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Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
No: 58/⟦...⟧
Date: 4 / 3 / 1958
Subject Summary
His Excellency the Minister of Justice, Respectfully
After Greetings
On 1/30/58, the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community resigned. Based on your ministerial order
No. 205 dated 2/27/1958, communicated to us by your letter numbered K/42 and dated 3/2/58, which included the continuation of our committee
in its duties.
On 3/4/58, the committee met and found that the Chief of the Community had directed a letter to the Manager of the Ottoman Bank
under No. T/14/58 dated 2/17/58 (copy attached), requesting the withdrawal of checks and depositing of amounts in the bank with his signature
based on paragraph (B) of Article 5 of the Jewish Community Law No. 77 of 1931 until the appointment of a new administrative
committee. Indeed, he withdrew with his signature an amount of five hundred Dinars to the order of Mr. Yusuf Masri, the director of the stadium of
the late Ezra Menachem Daniel, and this withdrawal was on 2/17/58. In order for our committee to be able to confirm the expenditure, please
give your order to enlighten us with the necessary legal opinion on the matter.
Respectfully yours to Your Excellency
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number:
Date: 3 / 2 / 1960
Subject:
To - The Honorable Member
After greetings
Based on the request of the Vice President of the Administrative Committee; please attend at
ten o'clock on the morning of Friday, corresponding to 5 / 2 / 1960, to hold the twenty-seventh session
of the Administrative Committee sessions ⟦line⟧ .
Please accept our highest respect
⟦illegible⟧
The Secretary
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His Excellency the Honorable Minister of Interior
Subject - Roofed properties and utilized properties endowed under the trusteeship of the Mousawi religious bodies
throughout all parts of Iraq.
Greetings,
Since the management of estates, roofed properties, and Mousawi utilized properties endowed for charitable purposes regarding all parts of
Iraq has become among the duties of our committee pursuant to Article Three of the instructions issued by the esteemed Ministry of Justice
published in the Iraqi Gazette, issue number 4104 dated 5 Shaban / 1377 corresponding to 25 February
1958. And whereas the aforementioned returned funds - except for those located within the city of Baghdad - are currently under the management of
the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets since the date of the dissolution of the Mousawi religious bodies managing them which occurred in the year
1951, we come to Your Excellency requesting you kindly order the lifting of the freeze on the aforementioned returned funds and their delivery along with their net revenues
since the aforementioned date to our committee.
Please accept, Your Excellency, our highest respect.
Chairman of the Committee
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Number
Date 19 / /
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The Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Justice
Personnel Section
Date 7 / 12 / 959
Order of the Ministry of Justice No. ( 3529 ) 225
Further to our Ministerial Order No. 1435 dated 26 / 5 / 959
Based on the departure of Mr. Adham Mushtaq, the Legal Drafter and member of the committee formed for the purpose of administration,
on a mission for the Lay Council to perform it in accordance with the Law of the Jewish Community No. 77 of the year
931 at the Directorate General of Justice, we have decided that Mr. Ibrahim al-Naqib, the Legal Drafter, shall be a member of
the aforementioned committee as of the date of this order.
⟦signature⟧
Minister of Justice
A copy thereof to -/
Presidency of the Council of Ministers' Office
All Ministries
Presidency of the Legal Drafting Bureau - 2046 No. A / 19 / 1 / 7 dated 18 / 11 / 959
All Presidents of the Courts of Appeal
Presidency of the Baghdad Judicial District ( We hope it will be circulated to all courts and departments
Mutasarrifiyah of Baghdad Liwa ( the judicial departments affiliated with you
Directorate General of Police
All Banks
Directorate of Guidance and General Press - Requesting its publication in the Official Gazette
Administration of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
Ministry Accounts Section
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Number 127
Date 1 / 8 / 19
Living 6 / 12
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FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
Administrative Committee ⟦for⟧ Iraqi Jews
Number 822
Date 11 / 1 / 1960
No.:
Date:
Number: F / 60
Date: 22 / 1 / 1960
The Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Baghdad
Subject / Income and expenses of Frank Iny and Shamash schools
for the month of December 1959.
