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The Honorable Minister of Information
Subject: Torah gift to London
Greetings and respect
Further to our letter numbered T / 622 / 72 dated 2/12/1972
And based on the approval of your ministry, please receive 25 Torah scrolls
out of an estimated 50 Torah scrolls to England <del>via Rabbi</del>
The Rabbi of the Sephardic Jewish Communities in London ⟦the matter⟧ please receive the 25
remaining Torah scrolls to be sent to him <del>via diplomatic mail</del> as a parcel
Please accept our highest respect
Director
Number
Date
Subject
Entity
Attachments
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Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 83531 President
Ref No. T/: 779
Date: 23 / 7 / ⟦illegible⟧
Subject /:
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His Excellency the Minister of Interior, respected
Greetings and respect, and thereafter
Further to our conversation with His Excellency the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior on the morning of July 19th,
I present to your Excellency:
The esteemed Revolutionary Command Council has thankfully abolished all exceptional laws regarding Iraqi Jews
and equated them with the rest of the citizens. However, your respected ministry has recently issued
special instructions to refer all financial transactions related to members of our community to the General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets for the purpose of verifying that the person concerned has retained Iraqi nationality,
despite the fact that the applicant holds an identity card for the retention of Iraqi nationality.
The General Secretariat for Frozen Assets, in turn, has begun to either reject the request or refrain
from answering, and thus it blocks all avenues of work for the Iraqi Mosaic and prevents him from being able
to dispose of his money and affairs according to the provisions of the laws, and even for the purpose of managing his livelihood, as most
members of our community have been unemployed for years. For example, but not limited to, the members of
our community have not been allowed for five months:
1 - To conduct any transaction for the sale of immovable property, mortgaging it, releasing the mortgage, and receiving the mortgage value
or the compensation for expropriation and the interests resulting therefrom.
2 - To receive dividends from company shares and the price of compensation for company shares
that were seized.
3 - To dispose of nationalized bonds.
4 - As well as stopping all financial transactions at the Notaries Public, power of attorney, and the like.
5 - Inability to sell vacant plots of land despite the obligation to pay taxes on them.
6 - The Central Bank has recently refrained from providing the Mosaic individual who has retained
Iraqi nationality with the foreign transfer allowed to him, despite the approval of
your respected ministry for his travel.
To be continued
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Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 83531 President
Number T/ 779
Date 3 / 7 / 197⟦...⟧
779
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The application of these instructions has restricted all the actions of the members of our community, especially for the unemployed
who are trying to manage their livelihood. Therefore, we ask your Excellency to kindly consider this
issue with an eye of kindness and care, and to allow the Mosaic citizens to enjoy their rights
and actions according to the law and within the framework of the public interest.
Please accept our highest respect.
Meer Basri
Acting Head of the Community
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
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Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 83531 President
No. T /: 779 / 72
Date: 23 / 7 / 1972
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His Excellency the Respected Minister of Interior
Greetings and respect, and thereafter
Confirming our conversation with His Excellency the Respected Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior on the morning of July 11 current
I present to your Excellency:
The esteemed Revolutionary Command Council has thankfully abolished all exceptional laws regarding Iraqi Jews
and equalized them with the rest of the citizens. However, your respected ministry has recently issued
special instructions to refer all financial transactions related to the members of our community to the General
Secretariat for Frozen Assets for the purpose of verifying that the person concerned retains Iraqi nationality
despite the fact that the person in question holds an identity card for retaining Iraqi nationality.
The General Secretariat for Frozen Assets, in turn, has begun to either reject the request or refrain
from answering, and thus it blocks all avenues of work for the Iraqi Mosaic and prevents him from being able
to dispose of his money and affairs according to the provisions of the laws, even for the purpose of managing his livelihood, as most
members of our community have been unemployed for years. For example, but not limited to, the members of
our community have not been allowed for five months:
1 - To conduct any transaction for the sale of immovable property, mortgaging it, releasing the mortgage, and receiving the mortgage value
or the compensation for expropriation and the interest resulting therefrom.
2 - To receive dividends from company shares and the price of compensation for company shares
that were seized.
3 - To dispose of nationalized bonds.
4 - As well as stopping all financial transactions with notaries public, power of attorney for others, and the like.
