Two officials of the Iraqi office here contended today that “the situation of Iraqi Jews could not be better.” That was their reply to a delegation of the Inter-University Jewish Federation who visited the office today to inquire about reports that two more Jews have been arrested in Baghdad and about the fate of ten imprisoned Jews, unheard from for months and believed to have been executed or murdered in prison
Iraq has no Embassy in London. The two officials, one of them the head of the office denied the arrests and described the report as “allegations.” He cited the Iraqi Minister of Information as the source of evidence that Iraqi Jews are well off. He refused to accept a letter and told the callers to send it directly to the Baghdad government.
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