Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1940, The British Commonwealth, The Soviet Union, The Near East and Africa, Volume III

890G.5151/7: Telegram

The Minister Resident in Iraq (Knabenshue) to the Secretary of State

Baghdad, December 18, 1940—3 p.m.
[Received December 19—1:55 a.m.]

121. The following is a confidential comment on my telegram No. 122, December 18, 4 p.m.¹⁵ which will follow. While the British decision may be for financial reasons it is generally believed that it is also the beginning of a political and economic pressure to be increased in other directions until Iraq’s attitude toward Britain becomes more cooperative.

Knabenshue

15. Infra.