5 - Not enabling the sale of vacant plots despite the obligation to pay taxes on them.
6 - The Central Bank has recently refrained from providing the Mosaic individual who retains
Iraqi nationality with the permitted foreign transfer despite the approval of
your respected ministry for his travel.
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Telephone No. 83531 President
Number T/ 75 / 779 / 72
Date 23 / 7 / 1972
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Subject / ⟦line⟧
The application of these instructions has restricted all actions of the members of our community, especially for the unemployed
who are trying to manage their livelihood. Therefore, we ask your Excellency to kindly consider this
issue with kindness and care and to allow Mosaic citizens to enjoy their rights
and actions according to the law and within the framework of the public interest.
Please accept our highest respect.
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Baghdad
⟦signature⟧
Meer Basri
Acting Head of the Community
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Telephone No. 83531 President
Number T/ 779 / 74
Date 7 / 7 / 197
Subject /
His Excellency the Honorable Minister of Interior
Greetings and respect, and thereafter
Confirming our conversation with His Excellency the Honorable Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior on the morning of July 16 current
I present to your Excellency:
The venerable Revolutionary Command Council has thankfully abolished all exceptional laws regarding Iraqi Jews
and equalized them with the rest of the citizens. However, your esteemed ministry has recently issued
special instructions to refer all financial transactions related to the members of our community to the General
Secretariat for Frozen Assets for the purpose of verifying that the person concerned retains Iraqi citizenship
despite the fact that the transaction owner holds an identity card for retaining Iraqi citizenship.
The General Secretariat for Frozen Assets, in turn, has started to either reject the request or refrain
from answering, and thus it blocks all avenues of work for the Iraqi Mosaic and prevents him from being able
to dispose of his money and affairs according to the provisions of the laws, and even for the purpose of managing his livelihood, as most
members of our community have been unemployed for years. For example, but not limited to, the members of
our community have not been allowed for five months:
1 - To conduct any transaction for the sale of immovable property, mortgaging it, releasing the mortgage, and receiving the mortgage value
or the compensation for expropriation and the interests resulting therefrom.
2 - To receive dividends from company shares and the price of compensation for company shares
that were seized.
3 - To dispose of nationalized bonds.
4 - As well as stopping all financial transactions with notaries public, power of attorney, and the like.
5 - Inability to sell vacant plots of land despite the obligation to pay taxes on them.
6 - The Central Bank has recently refrained from providing the Mosaic individual who retains
Iraqi citizenship with the permitted foreign transfer despite the approval of
your esteemed ministry for his travel.
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in Baghdad
Telephone No. 83531 President
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Number T/⟦line⟧
Date 22 / 7 / 1970
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The application of these instructions has frozen all actions of the members of our community, especially for the unemployed
who are trying to manage their livelihood. Therefore, we ask your Excellency to kindly order the consideration of this
issue with an eye of kindness and care, and to allow Mosaic citizens to enjoy their rights
and actions according to the law and within the framework of the public interest.
Please accept our highest respect.
Meer Basri
Acting Head of the Community
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Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
80452 Secretary
Number T/: 240 / 70
Date: 8 / 6 / 1970
Subject /:
The Honorable President of the Republic and Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Greetings and respect,
I submit to the Revolutionary Command Council, headed by Your Excellency, expressions of loyalty, glorification, and reverence, and I express that I have read
and the members of my community have read with great pleasure the news of the giant step stemming from the high progressive human faith that
equates citizens, treats them justly, and removes from them the effects of injustice and grievance regardless of their religion and sect. How beautiful
is that giant step represented in the determination of the esteemed Revolutionary Command Council to prepare appropriate opportunities for the return of Iraqi Jews
who were misled and left the home of their fathers and grandfathers, becoming displaced under every star and seeking refuge in various
regions and countries, knowing that the Jews who left Iraq under the influence of the compelling circumstances that prevailed after the year 1948
many of them went to England, France, Switzerland, and other European countries, Canada, North and South America, and even
Australia and Japan, and all of them are linked to this good and blessed land by bonds of thousands of years and the participation of all their fellow citizens
in good times and bad throughout the various historical eras that have passed over this country.
