Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, The British Commonwealth; The Near East and Africa, Volume III

890G.00/558: Telegram

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

Baghdad, April 10, 1941—7 p.m.
[Received April 11—9 a.m.]

73. Iraqi Parliament today voted dismissal of Abdullah [Abdul Ilah] from the Regency and elected Al-Sharif Sharaf as Regent. Latter is member of Hashimite family and acted as Regent during brief absence of Faisal in 1925.

Knabenshue