BRITAIN & IRAQ
MAINTENANCE OF TREATY RIGHTS RAPID REINFORCEMENT OF TROOPS. NO THREAT TO INDEPENDENCE. OF STATE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 11.40 a.m.) RUGBY, May 14. In reply to questions in the House of Commons, the Foreign Secretary (Mr Eden) stated that according to the latest reports from Iraq, the small forces of the R.A.F. stationed at Habbania. having successfully beaten off the attack of Iraquin forces under the orders of Rashid Ali. now control the whole area round the cantonment. “Both they and the Imperial forces at Basra are being rapidly reinforced," Mr Eden continued, “and vigorous air action is being carried out by the R.A.F. against military objectives throughout Iraq. This will be continued. The British Government is convinced that the action of Rashid Ali and his supporters in launching an attack upon a loyal ally of their country is not upheld by the Iraqui people as a whole. The British Government has never had and has not now any intention of threatening the independence of Iraq. Its sole desire has been to safeguard its legitimate treaty rights, which rights it intends to maintain."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 May 1941, Page 6
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