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Mosul Liwa Governorate
Liberations
Secret
No. S/1245
Date 12/18/358
Corresponding to January 28, 940
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
Special ⟦Pen⟧
No. 575
Date 1/20/940
57 / 27
To: Ministry of Interior
Subject: Infiltration of Assyrians into Iraq
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Your letter M Kh / 3664 dated 10/28/939
The outlets through which Assyrians can infiltrate into Iraq are under permanent surveillance by the administration and the police, and
we have not found any displacement movement worth mentioning except for some individual cases that occur under surveillance and are taken to court,
where the fate of the Assyrian traveler is to be returned to Syria, expelled after punishment. We do not see the police situation
as conducive to forming the outposts suggested by the British Consulate on the borders. However, the surveillance
conducted via patrols and intelligence is seen as sufficient at the present time to prevent infiltration.
⟦signature⟧
Governor of Mosul Liwa
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Mosul Liwa Governorate
Liberations
Secret
Number: Secret 1245
Date: 18 / 12 / 358
Corresponding to: 28 January / 940
To - Ministry of Interior
Subject: Infiltration of Assyrians into Iraq
Your letter M.Kh / 3664 dated 28 / 10 / 939
The outlets through which ⟦prevent⟧ Assyrians can infiltrate into Iraq are under permanent surveillance by the administration and the police, and we
have not found any movement of displacement worthy of mention except for some individual cases that fall under surveillance and are taken to court,
where the fate of the Assyrian infiltrator is to be returned to Syria, expelled after punishment. We do not see the police situation
as conducive to forming the outposts suggested by the ⟦British⟧ consulate in Aleppo on the borders. However, the surveillance that
is carried out through patrols and inquiries is deemed sufficient at the present time to prevent infiltration.
⟦signature⟧
Governor of Mosul Liwa
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Ministry of the Interior
Directorate General of Police
Branch
57/27
25 Dhu al-Hijjah 1358
4 February 1940
Baghdad
No. S/46
25/10
Ministry of the Interior of Iraq:
Private Office:
Number: 708
Date: 2/5
(( Secret ))
To
Ministry of the Interior
Subject - Assyrians in Al-Jazira.
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2664/42
Reference to your letter numbered (Khal) and dated 25 October 1939.
Since the establishment of the proposed outposts in the locations indicated in the letter of the Royal Iraqi Consulate
in Aleppo (the copy of which was attached to your aforementioned letter) requires the expenditure of large expenses
that burden the budget and which the current financial distress does not help to provide for, this
Department believes that the best way by which the borders can be monitored in that area is
the deployment of regular mobile patrols at different times, provided that they are assisted in this by armed vehicles
and that the Police Directorate of Mosul Province is implementing this method to pursue foreigners
infiltrating into Iraq from these locations in the districts of Sinjar and Tal Afar, whether those
foreigners are Assyrians or non-Assyrians.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Director General of Police
Copy to -
Director of Mosul Province Police
Reference to their letter numbered 123 and dated 15 / 1 / 1940
and we request the continuation of following this method and doubling
efforts in monitoring and tracking to prevent the infiltration of
foreigners from the locations under discussion.
Kh.Kh.
2/12
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25 Dhu al-Hijjah 1358
4 February 1940
(( Secret ))
P 401
25/10
Ministry of Interior
Subject - Assyrians in Al-Jazira.
Reference to your letter numbered (KH-A-L) and dated 25 October 1939.
Since the establishment of the proposed outposts at the locations indicated in the letter of the Royal Consulate
of Iraq in Aleppo (a copy of which was attached to your aforementioned letter) would require spending
large expenses that burden the budget, and which the current financial distress does not help to provide for, this
department believes that the best way through which the borders in that area can be monitored is
sending organized mobile patrols at various times, provided they are assisted in this by
armed vehicles. The Directorate of Police of Mosul Province is implementing this method to pursue foreigners
infiltrating Iraq from these sites in the districts of Sinjar and Tal Afar, whether those
foreigners are Assyrians or non-Assyrians.
⟦signature⟧
Director General of Police
Copy to -
Director of Police of Mosul Province
Reference to its letter numbered 123 and dated 15 / 1 / 1940
We request to continue following this method and to double
the efforts in monitoring and tracking to prevent the infiltration of
foreigners from the locations under discussion.