Greetings,
First - We list below the details of the expenses of Frank Iny and Shamash schools for the month of December 1959, totaling
2269/656 Dinars, requesting you to kindly instruct to record them as follows:
Type | Frank Iny | Shamash Preparatory | Total
Teachers and Administration Salaries | 910/065 | 303/355 | 1213/420
Lecture Fees | 438/000 | 184/750 | 622/750
Teachers' Transportation Fees | 5/050 | 5/050 | 10/100
Drivers' fees for transporting students | 259/000 | — | 259/000
Miscellaneous Expenses | 123/290 | 41/096 | 164/386
Total | 1735/405 | 534/251 | 2269/656
Second - The tuition fees collected from students as the completion of the first installment for the academic year 1959 / 1960
amounted to 19/- Dinars as detailed below. Please instruct to record them as revenue from school fees
and as an advance expenditure for the Frank Iny School expense account.
| Dinar | Fils
Frank Iny School Fees | 10 | 000
Extracurricular Fees " " | 1 | 000
Transportation Fees " " | 8 | 000
| 19 | 000
Third - The financial situation of the school as of 1 / 1 / 1960:
613/785 School balance at the Ottoman Bank as of 31 / 12 / 1959
606/980 School cash balance including / 286 Dinars in advances
for some teachers, custodians, and drivers.
Please accept our highest respect,
The Director
Copy to:
The Schools Committee for information.
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Al-Aaqud
No: 7224
Date: 4 / 11 / 959
To -
Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad
We reiterate our letter 2092 on 17 / 10 / 959 and please provide us with an answer regarding the electrical installations
in the building of Al-Mahdiya School for Boys, which belongs to you, and inform us.
⟦signature⟧
Ghanim Hamdoun
On behalf of / Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate
Copy to -
Administration of Al-Mahdiya Evening School for Boys
Al-Aaqud .
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Number
Date / / 19
Nuri 12
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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. / Number: F / 59 / ⟦...⟧
Date / Date: 11 / 11 / 1959
Administrative Committee ⟦...⟧
Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Baghdad
Greetings.
An agreement has been reached with Mrs. Marjorie Lucille ( ⟦Mrs. Marjorie Lund⟧ ), a British
national, to employ her for teaching the English language at the Frank Iny and Shamash
Secondary schools according to a special contract for a period of two academic years starting from the date of her arrival in Iraq
on the morning of Saturday, September 17, 1959, and ending on September 30, 1961,
subject to the following conditions.
First - She shall receive a salary for the period from mid-October 1959 until
September 30, 1960, in the amount of (110 / -) one hundred and ten dinars per month, including
cost of living allowances.
Second - Her salary shall be increased to (120 / -) one hundred and twenty dinars per month for the period from
October 1, 1960, to September 30, 1961.
Third - She shall be granted airfare from London to Baghdad, round trip, for one
time only.
Please approve the above.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director
248
⟦...⟧
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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No. ⟦line⟧ Number: F/509
Date ⟦line⟧ Date: 17 / 11 / 1959
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Incoming
Number ⟦5090⟧
Date ⟦18 / 11 /⟧ 1959
249
Honorable President of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Greetings.
The Schools Committee previously decided in its session held on 26 / 1 / 1959 to task
the administration of this school to search for (two) English language teachers to fill the vacancies
in the school for the academic year starting on 1 / October / 1959, with approval for
the necessary expenses for advertising in newspapers in England and the travel costs for candidates
for this purpose during their interviews, etc... Since Mr. Naim Amber, currently residing in
London, volunteered to undertake the task of advertising for the teachers, interviewing them, etc., and based on
the expenses and efforts this required for a period of about six months during which he advertised for the teachers
and interviewed them and paid their travel expenses and other costs, necessitating an expenditure estimated at about two hundred Dinars,
therefore, I request approval to disburse this amount to the aforementioned person, in the sum of (-/200) two hundred
Dinars as reimbursement for the expenses he paid out of his own pocket while performing this task,
and in appreciation of his services. Please note that his efforts resulted in the employment of Mrs. Marjorie
Lucile, whose appointment we previously requested in our letter No. F/262 dated
11 / 11 / 1959.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Director
A copy to - Schools Committee
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Musawiya Schools Committee
Baghdad
⟦5 / 11 / 59⟧
Number:
Date: 20 / 11 / 1959
Administrative Committee ⟦for Iraqi Jews⟧
Inbound
Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
His Excellency, Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews - Baghdad
Greetings.
