JANUARY–JULY 1958: THE IRAQI COUP; ASSESSMENT OF THE QASSIM GOVERNMENT; U.S. RECOGNITION OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT


126. Memorandum From the Director of Intelligence and Research (Cumming) to the Counselor (Reinhardt)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.00/7–2058. Secret. Initialed by Reinhardt.


127. Memorandum From the Director of Intelligence and Research (Cumming) to the Counselor (Reinhardt)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.00/7–2058. Secret. Initialed by Reinhardt.


128. Letter From the Deputy Director for Plans of the Central Intelligence Agency (Wisner) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration (Henderson)

[Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.00/7–2258. Secret. 1–1/2 pages of source text not declassified.]


130. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Rountree) to Secretary of State Dulles

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.02/7–2358. Secret. Drafted by Lakeland and Rockwell and cleared by Mathews and Reinhardt. Legal Adviser Loftus Becker noted that he had no objection, but wrote an accompanying memorandum that concluded that the new Iraqi government satisfied traditional U.S. requirements for recognition—de facto control, consent of the people, willingness to fulfill its international obligations under treaties—with one exception. Iraq had not indicated its willingness to fulfill international obligations under international law, especially in the case of compensation for the heirs of the American citizens killed during the coup. (Ibid.)