In pride of this blessed step and the invitation to our brothers, whom compelling circumstances forced to leave their country, to
return and seek shade under this clear sky, I express to Your Excellency feelings of sincerity and gratitude in my own name personally
and in the name of my community, and I seize this opportunity to reiterate thanks and appreciation for what you have graciously provided in the past months in canceling
the two laws restricting the financial transactions of Iraqi Jewish citizens, accepting Jewish students into colleges and high schools
directing the reinstatement of those dismissed and unemployed to their jobs, releasing detainees and those held in custody,
and exempting Jewish temples from water and electricity fees, and other matters that indicate a desire to remove the grievances that were imposed
on the members of our Iraqi community in previous eras and to actually equate them with all other Iraqi citizens.
Honorable Mr. President,
In previous eras, laws, regulations, and instructions were issued affecting the members of the Iraqi Mosaic community and restricting
their freedoms and actions, imposing on them harassments and difficulties whose only purpose was to force them to leave their country
and seek refuge in other countries to escape those restrictions and preserve the future of their children and families. Iraqi citizenship was revoked
from Jews who were accustomed to living abroad and had no relationship with Israel, but rather loved
to maintain their original Iraqi citizenship and were the best publicity for their country and a tongue speaking of Iraq's goodness, kindness,
and humanity.
So allow me, Mr. President, as you and the esteemed Revolutionary Command Council have graciously corrected the remnants of the past,
to present to your noble ears matters that are still a subject of complaint for the members of our Iraqi community, requesting that they be considered with an eye of
kindness and care, and in light of the progressive human revolutionary principles, in completion of your thanked favor and in support of the call.
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Date:
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which you launched for the return of Iraqi Jews to their homeland, which they love, cherish, and long for.
Among these matters:
(1) Instructions and special orders were issued at various times during previous eras regarding the treatment of Iraqi Jews
with exceptional treatment, restricting them, and obstructing their transactions. I request that you kindly order the cancellation of those restrictions and equate the members of
our community with all other Iraqi citizens in all respects.
(2) Instructing ministries and departments to proceed with implementing the orders issued to reinstate Jewish officials and employees
who were dismissed from their jobs, and to accept members of our community into the membership of the Chamber of Commerce and all other unions and professional associations,
and to register their trade names and trademarks that were canceled by the Directorate of General Companies Registration, and to employ them in companies,
semi-official and private institutions and establishments, and to create job opportunities for them as distributors for the General Sales Service,
the Tobacco Monopoly Administration, the Iraqi Stores Company, the Ports Service, and all other government services, as well as brokers, clearing
agents, legal accountants, etc...
It is no secret to your Excellency that at least 90% of the members of our community, whose population does not exceed
three thousand (including women, the elderly, the infirm, and children), are still unemployed, loitering in
cafes and streets. This is an escalating social and economic problem, and we do not know how it can be addressed if those
capable of working do not find immediate employment to provide for their livelihood and the livelihood of their families, and are not left as prey to need,
distress, and fatal worry. The members of our community are part of the Iraqi people, and we are confident that the esteemed Revolutionary Command Council
is keen to create job opportunities for them, just like all other citizens.
(3) The General Secretariat for the Administration and Supervision of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship has seized most of
the endowments (Awqaf) of the Jewish community, and even most of the endowments registered in the Land Registry (Tabu), and some pure properties without any legal
justification. Those endowments are designated for charitable and cultural works, assisting the sick and the poor, and religious matters. Finally,
it seized the Holy Torah scrolls, confiscated them, and handed them over to the Directorate of Antiquities. This action of theirs is considered
something that complicates our connection. You and the respected members of the Revolutionary Command Council are the guardians of the heritage, sanctities, and sanctity of the heavenly
religions. We refer to our two letters numbered T/221/70 and T/235/70 dated 4/26/70 and
5/26/70, copies of which are attached to the esteemed Revolutionary Command Council in this regard.
(4) On 10/22/67, the Minister of Interior decided to dissolve two charitable societies of the Jewish community: the first is a society
for shrouding and burying the dead, and the second for teaching the Torah and the Jewish religion. The funds and properties of these two societies are still
under liquidation.
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83531 President
80452 Secretary
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In view of the religious, charitable, and humanitarian activities of these two associations, please be so kind as to order the cancellation of the
dissolution decision and the reinstatement of these two associations.
