Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944, The Near East, South Asia, and Africa, The Far East, Volume V

867N.01/11–1744: Telegram

The Minister in Iraq (Henderson) to the Secretary of State

Baghdad, November 17, 1944—6 p.m.
[Received November 23—11:20 a.m.]

251. Tahsin Qadri, Iraqi Minister at Beirut now in Baghdad, told me today that the new Soviet Minister to Syria and the Lebanon⁵⁶ has told him in confidence that the Soviet Government is unqualifiedly opposed to the Zionist program. ReDept’s circular infotel November 14, 6 [10] p.m.⁵⁷ Wadsworth is undoubtedly in a better position than I to evaluate the reliability of the Iraqi Minister.

Repeated to Beirut.

Henderson

56. Daniil Semenovich Solod.
57. Not printed. In reply to an inquiry from the Department, the Minister to Syria and Lebanon (Wadsworth) in telegram 277, December 6, 4 p.m., stated that he had been informed by the Iraqi Minister that the Soviet Minister had told him that the Soviet Union would do nothing to support Zionism. Mr. Wadsworth expressed confidence in the Iraqi Minister’s statement.