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(1) Annual Files
(2) The Papers
(3) Written by him and approved by the institution
Georgiat Rashid, born in the year 928
In Germany and carries a passport
⟦illegible⟧
Mr. Abdul Warith
Kaholi C " "
⟦signature⟧
4 / 12
Tasked us and requested
A comprehensive summary
12 / 11
Postponed for return on
The holiday
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Q 3028
The news report with you please
⟦illegible⟧ 10/17
P
I have lost a work with you today in
⟦signature⟧
10/27
Mr. Issa
The news report is not with me and it is possible
to search for it with Mr. ⟦Daghram⟧
with him ⟦R. J.⟧ 1/5
⟦signature⟧
10/28
⟦illegible⟧
10/29
Mr. Issa
Please search for it ⟦illegible⟧ the book
and inform us to mention that he has been notified
Please
⟦signature⟧
10/29
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Ministry of Interior
Directorate General of Police
Administration Department
2 Ramadan 1358
15 October 1939
Baghdad ⟦17⟧
(( Confidential ))
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
Special Office
Number 5590
Date 17 / 10 / 939
Number S/: 2797
To: Ministry of Interior
Subject: Assyrians residing in Al-Jazeera.
Reference to your letter numbered 2344 dated 29 July 1939.
( 1 ) We present to your Ministry herewith a copy of the letter from the Central
Criminal Investigation Administration Directorate numbered 1962 and dated 21 / September 1939
concerning the biography pages of the Assyrian Daoud Abraham, known as Daoud Bareh Oji De
Abraham, for your kind review.
( 2 ) The case of the aforementioned has concluded with his sentencing by the Military
Tribunal to seven years of hard labor and placing him under police surveillance
for another five years. (Correspondence ending with your Ministry's letter
numbered 3377 and dated 4 October 1939).
( 3 ) As for the drivers whose involvement in assisting the transport of Assyrians from outside
the borders into Iraq has been proven, investigations are still ongoing by the Mosul
Police Directorate to identify them and the nature of the assistance they provided, and we will provide
your Ministry with the results reached and the measures taken in this regard.
⟦signature⟧
Director General of Police
Copy to -
Mosul Province Police Directorate
Reference to its letter numbered 3203 dated 5 / 9 / 1939
And we request that you provide us from time to time with the results of
the investigations and follow-ups regarding the mentioned drivers.
Attachments
20 / 10 / 939
For kind review, as this department (Office) has previously
informed us in its letter ⟦illegible⟧ regarding the fate and case of the Assyrian
Daoud Abraham, and it has also ⟦concluded⟧ regarding the infiltration of Assyrians
into the country and stated that the local authorities are interested; therefore,
we have limited ourselves to informing the administration of that at the time, and thus this letter of ours is redundant and unnecessary.
17 / 10 / 939
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Ministry of Interior
Directorate General of Police
Administration Division
(( Secret ))
2 Ramadan 1358
15 October 1939
Baghdad ⟦on 17⟧
Number ⟦S/⟧ 2797
To
Ministry of Interior
Subject - Assyrians residing in Al-Jazira.
( 1 ) Reference to your letter No. 2344 dated July 29, 1939.
We submit to your Ministry herewith a copy of the letter from the Directorate
of Central Criminal Investigation Administration No. 1962 dated September 21, 1939
regarding the biography pages of the Assyrian Dawood Abraham, nicknamed Dawood Bareh Oji Di
Abraham, for your kind perusal.
( 2 ) The case of the aforementioned has concluded with his sentencing by the Martial
Military Court to hard labor for a period of seven years and placing him under police
surveillance for another five years. (Correspondence ending with your Ministry's letter
No. 3377 dated October 4, 1939).
( 3 ) As for the drivers whose involvement in assisting the transport of Assyrians from outside
the borders into Iraq was proven, investigations are still ongoing by the Mosul Police
Directorate to identify them and the nature of the assistance they provided, and we will inform
your Ministry of the results reached and the measures taken in this regard.
Director General of Police
Copy to -
Mosul Province Police Directorate
Reference to its letter No. 3203 dated 5 / 9 / 1939
And we request that you provide us from time to time with what you reach regarding
investigations and follow-ups concerning the mentioned drivers.
