Taha al-Hashimi
Taha al-Hashimi
The British Record on Partition as Revealed by British Military Intelligence and Other Official Sources. United States: Author, 1948. p. 47.
'Taha was the co-founder of the Pan Arab Nazi Club Al-Muthanna in Baghdad in 1935. He was co-founder and President of the Iraqi Society for the Society for the Defense of Palestine which prepared Arabic broadcasts for the Berlin radio. This work brought Taha in close This work brought Taha in close touch with the German Embassy and the Nazi agent , Dr. Amin Rawaiha.
The latter was interned in Rhodesia by the British, together with Jamal Husseini. Taha also was close to the Golden Square, a proFascist group of army officers who were the chief backers of the Rashid Ali revolt.
As Minister of Defense, Taha made every effort to prevent Iraq from breaking off relations with Nazi Germany if war broke out.
He put active pro-Nazis in key positions and played a very significant role in the interference in political affairs of Iraqi army officers...
American Christian Palestine Committee, "The Arab War Effort: A Documented Account," 1946, p. 37.
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'Iraqi Palestine Defense Society. This Society has been responsible for making the Mufti's propaganda in 'Iraq, they issued their own paper, and rote articles and fabricated news items for other newspapers, and prepared Arabic broadcasts for the German Minisrer to cable to Germany for broadcasting in the Berlin Arabic broadcasts.
This work threw Taha Pasha into close touch with the German Legation staff who naturally were highly desirous of making contacts with this anti-British body.
This was not Taha Pasha's only contact with the Germans and Palestinians and perhaps his most important contact was
was his close friendship for Dr. Amin Ruwaiha - Germany's No. 1 Arab agent.
Dr. Amin's wife's sister became Taha Pasha's mistress and a close friendship was established between these two. Amin Ruwaiha had been closely connected with Fawzi al Qaoukji and had assisted him to get arms and to gang to Palestine in the summer of 1936.
Esco Foundation for Palestine, inc, "Palestine: A Study of Jewish, Arab, and British Policies", 1947, · p. 978.
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A key person in the Mufti's organization was Taha Pasha al-Hashimi, who had become Iraqi Defense Minister in 1938.
Before that, he had been president of the Iraqi Palestine Defense Society in charge of the Mufti's propaganda and responsible for the preparation of the for the Nazi program broadcasts...
Taha Pasha was in close contact with Germany's “number one" Arab agent, Dr. Amin Ruwaiha, and through him, with the German Legation..
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