic and military situation. The file contains a small amount of material for the years 1944-1946, including annual reports submitted by Cornwallis and his successor, Sir Hugh Stonehewer-Bird.
The file includes dividers which give lists of correspondence references found in the file by year. These are placed at the end of the correspondence (folios 2-4).
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- 1 file (515 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 515; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-514; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- front, front-i, 2r:15v, 17r:86v, 90v:105v, 107r:119v, 121r:298v, 300r:304v, 307r:373r, 379r:401v, 405r:515v, back
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