Since 1964, the members of our community have been deprived of the right to travel outside Iraq for any reason whatsoever; however, following
the blessed July 17 Revolution, which equalized all citizens, the Ministry of Interior abolished the special instructions
that restricted the travel of Iraqi Jews. Nevertheless, the competent departments have not implemented this decision until now, and among
the members of our community are the sick, students, and the elderly who need to travel for medical treatment, financial studies, and so on.
This is what must be presented to your Excellency and the esteemed Revolutionary Command Council. There is no doubt that you will look upon it with
care and sympathy and instruct the removal of the grievances complained of by loyal Iraqi citizens who are attached to the soil of this homeland,
sympathetic to all its children, and that you will issue orders to ministries and departments to treat Jewish citizens equally
with all other citizens in a complete manner.
I ask Almighty God to guide your hand, Mr. President, and the hand of the Revolutionary Command Council for the elevation of the homeland
and the prosperity of its people, and to grant you success in every good and prosperity, and to bestow His blessings and graces upon you, and to keep you as a support for the weak and the oppressed.
Please accept the highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
President of the Mosaic Community
Copy to - The Esteemed Revolutionary Command Council
Ministry of Interior
Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Culture and Information
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Economy
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Telephone No. 83531 President
No. T/: 618 / 72
Date: 12 / 1 / 1972
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Subject
Ministry of Information
Directorate of General Culture
Baghdad
Greetings and respect:
I have received with thanks your letter numbered 1110 and dated 10 / 1 / 1972
And while I cherish the appreciation you expressed, it pleases me to perform the duty imposed upon me in raising
the status of my country and showing it in its lofty and beautiful appearance, expressing my readiness to serve at all times
and wishing you every success and prosperity in your cultural and national endeavors.
Please accept my highest respect
⟦signature⟧
Munir Basri
Acting President of the Mosaic Community
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 83531 President
No. T /: 618 / 72
Date: 17 / 1 / 1972
Subject
Ministry of Information
Directorate of General Culture
Baghdad
Greetings and respect:
I have received with thanks your letter numbered 1110 and dated 10 / 1 / 1972
And while I cherish the appreciation you expressed, it pleases me to perform the duty imposed upon me in raising
the status of my country and presenting it in its appropriate and beautiful appearance, expressing my readiness to serve at all times
and wishing you every success in your cultural and national endeavors.
Please accept the highest respect
⟦signature⟧
Meer Basri
Acting President of the Jewish Community
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News regarding the elections of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
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Iraqi Al-Waqai' Issue No. 2267 8 8/9/1973
Instructions
Administrative Committee
Statement
No. (41) of 1973
Offering Treasury Bills of the Republic of Iraq in the amount of ten million dinars
for sale to the public under the Law of Borrowing and Issuing Treasury Bills
No. (63) of 1958
1 - Based on the provisions of paragraph (b) of Article One of the Law of Borrowing and Issuing
Treasury Bills No. (63) of 1958, it has been decided to offer for sale to the public
Treasury Bills of the Republic of Iraq totaling 10,000,000/- dinars
(ten million dinars) until twelve o'clock noon on
Sunday, August 19, 1973. These bills will be issued to the order of the purchaser
and will be due for payment on November 18, 1973. The Central Bank of Iraq
in Baghdad will pay their full nominal value and interest on the date of performance against delivery of the bills.
2 - Interest is granted at a rate of 5.5% (five and a half percent annually) on the Treasury
bills offered for sale according to this statement, and the interest is paid on the maturity date
of the bills for performance.
3 - Purchase forms can be obtained (for licensed banks, institutions,
and members of the public) from the Banking Department at the Central Bank of Iraq in Baghdad.
4 - Purchase forms must be completed correctly and signed by the purchaser
duly to be considered as meeting the conditions, and accompanied by checks drawn on
a licensed bank in Baghdad (and if the purchaser is a bank, the check must be drawn
on its account at the Central Bank of Iraq in Baghdad) for the total amounts of
the Treasury bills requested to be purchased, or the mentioned amounts paid in cash, provided these
forms are delivered to the Banking Department - Loans and Investments Directorate at the Central
Bank of Iraq in Baghdad at or before twelve o'clock noon on
Sunday, August 19, 1973.
