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IJA 2847

Correspondence between President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community and the Iraqi Government about Members who Abrogated Citizenship

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This item contains correspondence between the Iraqi government and the President of the Baghdadi Jewish community concerning information about members of the Iraqi Jewish community who possibly abrogated their Iraqi citizenship and traveled abroad. Some of the documents are requests from the government for certain individuals to appear before the Office of Citizenship to provide information concerning their identity, location of residence, and nationality.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2847
Item Number
9781
Date
Approx. January 1, 1971 to December 31, 1980
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Abrogation of Citizenship, Annotation, Correspondence, Eagle Crest, Envelope, General Secretariat, Handwritten, Ink Stamp, Letterhead, Ministry of the Interior, Office of General Citizenship, President of the Mosaic Community, Typed

AI English Translation, Pages 301-325

Archival unit 301

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1641 / 75
Date: 21 / 7 / 1975
Subject / ⟦line⟧
Respected Directorate General of Nationality
Identities
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 6600/96 and dated 20/7/1975, it is not possible
to decide on the religion of the mentioned persons, except for what was stated in paragraph 6, as he is a member
of our community and we have no information about him.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - For your information please.
582

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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Directorate of: Migrations
Number: Special / 96 /
Date: 2 / 7 / 1975 ⟦2⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Number 1058
Date 20 / 7 / 1975
582
To: Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject: Statement of Information
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information you have regarding the persons
listed below and state whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
1- Isaac Khalil
2- Ibrahim Kokhi
3- Elizabeth Karji
4- Ashdeniyeh Yaqoub Al-Murabiya
5- Shadhra Shlomo
6- Ibrahim Ephraim Moallem Salman
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Salam
On behalf of the Director General of Nationality
The record does not contain what was mentioned in paragraph
6 as it was not mentioned in the record
and we have no information
A copy to
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your letter Legal 6866 on 12 / 3 / 1975
Awaiting the result, please.
Salman / 19

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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number
Secretary 83531
Number T/: 1640 / 75
Date: 21 / 7 / 1975
Subject /: 581
Respectable Directorate of General Nationality
Al-Sabihat
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 6571 and dated 16 / 7 / 1975, it is not possible to decide
on the religion of the persons mentioned in paragraphs 1, 2, and 5. As for what was stated in paragraphs
3 and 4, they are members of our community and we have no information about them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy to: -
General Secretariat for Frozen Civil Status - Rights - for your information please.

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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Directorate of /: Identities
Number / Special / 96 /: 6579
Date /: 7 / 7 / 1975
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special
1057
20 / 7 / 1975
To: - Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information you have regarding the persons
listed below and state whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
1- Moshe Hakkak
2- Monieh Robin
3- Ma'touqa Hesqel Menahim
4- Na'im Qar'in left Iraq with a passport to Canada in about the year
He is the brother of the wife of ⟦Anwar Dallal⟧
5- Ya'qub Yazidi
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
For / Director General of Nationality
Copy to
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your letter Legal 6593 on 10 / 3 / 1975
Awaiting the result, please.
581
We have no knowledge of them except what is mentioned in the margin
2 - 4 are not members of our community
and we have no information about them

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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1631 / 75
Date: 21 / 7 / 1976
Subject /:
58-
Respected Directorate General of Nationality
Visas
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 6563/31 and dated 16 / 7 / 1975, there is no
objection to investigating the religion of the person named (Daoud Abraham Abraham).
Please accept the highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy of it to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for information please.

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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1056
Date 20 / 7 / 1975 Incoming Stamp
Directorate /: Identities
Number /: File / 31 / 6562
Date /: 20 / 7 / 1975
To :-
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us with all available information you have regarding the individual named
(Daoud Abraham Abraham) and state whether he is a member of your community or not
as soon as possible.
⟦illegible⟧
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Assaf
For/ Director General of Nationality
A copy to
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / your letter Rights 11522 on
23 / 4 / 1975 awaiting the result please.
580
The reason is to be replied to