Attachments
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Copy of the letter from the Central Criminal Investigation Administration Directorate No. Sh/Kh / 1662 dated
September 21, 1939, addressed to the General Police Directorate
Subject - Assyrians residing in Al-Jazira
Your letter No. 2506 dated July 30/31, 1939.
We present to your office the following information that we obtained as a result of the investigation we conducted
regarding the Assyrian Dawud Abraham, nicknamed Dawud Barih Oji de Abraham, whose case was discussed
in your letter referred to above.
1 - The father of the aforementioned was born in the village of Hilaneh, belonging to the Shamzdin district of
Van - Turkey. He had migrated with the people of Hilaneh village to Urmia - Iran during the era of
the Ottoman government before the General War due to a severe battle between the Harkey tribe
and the residents of the aforementioned village. He stayed there in Urmia for two years, and his son Dawud Abraham was born there.
Then he returned with the people of Hilaneh village to their place at the request of the Ottoman government.
At that time, Dawud Abraham resided in Hilaneh with his father until the time of the General War, after which he migrated
following the death of his father with the Assyrians and came to Iraq in 1918 and lived in Baqubah
for two years, then left for Mandan - Mosul after the death of his mother in Baqubah and resided in
Mandan for two years. There he joined the Levies and served until 1927 and was employed
in the Iraq Petroleum Company in Kirkuk. He is married to a woman from his community named Georgette,
with whom he has a daughter named Esperance. He has a brother named Primo Abraham, also a clerk in the oil company and holder
of Iraqi Nationality Certificate No. 4613. He has a second maternal brother named Kashtoto and an uncle named
Kalokashto living in Diana. He had contacted the Kirkuk Brigade Police in 1934 stating that the numbered
Dawud had letters harmful to the country's interests. A search was conducted in his house and papers and letters
written in the Assyrian and English languages were found, whose senders intended to urge the Assyrian Association in Kirkuk to
continue collecting donations and following up on their activities in the Assyrian cause. For this, the numbered was referred to
the Kirkuk Criminal Court, but he was released on the grounds that no evidentiary evidence requiring his conviction was found
in the investigative papers filed against him. The judge requested his presentation on the charge of violating the Lottery and Public Subscription Law,
but he was also released on this charge. The aforementioned Dawud was one of the individuals involved
in the Assyrian cause in a dangerous manner and did not cease from spreading the spirit of division and plotting intrigues
between Iraqis and Assyrians. He showed enthusiasm in the known Assyrian cause and began contacting the followers
of Mar Shimun present in Kirkuk who used to command them, encouraging them and persuading them to emigrate
from Iraq and join Mar Shimun. He also on several occasions sought secretly
to collect money from the Assyrians through the subscription method, and whenever he had an amount of money available, he sent it
to Daniel Malik Ismail, the officer in the Levies, for the latter to send it to Mar Shimun.
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A copy of the letter from the Directorate of Central Criminal Investigation Management No. Sh/Kh/1962 dated
September 21, 1939, addressed to the Directorate of General Police.
Subject - Assyrians residing in the Jazira.
Your letter No. 2506 dated July 30/31, 1939.
We present to your highness the following information available to us as a result of the investigation we conducted
regarding the Assyrian Dawud Abraham, nicknamed Dawud Brih Oji Di Abraham, whose case was discussed
in your aforementioned letter.
1 - The father of the aforementioned was born in the village of Helaneh belonging to the district of Shemzdin in the province of
Van - Turkey. He had migrated with the people of Helaneh village to Urmia - Iran during the era of the
Ottoman government before the General War, due to a fierce battle occurring between the
Harkiya tribe and the people of the mentioned village. He stayed there in Urmia for a period of two years, and his son
Dawud Abraham was born there. Then he returned with the people of Helaneh village to their place at the request of the Ottoman government.