5 - The lowest denomination for Treasury bills will be (100/-) dinars, and no purchase offer
less than this amount or not expressed in its multiples will be accepted. The Central Bank of Iraq
shall have the right to accept the offer in whole or in part or not to accept any part of it, and the
denomination of the bills issued regarding the accepted offers or any part thereof will be decided as
the Central Bank of Iraq deems appropriate.
6 - The Central Bank of Iraq will refund any excess amount received resulting from offers it accepted
partially or did not accept.
7 - The Central Bank of Iraq may discount or rediscount the Treasury bills issued under this
statement at the price it decides and as it deems appropriate.
Minister of Finance
Amin Abdul Karim
Dar al-Hurriya for Printing - Government Press - Republic of Iraq
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No. 311
Based on the provisions of Article 7 of the Specialized Institute for Engineering Industries Law No. 128 of 1972 and based on what was presented by the Minister of Industry.
We have decreed the following:-
The Board of Directors of the Specialized Institute for Engineering Industries shall be formed as follows:-
Original Members
1 - Engineer Abdul Sattar al-Rawi - Director of Baghdad Area Electricity.
2 - Saad al-Din Suleiman al-Sabunji - Chief Engineer in the Industrial Department at the Ministry of Planning.
3 - Dr. Abdul Karim Helmi - Director of the Industrial Principles and Design Administration at the Industrial Development Center for Arab States.
4 - Khalil Ibrahim al-Qassab - Executive Director of Training at the National Center for Consultancy and Management Development.
5 - Dr. Abdul Mu'ti al-Khafaf - representing the Public Establishment for Engineering Industries.
6 - Atta al-Rawi - Engineer at the Public Establishment for Industrial Design and Construction.
7 - Engineer Mujbel al-Marsoumi - Chief Engineer in the Committee for Following-up and Implementation of the Iskandariya Project No. (2).
8 - Sadiq Raouf Shlash - Director of the Diwan in the Ministry.
Alternate Members
1 - Nizar Qassir - Director of the Technical Department at the Public Establishment for Engineering Industries.
2 - Shaker Hamza al-Atiyah - Legal Consultant at the Public Establishment for Industrial Design and Construction.
3 - Muhammad Ajil al-Difa'i - Director of Manpower in the Diwan of the Ministry of Industry.
4 - Asaad al-Tikriti - Senior Engineer at the Public Establishment for Industrial Design and Construction.
5 - Ghassan Muhammad Saeed al-Abtan - Head of Research in the Industrial Department at the Ministry of Planning.
The Minister of Industry shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the thirtieth day of the month of Jumada al-Akhirah for the year 1393, corresponding to the thirtieth day of the month of July for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 313
Based on the provisions of paragraph (d) of Article Fifty-Eight of the Interim Constitution.
We have decreed the following:-
Appointment of Dr. Hisham Ibrahim al-Shawi, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, as Acting Minister of Education during the absence of Dr. Ahmed Abdul Sattar al-Jawari, Minister of Education, from Iraq.
Written in Baghdad on the second day of the month of Rajab for the year 1393 AH, corresponding to the second day of the month of August for the year 1973 AD.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
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Order
Due to the cessation of the reasons that led to the seizure of the funds of the individual named Raouf Abdul Karim Amin al-Khalidi pursuant to Seizure Order No. 922 on 12-28-1968, and based on the authority vested in us pursuant to paragraph (19-b) of Article Four of the National Safety Law No. 4 of 1965 as amended.
We have decided to lift the seizure on his movable and immovable property, provided that this does not prejudice any other legal seizure issued by a competent authority.
The competent authorities shall implement this and inform us.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
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Due to the cessation of the reasons that led to the seizure of the funds of both Police Corporal Kadhim Atallah Huwaidi pursuant to Seizure Order No. H/840/595 on 12-13-1971 and Abdul Wahhab Taha Abdullah pursuant to Seizure Order No. H/447/538 on 6-29-1971, and based on the authority vested in us in paragraph (19-b) of Article Four of the National Safety Law No. 4 of 1965 as amended.
We have decided to lift the seizure on their movable and immovable property, provided that this does not prejudice any other legal seizure issued by a competent authority.