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General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
<del>Secretariat of Rights</del>
<del>Investigation Division</del>
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
⟦coat of arms⟧
Please refer to the number and date of this letter
and the secretariat division from which it was issued when replying to it
Number / ⟦illegible⟧
Date / / 197
Secretariat of Center Properties / Confirmation of Ownership
Subject / Nationality of a Jew
Further to our letter No. 11522 on 4/23/1975 regarding property T / 1/282/ M 13 Ta'miriyah and Kabara Salanbara / 0131
The Directorate of General Nationality / Identities informed us in its letter No. 7073/31 on 7/31/1975 that the Presidency of the Mosaic Community informed it in its letter No. T/75/1639 on 7/21/1975 that it cannot decide on the religion of (the named) Daoud Abraham Abraham, so please inquire from the Mukhtar and the elders of the neighborhood in which the property is located about the religion of the aforementioned person and inform us so that we can determine his nationality.
On behalf of / The Secretary General
A copy of it to /
Directorate of General Nationality / Identities / Your letter above for information please
Presidency of the Mosaic Community / Baghdad / Your letter above for information please
Secretariat of Rights / Notification 2761 / For follow-up
General Papers
⟦initials⟧
Salah 8/6
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 308

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Secretary's Phone Number 80452
Number T /: 1638 / 75
Date: 21 / 7 / 1975
Subject /: Respected Directorate of General Nationality
579
Ambiguities
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 6545/16 and dated 15 / 7 / 1975, it is not possible
to determine the religion of the persons mentioned in your above letter.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy to: -
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for your information please.

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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Directorate of: Identities
Number: Special / 80906
Date: 26 / 7 / 1975
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1055
Date 30 / 7 / 1975
Incoming Stamp
To: - Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information
you have regarding the persons whose names are listed below and state whether they are members
of your community or not.
Names
1- Yaqub Al-Khayyat
2- Yamin Musfi
3- Yunis Abdullah
4- Marcelle Hardoun Mansour
5- Eli Munshi Yusuf
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Salam
On behalf of / Director General of Nationality
A copy to
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your letter Rights 6686 on
11 / 3 / 1975 to await the result please
579
Raji ⟦...⟧
Dar Al-Salam

Archival unit 310

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
83531
Telephone number ⟦illegible⟧ Secretary
Number T/: 16346 / 75
Date: 16 / 2 / 1975
Subject /:
578
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Al-Sahwiyat
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 6485/66 and dated 15/7/1975, we cannot
verify the religion of the persons mentioned in your letter above. Except for what was stated in paragraph
( 2 ), as he is a member of our community and we have no information about him.
Please accept our highest respect.
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
A copy to:
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for information please.

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578
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Directorate of /: Identities
Number / Special / 96 /: 6485
Date /: 10 / 7 / 1975
Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Special Number 1051
Date 15 / 7 / 1975
Incoming Stamp
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us and the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets with all information
available to you regarding the persons whose names are listed below and state whether
they are members of your community or not.
1- Yusuf Suwaidi
2- Yusuf Ishaq Sayoun Daoud
3- Yusuf Ashouri
4- Yusuf Eli
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
For / Director General of Nationality
A copy to
The General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your letter Legal 6459 on
9 / 3 / 1975 - We are awaiting the result, please.
Registered in our records and we have no information
except what was mentioned in paragraph (2), as he
is still registered in our records
We do not have information about the rest

Archival unit 312

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80451
Number T/: 1635 / 75
Date: 16 / 7 / 1975
Subject /:
577
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Al-Suhaibat
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 16/6484 and dated 15 / 7 / 1975, that
all the individuals mentioned in your above-referenced letter are ⟦subjects⟧
and we have no information about them. As for the late Moshe Yaqub Al-Kabir, he passed away
in Baghdad on 21 / 7 / 1947, and his brother, the late Yusuf Yaqub
Al-Kabir, passed away outside Iraq before his brother's death, and we cannot determine the date
of his death.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy to /
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for your information please.

Archival unit 313

Baghdad 16 / 7 / 1965
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, respected
After greetings: -
The late Moussa Yaqoub Al-Kabir passed away on Tuesday, 12 Av 5707 Hebrew
Corresponding to 29 July 1947
As for his brother Youssef, he passed away outside Iraq before the death of his brother
Director of Administration
⟦signature⟧
To the station
On 15 / 11 / ⟦illegible⟧ we find that all the individuals whose names are mentioned
above and who are members of our community and we have no information about them ⟦illegible⟧
Moussa Yaqoub - Al-Kabir passed away in Baghdad on 29 / 7 / 1947 as
well as his late brother Youssef Yaqoub Al-Kabir who passed away outside ⟦illegible⟧ the one
death of his brother and does not possess ⟦illegible⟧ this date of his death
Naji

