Commitments in Iraq - Secret Intelligence Files

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Document Title	Commitments in Iraq
Reference	CAB 158/16
Document Date	23 December 1953
Conflicts	Cold War
Themes	Foreign Policy and International Relations, Military Intelligence and Operations
Regions	Middle East
Countries	Egypt, Iraq, Persia
Document Type	Memoranda, Reports
Organisations	Chiefs of Staff, Joint Intelligence Staff, Joint Planning Staff, Ministry of Defence, United Nations, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
People	Valentine Boucher, Anthony Buzzard, Patrick Dean, Francis Fressanges, Eric Searight, John Sinclair, Kenneth Strong

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British citizens abroad, civil unrest, anti-British feeling, contingency planning, threat of civil war, Anglo-Iraqi relations, Iraqi armed forces, predicting enemy intentions, politics, communism, propaganda, subversion, nationalism, oil, British army, military operations, Egyptian foreign policy, Anglo-Egyptian relations, Suez Canal

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