The competent authorities shall implement this and inform us.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
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Republican Decrees
No. 305
Based on what was presented by the Minister of Interior.
We have decreed as follows:-
Ayada Kanaan al-Sadid, Governor of al-Muthanna, is promoted to
a salary of (140/-) Dinars per month effective from 4-8-1973.
The Minister of Interior shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-eighth day of the month of
Jumada al-Akhira for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-
eighth day of the month of July for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 308
Based on the provisions of paragraph (e) of Article Fifty-
eight of the Interim Constitution and paragraph (2) of Article (13)
of the Governorates Law No. (159) of 1969, and based on
what was presented by the Minister of Interior.
We have decreed as follows:-
Sirwan Fawzi Rashid is appointed to the position of Director
of ⟦...⟧ Sub-district.
The Minister of Interior shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-eighth day of the month of
Jumada al-Akhira for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-
eighth day of the month of July for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 306
Based on what was presented by the Minister of Finance.
We have decreed as follows:-
Abdul Latif Rashid Ahmed, Director General of Income Tax,
is promoted to a salary of (130/-) Dinars per month effective
from 11-8-1973.
The Minister of Finance shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-eighth day of the month of
Jumada al-Akhira for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-
eighth day of the month of July for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 309
Based on what was presented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform.
We have decreed as follows:-
Dr. Haidar Saleh Ahmed al-Haidari, Director General of
Plant Protection, is promoted to a salary of 130/- Dinars per month
effective from 5-8-1973.
The Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform shall implement this
decree.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-ninth day of the month of
Jumada al-Akhira for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-
ninth day of the month of July for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 307
Based on the provisions of paragraph (d) of Article Fifty-
eight of the Interim Constitution.
We have decreed as follows:-
Nihad Fakhri al-Khaffaf, Minister of Transport, is appointed as Acting
Minister of Communications during the absence of Dr. Rashid Mohammed Saeed
al-Rifai, Minister of Communications, from Iraq.
Written in Baghdad on the twenty-ninth day of the month of
Jumada al-Akhira for the year 1393, corresponding to the twenty-
ninth day of the month of July for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
No. 310
Based on what was presented by the Minister of Finance
We have decreed as follows:-
The salary of Dr. Fawzi al-Qaissi, Governor of the Central Bank
of Iraq, is fixed at the salary and allowances of a Minister.
The Minister of Finance shall implement this decree.
Written in Baghdad on the thirtieth day of the month of Jumada
al-Akhira for the year 1393, corresponding to the thirtieth day of the month of
July for the year 1973.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
President of the Republic
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No. 638
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Provisional Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 31/7/1973 the following:-
1 - The Minister of Works and Housing is authorized to form special committees from the employees of his ministry to undertake the implementation of housing projects listed in the investment curriculum schedules for the fiscal year 1973 - 1974.
2 - The committees formed in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) of this resolution are authorized with the powers set forth below within the limits of the projects assigned to them in the formation resolution.
a - Appointing temporary workers and determining their wages without being bound by the provisions of the Workers' Service Regulation.
b - Purchasing and renting cars, equipment, and materials necessary for work in the event that the ministry's assets are insufficient, and after obtaining the minister's approval.
c - Renting the necessary places to house the workers in the project.
d - Conducting public tenders or inviting competent and experienced bidders to conclude contracts for providing materials and services, provided that the final referral is made by a decision of the minister.
e - All other powers authorized by the minister within the limits of his administrative and financial powers.
3 - The Minister of Works and Housing shall implement this resolution.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
No. 640
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Provisional Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 2-8-1973 the following:-
1 - Including storekeepers and their assistants working in the General Company for Pharmaceutical Industries in Samarra in the Revolutionary Command Council Resolution No. (758) of 8-7-1970.
2 - The Ministers of Health and Finance shall implement this resolution.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
No. 641
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Provisional Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 2-8-1973 the following:-
1 - Revolutionary Command Council Resolution No. 580 of 18-7-1973 is repealed.
2 - Karim Ibrahim al-Mutairi, Director General of Dar al-Hurriya for Printing, is transferred to the Ministry of Interior (Local Administration) with the salary he is entitled to according to the Civil Service Law.
