Considering the wide differences in strength, the main Iraqi Communist Party foresaw that it would be able to seize control over as-Sayegh's party. 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.