At that time, Dawud Abraham resided in Helaneh with his father until the time of the General War, after which he migrated
following the death of his father with the Assyrians and came to Iraq in the year 1918 and lived in Baqubah
for a period of two years. Then he left it for Mindan - Mosul after the death of his mother in Baqubah and resided in
Mindan for two years. There he joined the Levies army and served in it until 1927 and was employed
in the Iraq Petroleum Company in Kirkuk. He is married to a woman from his community named Georgina,
with whom he has a daughter named Esperance. He has a brother named Primo Abraham, also a clerk in the Petroleum Company and holder
of Iraqi Nationality Certificate No. 4613. He has a second brother from his mother named Kushtoto and an uncle named
Kalukushto who resides in Diana. The Kirkuk Brigade police were contacted in 1934 stating that the named
Dawud possessed letters harmful to the interest of the country. A search of his house was conducted and papers and letters
written in the Assyrian and English languages were found. Their senders intended to urge the Assyrian Association in Kirkuk to
continue collecting aid and pursuing their activities in the Assyrian cause. For this reason, the named was referred to
the Kirkuk Criminal Court, but he was released on the grounds that no evidence was found in the investigation papers against him
to justify his conviction. The judge requested he be presented on charges of violating the Lottery and Public Subscription Law,
but he was released on this charge as well. The mentioned Dawud was among the persons active
in the Assyrian cause in a dangerous manner and never ceased spreading the spirit of division and plotting intrigues
between Iraqis and Assyrians. He showed enthusiasm in the known Assyrian case and began contacting the followers
of Mar Shimun present in Kirkuk and those who used to frequent it, encouraging them and persuading them to emigrate
from Iraq and join Mar Shimun. He also, on several occasions, sought secretly
to collect money from the Assyrians through subscription. Whenever he gathered an amount of money, he sent it
to Daniel Malik Ismail, an officer in the Levies army, for the latter to send it to Mar Shimun.
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This is in addition to how he used to treat the Iraqis who worked under him when he was
an employee at the Iraq Petroleum Company in Kirkuk, and he would inflict upon them matters that even the
local authorities became fed up with, forcing the Governorate of Kirkuk Province to request the company to dismiss
the aforementioned from its service. So they dismissed him, and he traveled to Syria with a transit permit number 37 dated
2/24/1936 under the pretext of summer vacationing. Then he returned to Iraq and subsequently began helping
the Assyrians who had emigrated to Syria after their situation worsened there to return secretly
to Iraq <del>secretly</del> by means of some car thieves whose identities are still under investigation
to know who they are, noting that the aforementioned was able to obtain the Iraqi
Nationality Certificate numbered 9643 and dated 8/25/1938. On this occasion,
we hope to draw your attention to the letter from the Police Director of Mosul Province numbered 3203 and dated 9/5/39
addressed to you, a copy of which was sent to us regarding the sentence issued against him by the Military Martial Court
in Mosul.
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This is in addition to how he used to treat the Iraqis who worked under him when he was
an employee at the Iraq Petroleum Company in Kirkuk, and inflicted upon them that which even the
local authorities grew weary of. Consequently, the Governorate of Kirkuk Province was forced to request that the company dismiss
the aforementioned from its service, so it dismissed him. He traveled to Syria with travel permit number 37 dated
24 / 2 / 1936 under the pretext of summer vacation, then returned to Iraq and subsequently began helping
the Assyrians who had emigrated to Syria after their conditions worsened there to return secretly
to Iraq <del>secretly</del> through some car drivers whose investigation is still ongoing
to identify them, noting that the person in question was able to obtain the
Iraqi nationality certificate numbered 9643 and dated 25 / 8 / 1938. On this occasion
we hope you will kindly look into the letter from the Director of Police of Mosul Province numbered 3203 and dated 5 / 9 / 39
addressed to you, a copy of which was sent to us regarding the sentence issued against him by the Military Court-Martial
in Mosul.
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NOTE NO. 1716
D.G.
Reference our M.Kh. 3735 of 31.10.39 to D.G.P. and Mut. Mosul.
It is of course the duty of Consul Aleppo to report on any undesirable activities that may come to his notice. But I think that he is exceeding his functions when he suggests the details of action to be taken e.g. that any particular individual should be sent to the Military Court; that is a matter for the local authorities in Iraq to decide.
Consul Aleppo can only get his information about what is happening at Gayara and other places in Iraq through informers. Information of this kind is often prejudiced and the Consul may, without knowing it, be lending himself to be an instrument for satisfying other people's private enmities. The violence of the Consul's reports suggests that he is under the influence of emotions; (emotions); his reports are not as objective as is desirable for reports from Govt. Officials.
I think this ex-officer consul's reports should be treated with a certain reserve, but of course his statements should be carefully investigated and appropriate action should be taken if they are found to be true.
Intld/ C.J.E.