In view of the difficulties faced by the administrations of Frank Iny and Shamash schools in obtaining the services of foreign teachers to teach English and French, due to their unavailability inside Iraq, and considering that the school administration is often forced to hire these teachers from outside Iraq, and in order to incentivize these teachers and facilitate their arrival in Iraq to teach in our schools, the Schools Committee deems it very necessary to prepare small housing units for foreign teachers, given the difficulty of obtaining housing at rental rates proportional to the salaries paid by the school to foreign teachers.
Accordingly, our committee suggests the formation of a sub-committee to study this matter urgently to discuss the possibility of building suitable housing units, either on the plot of land adjacent to the Frank Iny school playground, or in the Ezra Menahem Daniel playground, or on other lands belonging to the community. This is to ensure the recruitment of foreign teachers from abroad in a timely manner whenever the need for their services arises, and to guarantee the interest of our schools' students.
Please accept our highest respect.
Meer Basri
President
Meer Basri
President
A copy to - Administration of Frank Iny School
Secretary
Please present the letter to the Administrative Committee
in the next session for deliberation on the subject
24 / 11 / 59
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible pencil notes⟧
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To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Greetings,
The petition - it is not hidden from you that since my appointment in this department, which was on May 26, 1953
I have not received any promotion whatsoever - bearing in mind that the salary allocated to us by the previous committee
amounting to 50 dinars was allocated to me on a temporary basis - on the condition that it be increased in the future, as
our predecessor, the late ⟦Avenabir⟧, used to receive for the work a percentage of seventeen
meaning the total of what he received monthly was approximately ⟦120/140⟧ dinars, and now despite the passage of
approximately two years of my service, I have not received any promotion whatsoever, and therefore I hope you will consider
the matter of my promotion according to your knowledge of the continuous high cost of living in the country and to grant
my requests, and we thank you in advance.
Pinushi
And remember
The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews:
Number:
Date: ⟦1 / 8 / 1955⟧
Salary increase for ⟦Pinushi⟧
⟦Number⟧
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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.: F / 41 / 58
Date: 14 / 3 / 1958
No.:
Date:
⟦Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews⟧
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. F / 14 / 58 dated 12 / 3 / 1958
The cost of constructing two Western-style toilets amounted to 238.044 Dinars. Please
kindly approve the expenditure as detailed below:
Dinar Fils |
800 / 11 | Value of two Western-style toilets with their accessories
250 / 6 | Value of 250 mosaic tiles
950 / 9 | Value of cement, sand, and gravel with part of the labor wages
538 / 5 | Price of switch locks and handles (bolts) with a spare switch lock.
500 / 5 | Carpenter's wages for making the doors including materials
000 / 4 | Labor for installing the toilets
038 / 43 | Total
Please accept our respects,
The Director
Take necessary action ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
16/3/1958
⟦illegible⟧
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Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: 10/10/58
Date: 12 / 3 / 1958
Subject Summary:
To - <del>His Excellency</del> Management of Frank Iny School
Reference to your letter numbered F/27/58 and dated 31/1/1958
The Administrative Committee agreed in its session held on 4/3/58 to purchase two Western-style toilets
and install them, provided that the cost is submitted for final approval and that this expenditure be within
the school's budget allocation for the year 1957 - 1958.
