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

740.0011 European War 1939/10087: Telegram

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

Baghdad, April 18, 1941—9 p.m.
[Received April 19—12:03 a.m.]

87. Sea-borne British troops arrived Basrah and air-borne at Shaiba today without incident.

Knabenshue