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(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

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