CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: February 9, 1963

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1. Iraq: Situation as of 0330 EST. (Page 1)
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DAILY BRIEF
*Iraq: (The coup leaders, having received
pledges of support from key troop commanders
throughout the country, re gradually consolidat-
ing their initial victory.
(They claim to have overcome all resistance
at the Ministry of Defense in Baghdad where forces
loyal to Qasim were holding out. Skirmishes were
still taking place in the city last night, however,
and there are reports that Qasim himself is still
at large. In a broadcast over Baghdad radio at
about ten o'clock last night, the revolutionary coun-
cil, mentioning "desperate attempts" by "Commu-
nist agents--partners of the enemy Qasim--to cre-
ate confusion," authorized the security forces "to
eliminate anyone who does not obey order)
The twenty-one man cabinet named yesterday
evening is dominated by members of the Baath
Party. It also includes a few nationalists of other
parties, as well as two Kurds. The cabinet ap-
pointments are almost identical to those planned by
Baath Party leaders in mid-December when they
hoped to move against Qasim before the end of the
year)
(The revolutionary council reportedly intends
that Abd al-Salam Arif serve as President of the
Republic for an interim period only. It hopes to
use him as a figurehead to help attract nationalist
support. Arif favors closer ties with the UAR thaf)
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(do the Baathist leaders who are sympathetic to many
of Nasir's views but who are sharply opposed to any
idea of unio)
The new Iraqi regime can be expected to pursue
a nibre genuinely neutralist policy than Qasim did.
It will probably try to retain Soviet military and eco-
nomic aid agreements, while cutting down the num-
ber of Soviet personnel in Iraq. It has already acted
to displace pro-Communist military officers and is
certain to deal harshly with local Communists.
( At the same time, it is also likely to seek an im-
provdment in relations with some Western countries,
accepting more economic aid if it is offereiz9
the OAR "OAR did not engineer the coup and was surprised
by its timing. Nasir, however, has long been hoping
and pressing for Qasim's overthrow, and he sent Arif
a congratulatory telegram. For him, the new regime
is preferable even if it remains largely independent
of his influenc_9
The coup puts further pressure on the unstable
Syrian regime, establishing an unsettling influence
on the Iraqi side of Syrian territory at a time when
the Azm government has already become panicky
about Egyptian operations into Syria from Lebanon.
Syria, which had partly closed the Syrian-Lebanese
border a few days ao has now blocked all transit
across that border.
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Husayn government is unhappy about the Iraqi
coup because of its concern over anything which might
increase the Nasirist threat to Jordan. Prime Minis-
ter Tal has warned against any foreign interference in
Iraa. The Jordanian Army is on precautionary alert.)
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