Cipher message

Scope and Content

Cipher message no. 67769 from Sir John Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, to Auchinleck, stating that there is no change in the policy that operations in Iraq should become the responsibility of the Commander-in-Chief, India, directly under the War Office, but, because of the involvement of Palestine and Syria at the present time, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East must continue to control all forces in Iraq. Typescript.