The Question of U.S. Military Assistance to Iraq, U.S. Interest in the Political Stability of Iraq, and the Visit to the United States of Crown Prince Abdul Il Ah1
1. For previous documentation on U.S. relations with Iraq, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. IX, Part 2, pp. 2325 ff.
417. Telegram From the Embassy in Iraq to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.5–MSP/1–555. Confidential. Repeated to London.
418. Telegram From the Embassy in Iraq to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.5–MSP/1–655. Secret. Also sent to Ankara and Cairo and repeated to London, Karachi, Tehran, Amman, Beirut, Damascus, Tel Aviv, and Jidda.
419. Telegram From the Embassy in Iraq to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.5/2–1855. Confidential. Repeated to London.
420. Telegram From the Embassy in Iraq to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.5/3–2255. Secret. Repeated to London.
422. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iraq
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.5–MSP/8–2155. Secret. Repeated to London. Drafted by William C. Burdett, Jr., cleared by Secretary Dulles, and approved by Francis H. Russell.
423. Report by the Joint Strategic Plans Committee
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, JCS Records, CCS 092 (8–22–46) (2) Sec 15. Top Secret. This report was transmitted by the Joint Strategic Plans Committee to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on August 23. Colonel E.W. Williamson, USA, and Colonel F.B. Elliott, USAF, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (ISA), were consulted informally in the preparation of this report. After making amendments, the Joint Chiefs approved the recommendations in paragraph 7 at their September 9 meeting.
424. Telegram From the Embassy in Iraq to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.5–MSP/11–1255. Confidential.
425. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iraq
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.5–MSP/11–1755. Confidential. Repeated to London. Drafted by Newsom and approved by Rountree.
426. Telegram From the Embassy in Iraq to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.5411/11–2955. Secret.
427. Operations Coordinating Board Report
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Iraq. Top Secret. A covering note of December 20 by the OCB Secretariat Staff indicates that the analysis and recommendations contained in this report were concurred in by the OCB at its December 14 meeting, and that the Department of State was “negotiating with the British in London in an effort to improve the internal security situation in Iraq by working through and supporting the British effort in that country.”
429. Telegram From the Embassy in Iraq to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.00/1–1556. Secret. Repeated to London.
430. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.5–MSP/–656. Secret. Drafted by Hoover, cleared by Goodpaster, and approved by Robert G. Barnes.
431. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iraq
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.5–MSP/3–356. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Hallett and approved by Rountree.
432. Telegram From the Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Iraq (Hannah) to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, JCS Records, CCS 092(8–22–46)(2) Sec. 26. Secret. Repeated to Paris for CINCEUR.
433. Telegram From the Embassy in Iraq to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.11/3–2856. Top Secret; Niact.
435. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. According to a note on the cover sheet, “The following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of this estimate: The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and The Joint Staff.” This estimate was concurred in by the Intelligence Advisory Committee on July 17, 1956. “Concurring were the Special Assistant, Intelligence, Department of State; the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Army; the Director of Naval Intelligence; the Director of Intelligence, USAF; and the Deputy Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff. The Atomic Energy Commission Representative to the IAC and the Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, abstained, the subject being outside of their jurisdiction.”
437. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iraq
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.5–MSP/8–856. Secret. Drafted by Hallett and Eli Stevens and approved by Allen. Repeated to London.
438. Memorandum From the Director of Central Intelligence (Dulles) to the Acting Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.00/11–2256. Secret; Noforn.
439. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iraq
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 780.5/11–2456. Secret; Noforn. Drafted by Newsom and approved by Murphy. Also sent to Ankara, Moscow, and Paris; repeated to Tehran, Karachi, London, and Paris (to be passed to Ridgway Knight for General Lauris Norstad).
440. Telegram From the Embassy in Iraq to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.5/11–2656. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Ankara, Moscow, Tehran, Karachi, London, and Paris.
441. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, November 26, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.87/11–2656. Secret. Drafted by Newsom.
442. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, December 21, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.5–MSP/12–2156. Confidential. Drafted by Newsom.
444. Memorandum of a Conversation, White House, Washington, February 5, 1957
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles–Herter Series. Secret. Drafted by Rountree.
445. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, February 5, 1957
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.11/2–557. Secret. Drafted by Eilts.
446. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, February 5, 1957
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.11/2–557. Secret. Drafted by Eilts.