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(Untitled), 02 Jun 1945

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/220/54

Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to Sir Hugh Stonehewer Bird [British Ambassador to Iraq] marked "Top Secret" and "Personal" indicating his displeasure over "a complacent attitude on the part of the Arab States and particularly of Iraq" [following British intervention against the French in Syria]; and requesting he emphasise Britain's will to intervene for reasons of "world peace and security" wherever it sees fit. [Copy].

Dates

  • Creation: 02 Jun 1945

Conditions Governing Access

Open.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown

Extent

1 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

T 1046/5

Cultural context

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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