'Pol Ext 6453/49 Tear-gas expert for Iraqi police: suggested appointment of Pakistani officer'
Date:
1949/1950
Description:
Abstract: This file contains correspondence between the British Embassy in Baghdad and UK High Commissioner in Karachi regarding the secondment of a tear-gas specialist to the Iraqi police force. The papers discuss the inability of the Iraqi police to use newly obtained stocks of American tear gas without proper instruction from trained officers. The need for tear gas had been made apparent to law enforcement agencies in Iraq after protests and disturbances against the continuing British military and political presence in the country during January of 1948.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 39; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.