3.11.39.
Noted.
⟦illegible⟧
8/11
S. M. Kh.
Register me
11/7
M. Kh.
Deposit it in its private file
11/8
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note no 1717
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D.S.
Reference our M.Kh. 3735 of 31.10.28
to D.S.P ⟦at once⟧ Mosul.
It is of course the duty of Consul
Aleppo to report any undesirable
activities that may come to his
notice. But I think that he is
exceeding his functions when he
suggests the detail of action to be
taken e.g. that any particular in-
dividual should be sent to the
Military Court; that is a matter for
the local authorities in Iraq to decide.
Consul Aleppo can only put his in-
formation about what is happening at
Gayara & other places in Iraq through in-
formers. Information of this kind is often
prejudiced & the Consul may, without
knowing it, be lending himself to be
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13 Ramadan / 358
26 October 1939
21 / G / 2725
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Special Office
- Secret -
Directorate General of Police ⟦Criminal⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Governorate of Mosul Province
Subject: The followers of the Assyrian Dawud Abraham -
We enclose herewith a copy of the letter from the Royal Iraqi Consulate
in Aleppo, No. 1 / 11 / 110, dated 8 / 10 / 939 regarding the subject,
and we request you provide us with your views on its contents as soon as possible.
For the Minister of Interior
Adm.
Asst. Adm.
31/10
M. D.
10 / 31
⟦illegible⟧
10 / 28
⟦illegible⟧
S. D.
⟦mark⟧
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ROYAL CONSULATE OF IRAQ
ALEPPO.
Royal Iraqi Consulate
Aleppo
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Ministry of Interior of Iraq
The Private Office
Number 5527
Date 15 / 10 / 1939
No.: 1/11/110
Date: 8 October 1939
SECRET
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Subject - Cutting off the roots of the Assyrian tails
Daoud Abraham
The conviction of the Assyrian Daoud Abraham (who wanted to play a dangerous role against the Iraqi state
but did not succeed) encouraged me to continue seeking out his colleagues, or rather his tails among the Assyrians
who operate with his destructive principles and feel the same sense of revenge he carries. As a result of the continuous
effort and fortunately, I have reached some information about his tails who work secretly whether
in Mosul or in Al-Qayyarah. It has become clear to me that his tails are the four individuals listed ⟦S⟧
with their names and addresses below, assisted by the two brothers of William Malik Khumo, namely the Captain in the Iraqi Army Yohanna
Malik Khumo and the other Daniel Malik Khumo, as the latter supports them financially due to his many shares in the National
Bank, in order to conduct their activities according to their desires and principles.
It seems necessary here to classify the personalities of these four tails to know their intentions and purposes -
And here is the statement -
Both Nimrod Israel and William Malik Khumo carry a wicked revenge against the Iraqis and the Iraqi state
and they always declare the following - if Daoud is gone, there is someone to take his place and complete his plans
referring to themselves and their colleagues.
For William Malik Khumo relies on his two brothers, the Captain in the Iraqi Army Yohanna Malik Khumo and the other
the wealthy Daniel Malik Khumo, as he believes that his officer brother will save him from his ordeal if the need
arises, as well as his other brother's wealth. As for Odineh Elias, many suspicions hover around him, but he is extremely
secretive and has contact with the British Intelligence officer ⟦Tjh⟧ in Mosul. In support of this, the secretary of the
Intelligence officer in Mosul, named Julius, always draws from him news related to the Assyrians, including
the case of searching the Assyrian houses in Al-Qayyarah, where on 12/8/39 Julius met Odineh and asked him the
following questions -
1 - How many police officers arrived in Al-Qayyarah.
2 - What is the name of the assistant and the name of the commissioner who conducted the investigation.
3 - Did they find any secret letters or other things.
4 - Did the company allow the police to conduct a thorough search and not object.
5 - What is the number of houses that were investigated.
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Ministry of Interior - Private Office
Citizen Mohammed Mouloud Rasool
File 9 / 12 / 254
Summary: The Q.S. was notified on 14 / 7 our letter 1089 on 7 / 7 and 995 on 1 / 5
and the Secret letter 4012 on 26 / 5 and the Security letter 11421 on 10 / 7 with the memorandum
The Minister's approval to grant him a new passport and cancel the travel ban order
His hand
R