| Description | Folder of presscuttings, telex reports, handwritten notes and other papers relating to Iraq's relations with Turkey between 1987 and 1989. Much of the material relates to the Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline and the strengthening of economic links between the two countries. Contents include issues of the 'EBA Newsletter: Turkey's first English Business Daily' (10 February & 17 May 1989) and numerous photocopies pages from the same publication providing detailed financial reports on Turkey's economy, excerpts from the Economic Press Review with allegations that Iraqi was watering down its crude oil exports to Turkey, newspaper cuttings reporting on credit agreements (both being made and suspended) and reciprocal visits between the countries, report of a bomb attack on a Turkish diplomat in Baghdad on 23 October 1989, two Financial Times articles on the contracting company Enka and the status of engineering in Turkey, and some notes on the Turkish Atomic Energy industry. |