“ARAB RACES FULL OF REJOICING”
IRAQI PRIME MINISTER WRITES TO ROOSEVELT (Rec. 8 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. The Prime Minister of Iraq (General Nuri es Said), in a letter to Mr Roosevelt, says; “The whole Mediterranean scene has been changed in a few days. All the friends of the United Nations, particularly the Arab races of North Africa, who are nearest, are full of rejoicing and grateful to you personally as the originator of this great action. The news of the landings in Morocco and Algiers came as a tremendous surprise. In our great exaltation we did not realise the magnitude of the operation.” The White Housa attaches great importance to the letter. It is explained that Generrl Nuri es Said is a devout Moslem, a distinguished soldier and statesman, and an outstanding personage in the Islamic world.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23802, 23 November 1942, Page 5
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