Archival unit 314

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
Directorate General of Nationality
Directorate /: Identities
Number /: Special / 96 / ⟦...⟧
Date /: 7 / 7 / 1975
Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information regarding the persons
whose names are listed below, and state whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
1- Fahima Ezra Shahshua
2- Isaac Ibrahim Abdo
3- Moshe = =
4- Fuad Roubin Ezra
5- Meir Yehuda Zilkha
6- Meir Shatoub Manshi
7- Meir Salim Gabriel
8- Jouri Sassoon Saati
9- Meir Roubin Albert
10- Moshe Yaqub Al-Kabir
11- Yusuf = =
Note that they both passed away before the year 1950. Please provide us with the death
certificates for the aforementioned individuals.
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Azzam
On behalf of the Director General of Nationality
Copy to
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your letter Legal 6090 on 4 / 3 / 975 awaiting
the result, please.
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1050
Date 15 / 7 / 1975
Incoming Stamp
⟦illegible⟧
577

Archival unit 315

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1633 / 75
Date: 6 / 7 / 1975
576
Subject /
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Travels
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 16/6285 and dated 7/7/1975, those
mentioned in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, and 11 are members of our community and we have no information
about them. As for the rest, we cannot determine their religion, nor do we have information about the heirs
of Lulu Yamin Mordechai.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
p. Presidency of the Mosaic Community
A copy to: -
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for your information please.

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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Incoming Number: 1044
Date: 8 / 7 / 1975
Directorate /: Identities
Number /: Special / 96 / 6285
Date /: 7 / 7 / 1975
To: - Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Information Statement
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information you have regarding the persons
listed below and state whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
1- Victor Naji Sassoon
2- Faraj Elias
3- Victor Robin Salman Rajwan
4- Maurice Yehuda Salman
5- Mazli Aziza
6- Y. E. Bechor
7- W. S. Khalif
8- William Shaul Shashoua
576
⟦line⟧
What is available in the forms or records
of our community officially is that there is no information about him
Sufficient information was not provided to us about him
Incoming Stamp
4- Maurice Yehuda Salman
5- Mazli Aziza
6- Y. E. Bechor
7- W. S. Khalif
8- William Shaul Shashoua
9- Heidi Najm Balbul
10- Haron Abu Al-Ghazal
11- Lulu Yamin Mordechai - noting that she passed away in 1954, so please inform us
about her heirs if she has any heirs, please.
⟦illegible⟧
that the house was officially sold by them
regarding information about the heirs of Lulu Yamin Mordechai
11 they are ⟦illegible⟧ the decision
⟦illegible⟧ 4 - ⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
For / Director General of Nationality
Copy to:
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Rights Letter 6203 on 5/3/1975
to await the result, please.

Archival unit 317

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 10631 / 75
Date: 30 / 9 / 1975
Subject /: 575
Respectable Directorate of General Nationality
Facilitations
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 5151/96 and dated 21/ 6 / 1975, what was stated
in paragraphs 1, 2, 5, and 8 are members of our community and we have no information about them
as for the rest, their religion cannot be determined.
Please accept the highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community
A copy to:
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for information please.

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Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Directorate /: Identities
Number /: Special / 5606
Date /: 1 / 6 / 1975
Presidency of the ⟦illegible⟧ Community
Registration Number 1027
Date 29 / 6 / 1975
Incoming Stamp
To :- Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information you have regarding the persons
listed below and state whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
1- Anthima Eliyahu Shmiah
2- Nassim Latif Khabbaza
3- Naeem Hesqel Ezra
4- Nassim Emmanuel Maliki
5- Victoria Eliyahu Ishaq
6- Fathi Sassoon
7- Flora Shamoun Abdullah
8- Flora Ezra . S . Ishaq
9- Victor . M . Maza
⟦signature⟧
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Assaf
For/ Director General of Nationality
Copy to
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your letter Legal 5606 on 27 / 2 / 1975
Awaiting the result, please.
575
Urgent
Belilish and Eliyakon do not appear in the records as for their religion and we have no information -
As for the others in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, they are members of the community

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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone number { Secretary 80452
83531
Number T/: 1631 / 75
Date: 25 / 6 / 1975
Subject /:
574
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 5613/96 and dated 24 / 6 / 1975, the
persons mentioned in your above letter are members of our community and we do not have
information about them. Except for what was stated in paragraphs 5 and 11, it is not possible to decide on
their religion.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for your information please.