President
Frank Iny School
Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
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Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧ / ⟦...⟧ / 19
Number F / 27 / 58
Date 31 / 1 / 1958
Presidency of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Greetings,
Due to the school's urgent need for two Western toilets for the kindergarten
and preparatory classes, please grant preliminary approval for their purchase and installation. We will inform you
of the actual cost upon completion of the work, noting that this expenditure will be from the allocations
of the approved school budget for the 1957 / 1958 academic year.
Please accept our highest thanks,
⟦...⟧
The Director
Mr.
The Honorable Chairman of the Committee, the expenditure is to be carried out as
stated above, the work completed and the document organized.
⟦signature⟧
858
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FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE NO. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate and Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
No. F/: 59
Date: 18 / 12 / 1959
⟦illegible⟧
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews — Baghdad
Subject / Income and expenditures of Frank Iny and
Shamash schools for the month of November 1959.
Greetings,
First — We list below the details of the expenses for Frank Iny and Shamash schools for the month of November 1959, which
total <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 2216/131 Dinars, requesting you to kindly instruct to record them with you as follows:
| Total Fils Dinar | Shamash Secondary Fils Dinar | Frank Iny Fils Dinar
Teachers and Admin Salaries | 1208/000 | 302 / - | 906 / -
Lecture Fees | 573/700 | 182 / - | 391/700
Teachers' Car Fees | 9/500 | 4/750 | 4/750
Drivers' wages for student transport | 259/000 | - | 259/000
Miscellaneous Expenses | 165/931 | 41/483 | 124/448
Total | 2216/131 | 530/233 | 1685/898
Second — The school fees collected from students completing the first installment for the 59 / 60 academic year
amounted to 32/500 Dinars as detailed below. Please instruct to record them as revenue from school fees
and as an expenditure toward the school's expense advances account:
Fils Dinar
15/000 | School Fees — Frank Iny School
1/500 | Extra-curricular Fees — " " " "
16/000 | Student Transport Car Fees " " " "
32/500 |
Third — The financial status of the school on 1 / 12 / 1959:
613/785 School balance in Ottoman Bank as of 1 / 12 / 59
847/281 School fund balance including 374/350 Dinars as advances
to some teachers, drivers, and janitors.
Please accept our highest respect,,
The Director
⟦signature⟧
Copy to:
The Schools Committee for their kind review.
21 / 12 / 959
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Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 / 5452
Number T / .. /
Date 1 / 3 / 1960
Subject:
To -
The Pakistani Bank
With reference to the Ministerial Order, a copy of which is attached, No. 7/1/19/A dated 5/15/1958
regarding the formation of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, which acts in place of the Corporeal Council, we inform you that the Committee has
been formed from the President, Mr. Salman Daniel Eliyahu, his deputy, Mr. Hayawi Munshi Sawdayee, and the members, Messrs.
Heskiel Youssef Seeti, Naim Roubin Masri, and Eliyahu Ezra Khalaschi. The Committee decided in its session held
on 2/5/1960 that the signing of checks and financial transactions related to the aforementioned Committee shall be performed by Messrs.
Naim Roubin Masri and Heskiel Youssef Seeti jointly, and therefore, from this date, all financial transactions and checks
are to be signed by the aforementioned individuals.
Therefore, we list below a sample of the signatures of Messrs. Naim Roubin Masri and Heskiel Youssef Seeti, as well as
a copy of the stamp used in all financial transactions.
Please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
Stamp Sample | Sample of signature of | Sample of signature of
The Member | The Member
⟦stamp⟧ | Mr. Naim Roubin Masri | Mr. Heskiel Youssef Seeti
We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the two members, Messrs. Naim Roubin Masri and Heskiel Youssef Seeti, and the stamp used
in financial transactions.
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
A copy to - The Presidency of the Administrative Committee - for your kind information
The Accountant
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number: 5452
No: M/59
Date: 6 / 12 / 1959
Subject:
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of Legal Codification
His Excellency the Honorable Minister of Justice
Greetings and respect
I submit below a copy of the preliminary decision taken by the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews on 1 / 12 / 59
for your kind information.
