"السكك الحديدية وسياسة [خطوط الاتصالات]، بلاد الرافدين. المجلد III" [و‎‎٤‎٩] (٥٤٩/٩٨)

X.7197 5 your 79322 M.R.S.a. Juiio 30th.
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I do not think you have received all my telegrams
and perhaps some are v:ith Q, and some are vJith G. I will
rehearse situation. in our X,5927 April 23rd General Cohhe
pressed for extension of standard line to Sherd by use of
Dhi 'ban line wnicr was of no civil or military use replacing
Oj a/ailable 2 , 6 ,f line. it can be relaid at any time in a
fe'.T weeks • In my X.6036 May 13th after takiny over from
General Gobbe and visiting ?Mosul I emphasised the importance
oi this. Lo it ies and European drivers and mechanics v/ere
breaking down fast from work and heat. I at once started
plate-laying. My X.7049 June 1st gave resume of events in
Kurdistan emphasised necessity of railway extension. My
X.7141 (?)June 21st reported action. I re 0 ard such lines
as Dhibban and extension beyond Baiji as merely the rolling up
and down of a stair£ carpet com ittung us to no permanent
economic or international policy, and my action has been that
necessary maintenance of my responsibilities at Mosul to
suppress the Kurdistan rising save any lorries and European est
ablishment from breakdown and send Indians as much transport
as possible,
I am stopping platelaying at miles 32 according to orders
in your telegram under reply. This is ?disastrous owing to
lorry position and I solicit Cloar Line orders to continue lino
to Sherd viz. miles 40 plus 6 miles to water while you are
•onsidering policy recommended in X.7141 June 21st of going ©n
to the dead end at Qaiyara.
Please also realize that this is only way of helping Mosul
situation before next rainy season. Sherd haiyara could (2 grps
undec.). I review railway situation in view:;of much cross
tele^raphinn*. Am rolling up Basrah Amarah line required
O iOO % y
neither/