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Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq Mohamed Fadil Jamali, and Edwin Plitt

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1022 UNITED states MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS 322 MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION SECURITY INFORMATION October 21, 1952 SUBJEOT: Secretary Acheson's Conversations with Foreign Ministers of the NEA Area During The 7th General Assembly of the United Nations PARTICIPANTS: Dr. Mohamed Fadil Jamali, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iraq The Secretary Mr. Plitt, US Delegation COPIES TO: 1. Foreimn Affairs Upon being received by the Secretary this afternoon at 4:30, Dr. Al-Jamali beamed with pleasure at the opportunity to have a private conversation with his host and lost no time in launching into a general tour d'horizon of foreign and domestic affairs as they affected the Arab world in general and Irag in particular. Al-Jamali pointed up his trip through the Middle East, Egypt, etc. in late summer and reforred to the statement on Arab foreign policy objectives be made during the Arab League caucus in Cairo in which he said: The Arabs could not join the Soviet bloc because Commennism would destroy their national and religious aspirations; the West has principles closer to the Arab countries; in the event of war, the Arab states could not remain neutral be- cause of their oil resources, etc. He recited the six points which DECLASSIFIED he E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) 10-26:76 Dept. of State letter, 1973 SECURITY INFORMATION Bz NLT- HK " NARS Date 11.29.76