Archival unit 320

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Directorate of /: Nationalities
Number /: Special / 906
Date /: 2 / 6 / 1975
To :-: Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Number 1027
Date 24 / 6 / 1975
574
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information you have regarding the persons
whose names are listed below and state whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
1- Max Albert Haddad
2- Matana Ibrahim Moussa
3- Moussa Houri
4- Maurice Nahoum
5- Maryam Abdullah
6- Robin
7- Khedhouri
8- Daniel
9- Khatoun
10- Mazli Touba Ibrahim Shlomo
11- Alwiya Abboudi
12- Mazli Shaul Aslan
13- Serge Houki Saleh Shantoub
Children of Youssef Moussa Rahmin
Note: Regarding the register, we went and did not find information for them in the register
The number is from the visitors of our community previously, except for what was mentioned in information 5 and 11
In the tithe
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
On behalf of / Director General of Nationality
Copy to /-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - your letter Rights 5791 on 2 / 3 / 975
To await the result, please.
Incoming Stamp

Archival unit 321

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. ( President 83531
Secretary 80400
Number T /: 1623 / 75
Date: 3 / 6 / 1975
Subject /:
572
Respected Directorate General of Nationality
Travels
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 31/5043 and dated 2/6/1975, it is not possible
to decide on the religion of (Elias Hanna Harraqa).
Please accept the highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy to:
General Secretariat of Civil Status - Rights - for information please.

Archival unit 322

Incoming Stamp
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Directorate of: Identities
Number / News / 310 /: 50
Date /: 1 / 6 / 1975
Presidency of the ⟦illegible⟧ Community
Special Number 996
Date 2 / 6 / 1975
572
To the Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us with all available information you have regarding
the individual named (Elias Hanna Harraqa) and state ⟦illegible⟧
your community or not.
⟦signature⟧
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Assaf
For / Director General of Nationality
Not known
A copy to
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your letter ⟦line⟧
14502 on 21 / 5 / 975 awaiting
the result ⟦line⟧

Archival unit 323

General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
Secretariat of <del>the Consultant</del>
Division of
Rights
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Please refer to the number and date of this letter
and the secretariat division from which it was issued when replying
Number /:
Date /:
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
⟦in Baghdad⟧
Number
Date
572
Police
Secretariat of Center Properties / Confirmation of Ownership
Subject / Nationality of a Jew
Further to our letter No. 14502 on 1975/5/21 regarding the property T /
Benjamin in file 1495.
The Presidency of the Mosaic Community informed us in its letter No. T / 75/1623 on 75/6/3
that it cannot decide on the religion of the person named (Elias Hanna Khawaka), so please inquire
and the mukhtars of the area where the property is located about the religion of the aforementioned and inform us to confirm
his nationality.
On behalf of / Secretary General
⟦Ahmed Shaker⟧
A copy to /
Presidency of the Mosaic Community / Baghdad / your letter above / for information please
General Directorate of Nationality / IDs / your letter No. 5043/31 on 3/ please
Secretariat of Rights / File 6 / Section 2
General Papers
Salah 6/14

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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone number ⟦illegible⟧ Al-Saadoun
8353
Number T/: 1622 / 75
Date: 3 / 6 / 1975
Subject /:
572
Respected Directorate General of Nationality
Deportations
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 5000/31 dated 6/6/1975, we have
previously replied to the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets in our letter numbered T/ 1597 / 75 dated
21/5/1975, that the religion of (Layla Shouli Muqli) cannot be proven.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
For the Presidency of the Jewish Community
Copy to:
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for your information please.

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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Drafts
Number / File /: 31 /
Date: 6 / 1975
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information you have regarding the person named (Layla Shamouli
Muqattas) and state whether she is a member of your community or not ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 992
Date 22 / 6 / 1975
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Assaf
For / Director General of Nationality
A copy to
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your letter Legal 14350 on 20 / 5 / 1975
To await the result, please.
Mr. Waz
We replied to the Secretariat with our letter 1597 on 21 / 5 / 75 it does not concern the house