[1] At the time, reports circulated that as-Sayegh's party was financially supported by the Qasim government.
During the spring of 1960, Baha ud-Din Nuri managed the negotiations on behalf of the mainstream communists.
However as-Sayegh set as a precondition for a merger the expulsion of Salam Adil, Jamal al-Haidari and Amir Abdullah.
In June 1960 negotiations reopened, and by this point the mainstream communists had de facto accepted as-Sayegh's demand (by forcing the three leaders to step down from their positions for 'health reasons').
However, the merger talks were spoiled as-Sayegh noticed that Baha ud-Din Nuri was conspiring with Abd as-Samad Hamid (a Central Committee member of as-Sayegh's party) to seize control of his party.