890G.42/48
The Minister Resident in Iraq ( Knabenshue ) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 1.]
Sir: I have the honor to refer to my despatch no. 1537 of April 8, 1940, regarding the proposed new Iraqi Education Law and to inform the Department that in consequence of the action taken by this and [Page 731] the French Legation and the British Embassy the proposed law was withdrawn from the Iraqi Parliament by the Ministry of Education for, it was announced in the press, the Ministry desired to make certain basic changes. Subsequently I received an acknowledgement from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of my note of April 6th,28 with the statement that “I assure Your Excellency that the appropriate Iraqi authorities are attending to this matter in all its aspects and shall communicate the result thereof to you in the near future.”
While the present Iraqi Government seems disposed apparently to meet our recent representations in a favorable manner, it is not impossible that we may be obliged to cope with a similar situation in the future. The Department will of course be kept informed of developments.
Respectfully yours,
- Supra.↩