3 - The competent ministers shall implement this resolution.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
No. 642
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Provisional Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 2-8-1973 the following:-
1 - Abdul Rahman Muhammad Salih al-Hadithi is exempted from the Revolutionary Command Council Resolution (283) of 4-4-1973.
2 - The Minister of Justice shall implement this resolution.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
No. 643
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Provisional Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 2-8-1973 the following:-
1 - Forming a special committee of representatives from the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, and a representative of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews.
2 - The endowed properties of Ezra Menachem Daniel located in Baghdad shall be handed over to the committee mentioned in (1) above, which shall manage them and spend their revenues according to the condition of the endower for the aid of the poor of the Mosaic community and the establishment of charitable, health, cultural, and vocational institutions and institutes.
3 - The competent ministers shall implement this resolution.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Decisions of the Revolutionary Command Council
No. 631
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 30-7-1973 the following:-
1 - Granting lecture fees delivered to students of the Center for Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Baghdad, as an exception to the State Employees and Personnel Allowances Law No. (93) of 1967, as amended, provided that they do not exceed two hundred and fifty dinars for each one of them.
a - Dr. Engineer Numan Al-Jalili - Director General of Planning and Engineering.
b - Engineer Muzaffar Al-Jabri.
c - Engineer Namir Youssef Zainal.
d - Engineer Walid Abbas Helmy.
2 - What is stated in (1) of this decision shall be effective as of October/1972.
3 - The competent ministers shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
No. 632
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 29-7-1973 the following:-
1 - Appointing Dr. Adel Ali Al-Attar to the position of Director of General Marketing in the General Establishment for Trade in the Ministry of Economy.
2 - The competent ministers shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
No. 633
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 29-7-1973 the following:-
1 - Appointing Naji Haddawi Al-Saidi, Director General of the General Company for Paper Industries in Basra, to the position of Head of an Institution in the Ministry of Industry, according to the Ministry's assignment and with his same current salary.
2 - The Minister of Industry shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
No. 635
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 29-7-1973 the following:-
1 - Appointing Abdul Wahab Al-Qasab, an employee at the Central Bank of Iraq, to the position of Head of the General Establishment for Trade in the Ministry of Economy, with his same current salary.
2 - The Ministers of Finance and Economy shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
No. 636
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 31/7/1973 the following:-
1 - Including the Nahr Bin Umar field project in the Revolutionary Command Council Decision No. 1485 of 15-11-1970 and authorizing the head of the General Company for Consulting and Planning for Oil Projects the powers contained therein, provided that the expenditure does not exceed the limits of the amount specified in the aforementioned decision.
2 - The competent ministers shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
No. 637
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 42 of the Interim Constitution.
The Revolutionary Command Council decided in its session held on 31/7/1973 the following:-
1 - Granting Dr. Muhammad Baqir Khader Al-Sunbuli the two privileges mentioned in paragraphs (4 and 6) of Article 1 of the Law for Encouraging the Return of Scientific Competencies to the Homeland.
2 - The Ministers of Finance and Higher Education and Scientific Research shall implement this decision.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Page 493
Committee Instructions
Issue No. 2267, Sixteenth Year
Al-Waqai' Al-Iraqiya
The Official Gazette of the Republic of Iraq
Published by the Ministry of Information in Baghdad
Registered at the Post Office under No. (1) in Baghdad
Thursday, 10 Rajab 1393 and 9 August 1973
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Decision No. 594
In the name of the People
Revolutionary Command Council
Based on the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article Forty-Two of the Interim Constitution, the Revolutionary Command Council decided
at its session held on 8-7-1973.
To issue the following law:
No. (74) of 1973
Law
Write-off and Reduction of an Amount
Article Two - This law shall be effective from the date of its publication | Article One - An amount of
in the Official Gazette and the Ministers shall implement it. | (1,823,900.811) Dinars (one million eight hundred and twenty-
| three thousand nine hundred dinars and eight hundred and eleven
| fils) shall be written off from the records of the Ministry of Defense for the cost of repairing cars
| that could not be repaired, and for the prices of one tank and eleven
| aircraft of various types, whose descriptions are shown in the table prepared
| for this purpose, which were destroyed during duty by fate and divine decree
| in preparation for their removal from the records.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Justice
Directorate of the Presidency of the Legal Codification Bureau
Incoming Stamp
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 852
Date 19 / 9 / 1971
Number: 1/7/221
Date: 20 / 9 / 1971
To: - General Directorate of Rafidain Bank - Baghdad
Iraqi Commercial Bank - Baghdad
With reference to the letter of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community
T 71/4 on 17 / 8 / 1971.
