DISCOVERY OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN IRAQ

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CIA-RDP82-00457R002400320002-2
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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November 16, 2016
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May 23, 2000
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2
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Publication Date: 
February 25, 1949
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REPORT
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COUNTRY 104 FORNIATI ti ORT Approved For ReN~Up//I Iraq ... - .rr-=r ^n. r6'P SUBJECT Dis c ovary of Copper Deposits ACQUIRED in Iraq 25X1A6a CD NO. 25X1A2g DATE DISTR. 25 Feb 1949 NO. OF PAGES 1 NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) DATE OF IN SUPPLEMENT TO 25X1X6 25X1A 25X1A REPORT NO. 10 a geological team, under the direction and supervision of'a British geologist, has discovered large deposits of copper at Iiero, Iraq, - forty rules IWWW7 of Sul aim=Jya9 within two miles of the Iranian bordora This vain is judged by informant to average 40 porc?nt copparo* 2.1111 the British geologist in charge has been cautioned xry rx (tech, Government not to reveal the ricimoss of the 25X1 A ore nor the extent of deposits4 the reason for such secretiveness on the part of the Government is the fear that this rich natural resource mould make an independent Kurdish state ccononical3y feasible, and would provide the Kurds with a propaganda weapon if its existence were knav 25X1A 25X1A6a * Count. This percentage of copper seeds very high, in vi?cr - ie fa at some, of the boat veins in the United States average between i-4 percento This docur -- letter of IS Arehivi ,t-9j ! STATE eY HAVY AP.MY~p~ AII~ C('D GT Approved For Release 2000/06/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R002400320002-2 the iragi Government revealed to the Iraqi press in mid-January that copper deposits had boon discovered in northe Iraq, but stated that the ore avnragod between 1.7 percent, and that the extant of the vein was not Imoome tit the rem the _:,ca to tine