‘File 28/29 Combined Intelligence Centre Iraq’

Title:

‘File 28/29 Combined Intelligence Centre Iraq’

Date:

1941/1946

Description:

Abstract: The file comprises copies of correspondence received from or relating to the Combined Intelligence Centre Iraq (CICI), including: a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) to his Political Agents, dated 1941, concerning the establishment of the CICI (f 2); cessation of the issue of press and propaganda summaries by the CICI (f 3); a letter from the CICI to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield), dated 4 December 1942, introducing Hussain Taymore, on pilgrimage and doing some ‘special work’ for the CICI (f 5); a request from the CICI to the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 25 November 1944, asking for any information on Anglo-American relations in Bahrain (f 7); a letter from Air Headquarters in Iraq, dated 18 October 1946, concerning the closure of the CICI, and the transfer of functions formerly carried out by the Tribal and Political Section of the CICI to Air Staff Intelligence (f 11).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 15; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-11; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Military intelligence

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000072_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000072_en
IOR/R/15/2/721
IOR/R/15/2/721

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