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From Tent io Palace. In 1921, as a reward for the Hashemites' services, Britain's Colonial Secretary, Winston Churchill, made Abdullah Emir of Trans-Jordan and made his brother Feisal King of Iraq. The boys had their troubles. Their father, Hussein, Sherif of Mecca, was attacked by his old rival, Ibn Saud. In the end, Ibn Saud drove the Sherif out of his domain, annexed Mecca and the surrounding district to his holdings in Arabia...
...IRAQ (pop. 4,799,000): slice of Ottoman Empire mandated to the British after World War I, served up to Hashemite King Feisal I (Abdullah's younger brother) in 1921; independent since 1932; a constitutional monarchy. Head of state: KING FEISAL II, 16. Premier: NURI AL SAID, 63. Militant member of the Arab League. Army: three divisions, outdated British equipment. British work oil concessions with Americans, French and Dutch-so far without trouble...
...kingdom ruled by the Hashemite family. Since KING ABDULLAH'S assassination last week, a regency under PRINCE NAIF. Army: 15,000-man British-trained Arab Legion, best Arab fighting force. Member of Arab League, but at odds with it over Hashemite aspirations for a union with Iraq, Syria, Lebanon...
Likely successor to Grady when he does leave: Loy Henderson, Ambassador to India, onetime Minister to Iraq and longtime friend of the Arabs...
...Anglo-Iranian's low, yellow brick headquarters in Khorramshahr, twelve miles from Abadan. An associate, Nassir Gholi Ardalan, hurried behind. Beaming, Daftary said: "We're moving into our new offices, upstairs." They marched into the rooms of General Manager Eric Drake, who had gone to Basra, Iraq, 40 miles away, because he feared arrest on trumped-up "sabotage" charges. In Drake's office, they confronted Assistant General Manager Alec Mason and five other top British executives. "Ah, gentlemen," said Mason, "you have come to talk with us?" "No," said Daftary, "we've just come to move...