President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr was trying to consolidate his power in Arab Iraq, especially against the communists, so he ordered his deputy Saddam Hussein to travel to Kurdistan to reach a peace agreement with the Kurds.
艾哈迈德·哈桑·贝克尔总统试图巩固其在阿拉伯伊拉克的力量，尤其反对共产党，所以他命令他的副手萨达姆·侯赛因前往库尔德斯坦与库尔德人达成和平协议。