IRAQ BACK TO NORMAL

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28958, 28 July 1959, Page 13

IRAQ BACK TO NORMAL

Few Signs Of Unrest (Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON, July 27. There were now clear indications that the wave of antiWestern hostility which had a long run after the revolution in Iraq was now on the wane, according to the “Daily 'Telegraph’s" Bagdad correspondent. Reporting from the Iraqi capital. he wrote that Bagdad had now returned more nearly to normal than at any time since before last year’s revolution. In Bagdad, the troons, machineguns and other syn ms of unrest had disappeat from the streets. The slackening in anti-Western feeling may have been caused by a closer acquaintance with communism. This was a debatable point, but there was at least a strong presumption that this was the case. Indignation continued to mount in Bagdad against President Nasser because of Cairo Radio’s barrage of anti-Kassem propa- , ganda. It was expected that Imperial Chemical Industries would be allowed to resume operations in Iraq. The company was blacklisted by the Arab Boycott Bureau six months ago for its alleged dealing with Israel. The ban on 1.C.1. products became effective three months ago, and none of the company’s products have been allowed to enter Iraq. A Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman said: “If the dealings with Israel cease, the Iraqi Government has no objection to allowing its products to enter Iraq again.” A meeting of the Arab Boycott Bureau will open in Beirut later today, and the 1.C.1. question is expected to be discussed at the conference. Supplies of I C.I products in Iraq have been running dangerously low. Many 1.C.1. products were needed for the oil industry, water purification and various grades of fuels