BRACERS Record Detail for 67744

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Collection code
RA2
Class no.
320
Document no.
179394
Box no.
9.47
Recipient(s)
"Press Statement on Iraq"
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1963/06/30
Form of letter
TS(TC)
Pieces
2
Notes, topics or text

BR comments on the recent coup d'état in Iraq, noting the "many reports of atrocities and massacres". BR also calls "absurd" the Iraqi government's refusal to let Schoenman enter the country on the grounds that he is a Jew.

BR notes that "the recent decision of the British government to supply Iraq with military equipment is a shameful one, and strongly to be condemned."

Also present is a copy of the statement, document .179395, TS(CAR).

Filed
Iraq - Political Prisoners, F-79
Publication
B&R C lead
Permission
Everyone
Record no.
67744
Record created
Jun 02, 2014
Record last modified
Jul 28, 2015
Created/last modified by
duncana