397. Editorial Note
In response to Turkish and Iraqi requests that United States military advisers be sent to the area to discuss and advise upon military aspects of the Syrian situation (see Document 381), on [Page 701] September 11 the Department of State informed the Embassies in Ankara and Baghdad that the Chief of the Joint United States Military Mission for Aid to Turkey, Major General Armistead D. Mead, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Middle East Planning Committee, Major General Verdi B. Barnes, had been named officers for consultation with Turkey and Iraq, respectively. Subsequently, Barnes arrived in Baghdad on September 17; Mead, who had been in Washington for consultation, returned to Ankara at approximately the same time. The Embassies in Baghdad and Ankara transmitted their reports to the Department of State, which in turn relayed them to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Copies of the reports and other documents pertaining to the mission are in Department of State, S/S Files: Lot 66 D 123.