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IRAQ.
ANNUAL REPORT, 1938.
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Sir M. Peterson to Viscount Halifax.—{Received February 6.)
(No. 27.)
My Lord, Bagdad, January 21, 1939.
I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith the annual report on Iraq for
the year 1938.
2. Captain Holt and Mr. Lambert have been principally responsible for
the compilation of the report. The sections on Royal Air Force activities and
the Iraq Levies have been contributed by the Air Officer Commanding, British
Forces in Iraq, and those on the Iraqi Army and the Royal Iraqi Air Force by
the Inspector-General, Iraqi Army.
I have, &c.
MAURICE PETERSON.
Enclosure.
Annual Report on Iraq for 1938.
Contents.
Paragraph
I. —Introduction ... ... ... ... 1
II. —Internal affairs—
The Royal Family ... ... ... 11
The Cabinet and Parliament ... ... 15
Changes in the Madfai Cabinet ... 22
The new session ... ... ... 25
The fall of the Madfai Government ... 28
The Assyrians ... ... ... ... 34
The Kurds ... ... ... ... 43
The Euphrates tribes ... ... ... 46
Tribal disturbances ... ... 48
Murder of an American missionary ... 49
Labour ... ... ... ... ... 51
Archaeology ... ... ... ... 53
Distinguished visitors ... ... ... 57
Nuri Said ... ... ... ... 62
Repercussions of events in Palestine 66
The Pan-Arab movement ... ... 93
Public opinion on the European crisis
of September ... ... ... 104
Education ... ... ... ... 105
Communications ... ... ••• 114
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III.—Foreign relations—
British Empire—
General—
British war graves in Iraq ... 118
Civil Procedure Convention ... 121
Empire air mail scheme ... ... 122
United Kingdom—
Iraqi diplomatic representation ... 127
Military mission ... ... ... 128
Courses for Iraqi officers in the
United Kingdom and India ... 135
Visit of Iraqi Minister for Foreign
Affairs to London 138
Air defence force ... ... ... 140
The purchase of armaments ... 143
Anglo-Italian Agreement of the
16th April, 1938 ... ... ... 151
Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of Alliance, 1930 156
Registration of the lands occupied
by the Port of Basra ... ... 160
British officials ... ... ... 162
Insurance Companies Law ... 170