Regent Emir Abdul Illah and Premier Taha el Hashimi, deposed in the recent coup in Iraq, have arrived in Jerusalem and established an Iraq Government-in-exile, it was reported here today. This government is still recognized by Britain, political circles emphasized.
Meanwhile, a Rome broadcast in Arabic admitted for the first time that the exiled ex-Mufti of Jerusalem, now in Baghdad, had instigated the pro-Nazi coup.
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