EMBARRASSING EVENT
LONDON, October 28,
Major-General Spears, in a speech, said he was in possession of reliable information from Syria that Rashid Ali had landed at Beirut from a French ship and was conveyed by the French through Syria to Saudi Arabia. "Why should the French, whom we do so much to help, seek to embarrass their friends in this way?" he asked.
Rashid Ali was reported to have sought sanctuary in Mecca after his escape from France recently.
[Rashid Ali was the leader of the pro-Axis revolt in Irak after the fall of Greece. which threatened Britain's oil supplies- in the Middle East]
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 103, 29 October 1945, Page 6
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104EMBARRASSING EVENT Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 103, 29 October 1945, Page 6
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