Britain, Irak To Give Mutual Aid
LONDON, Thu. (10.30 a.m.)—Mr Ernest Bevin, speaking at the signing at Portsmouth of the Treaty of Alliance between Britain and Irak, said the treaty was beginning a new series of treaties regularising and expressing the friendship between Britain and the Arabic world.
“I hope this treaty will start a new era of good relations,” he said.
The occasion was the first since 1904 that any international agreement with Britain had been completed outside London.
Reuters diplomatic correspondent says the treaty provides for mutual aid in the. event of either becoming involved in war.
British representatives on a joint defence board replace the British military mission. The board will make strategic plans in the common interest.
Britain hands over her two air bases, but Irak grants RAF operationl units free access to use and maintain them in operational efficiency.
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Northern Advocate, 16 January 1948, Page 3
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