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understanding and to cooperate on condition that its rights are preserved , that the wrong it has undergone is recognized and that what was torn from it is returned . The Turks , to my mind , are at long last inclined to satisfy the rights that you have , on condition that you do not show any negligence or let - up , no matter the extent of the pressure the British bring to bear on you . I wish , on this occasion , to tell you that Syria is a piece of us ourselves and that if we are keen to see the satisfaction of its rights , it is because for us it is a duty vis - à - vis men who are our brothers in religion , language and nationality . Greetings Sincerely , Faruq Written in Abdin , 14 October 1946 10 . President Quwatli to King Faruq , November , 3 1946 Top secret His Majesty King Faruq , may God preserve him Your Majesty , I read your noble address with tears in my eyes and I thank God for giving Syria a champion and a helper it can have recourse to and who defends both it and its rights . The Turks , my Lord , have evil designs with regard to us and whatever the changes in the situation , the spirit of oppression and domination rules them . All their dreams are of the restoration of the Ottoman Empire , but weakness is what restrains them : injustice is buried in their soul ; strength reveals it , weakness hides it . The Turks want at all costs to reach agreement with us and the English want us to do it , but what is the use for us Arabs , and especially for us Syrians ? Absolutely nothing unless becoming a millstone , losing Alexandretta and losing our unknown future . I thank you , in the name of all Syrians for your noble defense of our legitimate rights … . Syria only sees any danger to itself from its old oppressors , Turks and French . God preserve it from concluding an agreement with one of them . God preserve you as champion and Treasure of the Arabs . 3 November 1946 Shukri al - Quwatli 11 . Report on the Kurds on the Turkish - Syrian borders , early November 1946 Top secret His Excellency the Muhafez of al Jazeera to His Excellency the President of the Council Your Excellency , For 20 days the Turkish - Syrian border has been lined with Turkish troops . According to information from our services , these concentrations on the borders of these muhafazat number about 20 , 000 men . Here we are worried about this collection of Turkish troops who are engaged in digging trenches along the whole length of the border , without being able to learn the reason for this activity . Yesterday I was in touch with the Turkish Vali of Mardin and asked him what all this meant . He replied to me , “ We fear that the Kurds of Syria or those of Turkey who have taken refuge there will cause trouble . “ I think we should attach a very great importance to this concentration of troops on our borders , because of the rumors which accompany them in this Muhafaza . People are saying in effect that the English have left the hands of the Turkish and Iraqi Governments free and that they have promised the first some of the oil from Syrian al Jazeera .
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