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that region. The Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces shall organize the arrangements corresponding to these tasks. To organize the chain of command, the following shall apply:

a - All members of the armed forces sent to Iraq shall be under the command of the head of the military mission.

b - The head of the mission shall take orders from the Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces. Orders and plans specific to air units shall be issued solely by the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force.

c - The military mission head’s contacts shall be confined to the military service departments in Iraq. Negotiations with the Iraqi government concerning any matter relating to the mission shall be conducted by the Foreign Ministry’s representative in Iraq.

For military orders that may have an effect on foreign policy, the head of the military mission must obtain prior permission from the Foreign Ministry’s representative.

d - Members of the military mission shall initially have the status of volunteers, as was the case with the (Condor) unit. They shall wear tropical uniforms bearing Iraqi insignia. Members of the German air force shall likewise wear these insignia.

4 - The air force:

Its numbers shall be limited. In addition to serving purely military purposes, it shall work to strengthen morale among Iraq’s armed forces and people and to sustain their spirit of resistance.

5 - Arms shipments:

The Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces shall issue the necessary orders in this regard (shipments shall be made from Syria under the agreement concluded with the French for this purpose, and also from Germany).

6 - Directing propaganda in the Middle East is the responsibility of the Foreign Ministry, which shall cooperate in this with the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces WFST/WPR, and