Attitude of Iraq to Middle East situation

This file concerns Iraq's foreign relations, especially in relation to the Sinai Disengagement Agreement signed in Geneva by Israel and Egypt. It contains correspondence on:

• The Iraqi rejection of the agreement
• The reaction to a statement in the French press by the Egyptian President Anwar Al Sadat that all Arabs are ready to recognise Israel
• Iraq’s relations with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)
• A visit to Baghdad by Bassan Abu Sharif, a spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• A meeting of the ulema held in Baghdad 13-18 February 1975 appealing for Palestinians to accept the leadership of the PLO
• The concern that Iraq is cultivating pro-Baathist elements in any future Palestinian state
• Monthly payments to the 'Kadissiya Brigade' of the Palestine Liberation Army
• A speech by President Ahmad Hasan Al Bakr opposing peace with Israel on the basis of pre-1967 borders
• Syria's attitude to the Geneva conference
• A call for a united Syrian-Palestinian military leadership by the ‘Political Committee of the Palestinian Revolution in Iraq’
• The civil war in Lebanon, and its effect on Palestinian affairs
• The failure of Syrian media to report the withdrawal of Egyptian aircraft from Sinai
• The opening of Syrian airspace to Iraqi aircraft
• A reference to the phrase ‘Zionism is racism’ in the resolution of the International Women’s Year Conference in Mexico; and in UN General Assembly Resolution 3379
• Speeches by Ali Ghannam and Zayed Haider of the Arab Ba'ath Socialist Party (ABSP)
• A visit to Iraq by a delegation of the ‘National Leadership of the Front of the Palestine Forces that rejects liquidationist solutions’, for talks with ABSP leaders including Shibli al-Aysami and Ali Ghannam
• An economic and technical agreement between Bangladesh and Iraq
• The visit of an Ethiopian mission including Michael Imru and talks with Minister of Information Tariq Aziz, the Foreign Minister Sa'dun Hammadi and Ali Ghannam
• The governor of the Iraqi central bank Dr Fawzi Al Qaisi discussions with the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on gold and the international monetary system
• A visit to Turkey by Iraq’s Minister of Irrigation Mukarram Al Talabani concerning the sharing of Euphrates River water
• A visit to Tunisia by the vice president of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) Saddam Hussein
• Ratification by the RCC of the constitution of the International Tourism Organisation
• A visit to Libya by Mr Jalloud
• A visit by the West German Minister Karl Moersch to Baghdad
• A visit to Paris by Saddam Hussein