Salman Daniel
Head of the Administrative Committee
⟦illegible⟧
(Based on the request of the Head of the Administrative Committee, Mr. Salman Daniel, to grant him a three-month leave for his travel outside Iraq,
We agree ⟦line⟧
1 - To grant the Head of the Committee a leave of three months starting from the day of his departure from Iraq.
2 - The Vice President, Mr. Hayawi Sawdai, shall perform the duties of the Committee presidency, and we agree to authorize him (during the President's absence)
all the powers vested in the President).
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
No.: M/10
Date: 6/12/1959
Phone Number: 5452
Subject::
His Excellency the Honorable Minister of Justice
- Presidency of Legal Codification -
Greetings and respect,
I submit below a copy of the handwritten resolution taken by the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews on 1/12/59
for your kind information.
Salman Daniel
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
(Based on the request of the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, Salman Daniel, to grant him a three-month leave for his travel outside Iraq,
We agree ⟦line⟧
1- To grant the Chairman of the Committee a leave of three months starting from the day of his departure from Iraq.
2- The Vice-Chairman, Mr. Hayawi Soudaei, shall perform the duties of the Committee's presidency, and we agree to authorize him (during the Chairman's absence)
all powers granted to the Chairman).
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number:
Date: 12/1/1959
Subject:
Administrative Decision
Based on the request of His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, Salman Daniel, to grant him a three-month leave for his travel outside Iraq, we approve:
1 - Granting His Excellency the Chairman of the Committee a leave of three months starting from the day of his departure from Iraq.
2 - The Vice Chairman, Mr. Hayawi Soda'i, shall perform the duties of the Committee's chairmanship, and we approve authorizing him (during the Chairman's absence) all the powers vested in the Chairman.
Member | Member | Member | Vice Chairman | Chairman
| | | ⟦Hayawi⟧ | ⟦Salman⟧
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number:
Date: 1 / 12 / 1959
Subject:
Administrative Decision
Based on the request of His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, Salman Daniel, to grant him a three-month leave for his travel outside
Iraq, it is agreed to:
1 - Grant His Excellency the Chairman of the Committee a leave of three months starting from the day of his departure from Iraq.
2 - The Vice President, Mr. Hayawi Soudayi, shall perform the duties of the Committee's presidency, and we agree to authorize him (during the President's absence)
all the powers vested in the President.
Member | Member | Member | Vice President | President
⟦illegible⟧ | | ⟦illegible⟧ | | Salman Daniel
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: 59/ ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 10 / 12 / 1959
Subject:
Administrative Order
Based on the preliminary decision of the Administrative Committee held on 6 / 12 / 1959
The salary of His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri, President of the Community, shall be increased by fifteen Dinars per month
Effective from 1 / 12 / 1959.
A copy to:-
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri, President of the Community, for your kind information
The Accountant - to act accordingly
The Personal File.
Vice President
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Number: ⟦57 / 1⟧
Date: 12/18/1959
Telephone Number: 5452
Subject:
Administrative Order
Based on the ⟦preliminary⟧ decision of the Administrative Committee taken on 12/6/1959
The salary of His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri, President of the Community, shall be increased by fifteen Dinars per month
Starting from 12/1/1959.
Vice President
⟦Sabbar Cohen⟧
Copy to -
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri, President of the Community, for your kind information
The Accountant - to act accordingly
Personal File.
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number: 5452
Number: ⟦...⟧ / 59 / ⟦...⟧
Date: 12 / 22 / 1959
Subject:
To the Gentlemen:
Naeem Masri
Abdullah Owaidia
Saleh Yusuf
The Administrative Committee decided in its session held on 11/20/59 to form a committee from
yourselves to study the subject of selecting places of residence for foreign teachers and to submit your recommendations to
the Administrative Committee to take the required actions.
Vice President
⟦Saleh ...⟧
A copy to -
The Schools Committee, in reference to its letter numbered
2 and dated 11 / 2 / 59