Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1938, General, Volume I

740.00/473: Telegram

The Chargé in Iraq (Satterthwaite) to the Secretary of State

Baghdad, September 29, 1938—10 a.m.
[Received September 29—7:13 a.m.]

34. Department’s circular September 27, 4 p.m. The Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs tells me that in the event of a general war Iraq will carry out fully its obligations under Article IV of its Treaty of Alliance with Great Britain¹³ as well as those under the League Covenant and the Saadabad Pact.¹⁴ The four Foreign Ministers of the latter are now in Geneva and can consult there. Public sympathy seems to have turned toward Great Britain and the Government has not even mentioned the Palestine situation to the British Embassy in assuring it of support.

I anticipate no disorders and think American citizens here and in the Persian Gulf will be quite safe. There are ample food supplies.

Satterthwaite

13. Signed October 10, 1922; British and Foreign State Papers, vol. cxix, p. 389.
14. Signed at Teheran, July 8, 1937, by Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey; League of Nations Treaty Series, vol. cxc, p. 21.