Mr. Meer Basri has become the President of the Administrative Committee
for Iraqi Jews, and Mr. Daoud Khalaschi has become the Vice President
of the aforementioned committee.
Therefore, we endorse what was stated in the committee's decision mentioned in the letter referred to above.
⟦signature⟧
Hussein Al-Safi
Minister of Justice
A copy to: -
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - with reference to the letter mentioned above
and to your letter T / 71/440 on 12 / 9 / 1971
19
41
⟦illegible⟧
Abbas 9/18
Page 495
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 83531 President
Number T / 440 / 71
Date 12 / 9 / 1971
40
Subject
The Honorable Minister of Justice
Legal Drafting Bureau
⟦illegible⟧
Greetings and respect:
Further to our letter No. 433 dated 17 / 8 / 1971, a copy of which is attached herewith
I request the order to confirm its contents and notify Rafidain Bank and the Commercial Bank accordingly.
Please accept the assurances of my highest respect
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Page 496
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 83531 President
No. T /: 440 / 71
Date: 12 / 9 / 1971
40
Subject
The Honorable Minister of Justice
Legal Codification Bureau
Greetings and respect:
Further to our letter No. 433 dated 17 / 8 / 1971, a copy of which is attached herewith
I request the order to confirm what was stated therein and to notify Rafidain Bank and the Commercial Bank of that.
Please accept the highest respect
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Page 497
Number: ⟦230⟧ / ⟦17⟧
Date: 27/8/1974
Corresponding to:
Management Committee for the Assets of the Mosaic Community
Baghdad
P.O. Box 14078 (Baghdad) Telegram: Taifa
31
M. M. H. M.
Chairman of the ⟦Committee⟧ for the Liquidation of Frozen Jewish Assets
Ministry of Finance - Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Shares
We are sending you herewith our letter numbered 27/8/1974 and dated 26/8/1974, which includes a statement of shares
belonging to persons whose Iraqi citizenship has been revoked and whose assets are frozen with our company. Please review
and take the necessary action regarding it and inform us of the result, please.
Chairman of the Committee for the Liquidation of Jewish Assets
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 83531 President
Number T/ 440 / 71
Date 12 / 9 / 1971
Subject / ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
The Honorable Minister of Justice
Bureau of Legal Codification
Greetings,
Further to our letter No. 433 dated 17 / 8 / 1971, a copy of which is attached herewith,
I request an order to confirm its contents and to notify Rafidain Bank and the Commercial Bank accordingly.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Acting Head of the Community⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Page 498
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 83531 President
Number T / 440 / 1
Date 12 / 9 / 1971
⟦illegible⟧
Subject / ⟦line⟧
The Honorable Minister of Justice
Legal Codification Bureau
Greetings,
Further to our letter No. 433 dated 17 / 8 / 1971, a copy of which is attached herewith,
I request the order to confirm what was stated therein and to notify Rafidain Bank and the Commercial Bank accordingly.
Please accept the assurances of my highest respect.
Acting President of the Community
Page 499
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 83531 President
No. T / 440 / 71
Date 12 / 9 / 1971
Subject / ⟦line⟧
The Honorable Minister of Justice
Bureau of Legal Codification
Greetings,
Further to our letter No. 433 dated 17 / 8 / 1971, a copy of which is attached herewith,
I request an order to confirm its contents and to notify Rafidain Bank and the Commercial Bank accordingly.
Please accept our highest respect.
Acting Head of the Community
Page 500
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
Corresponding to: ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Commercial Register No. 42528
To / ⟦illegible⟧
Subject / ⟦illegible⟧
Greetings,
We are sending you herewith the check numbered 741812/24 dated ⟦illegible⟧ for the amount of (⟦illegible⟧) Dinars
⟦illegible⟧ registered in the name of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧
Please kindly receive it and inform us accordingly, with appreciation.
President of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad