(Untitled), 09 May 1941
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/89
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] with information that Rashid Ali and Iraqi partisans are in "desperate straits"; advises joining Habbaniya forces and advancing on Baghdad [Iraq]; refers to danger of Germans capturing Syria and suggests aiding General Georges Catroux and Free French in defending the country.
Dates
- Creation: 09 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access
From the File:
Open
Extent
1 folio(s)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Former / Other Reference
T154
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk