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    "ocrText": "HITLER GIVES MUFTI PLEDGE FOR HELP IN IRAQ REVOLT\nOn January 20, 1941, three months before the beginning of the\nIraqi Revolt against the British, the Mufti sent his secretary, Dr.\nMustafa Wakil, with a long memorandum, to Hitler. The following is\nHitler's reply, conveyed through Freiherr von Weizacker of the German\nForeign Office. In the French translation, found in the Mufti's\nfiles in Germany, annotations in the Mufti's handwriting are dis-\ncernable.\nHitler's Reply\nSecret\nMarch 1941\nCopy Pol. VII 188 g. Rs.\nEminence:\nThe Fuehrer received your letter dated January 20th sent\nthrough your private secretary. He rook great interest in what\nyou wrote him about the national struggle of the Arabs; and he\ntook cognizance, with great interest and sympathy, of your re-\nport concerning the national struggle of the Arabs. He was\npleased with the friendly words addressed to him in the name of\nArab Nationalism and in your own name.\nYour private secretary began the discussions which you in\nyour letter requested. In response to your desire to have a\nclarification of German policy toward the Arabs, I am empowered\nto state the following to you:\nGermany has never occupied any Arab countries and has no\namibions whatsoever in Arab lands. Our view is that Arabs, who\npossess an ancient culture and have proved their administrative,\njudiciary and military maturity are capable of self-government.\nGermany recognizes the full independence of the Arab countries,\nor where this has not yet been attained, their right to it.\nThe Germans and the Arabs have common enemies in England\nand the Jews; and are united in the fight against them. Germany,\ntraditionally friendly to the Arabs, and in accordance with the\ndesires expressed to your private secretary, is ready to cooper-\nate with you and to give you all possible military and financial\nhelp required by your preparations to fight against the British\nfor the realization of your people's aspirations. In order to\nenable the Arabs to begin the necessary preparations for their"
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