867N.01/2228: Telegram
The Minister in Iraq (Henderson) to the Secretary of State
[Received March 5—1 p.m.]
48. The following is the translation of the communiqué of the Iraq Government of March 1:
“The Iraq Government has been informed of the endeavors of Zionist propagandists in the United States of America in regard the question immigration into Palestine with a view to obtaining support in the American Senate and Congress for a proposal to open the doors of immigration into Palestine for the Jews in contravention of the British White Paper. The Iraq Government has taken all necessary steps to defeat those endeavors (which are based on an attempt to exploit public sympathy in America and to enlighten public opinion about the real situation). Sayid Jamil Almadfai, President of the Senate, and Ridha Alshabibi, President of the Chamber of Deputies, have sent telegrams to the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee in America as well as the American Senators who submitted the proposal explaining the harmful repercussions and pointing out what [that?] it would transgress on the rights of the Arabs in Palestine. The Governments of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the Lebanon have taken similar action. These efforts have lead to satisfactory results.”