AI en Translation, Pages 301-325
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
For Frozen Assets
Number /: 12716
Date: 16 / 8 / 1971
Secretariat: Center Properties
Division: Title Settlement
To :-: Reserve Value Estimation Committee
Subject / Sequence 319 Kawlat
We confirm our letter numbered 26753 on 2 / 9 / 970, requesting to be informed of
the measures taken regarding the estimation of the reserve value of the property described
above, please.
A copy of it to /
Presidency of the Jewish Community / Please inform us of the information available to you
regarding the individual named Yamin Moshi Shasha, the owner of property sequence 319 -
in the Kawlat district, and whether he is currently present in Iraq or not, as quickly
as possible, please.
On behalf of / The Secretary General
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Private Number 520
Date 22 / 8 / 1971
Salah 8 / 15
160
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Urgent ⟦line⟧
General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Number /: 21996
Date: 1/11/1970
Secretariat: Rights ⟦...⟧
Division: Rights
Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Subject / Names of the heirs of a deceased person
Please provide us with the names of the heirs of the deceased Mosaic (Menashi Ezra Daoud Khalaschi)
and whether the legal distribution of inheritance (Al-Qassam Al-Shari) has been issued for his heirs, and the entity that issued it, hoping for
your response as quickly as possible, please.
On behalf of / The Secretary General
A copy to /
Secretariat of Immovable Property / Title Settlement / Following our letter No. 20135
on 23/7/1970, please wait for the response of the above community. Note that
the subject concerns the shop sequence 95, door numbers 17 / 33 Al-Shamiya
Al-Qadisiyah.
Rights Secretariat / 3 / 1
Rights Observer
P 1 / T 2
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Incoming Number 421
Date 15/11/1970
1556
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat of Immovable Property
Ownership Verification Division
Number / 27916
Date 4 / 10 / 1970
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Subject / Inquiry
Please inform us if there is a Jewish woman by the name of
Regina Abdullah and whether she is in Iraq at the present time, hoping for a response
as quickly as possible.
Subhi Al-Yaqoubi
On behalf of the Secretary General
A copy to /
Frozen Property Observation Office in Basra / Reference to your letter 6060 on
22 / 9 / 1970 and we will provide you with the result.
Secretariat of Immovable Property - Utilization / For information
⟦line⟧ / Ownership Verification / With attachments for follow-up
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Date 5 / 10 / 1970
Private Number 2510
2735
157
Page 30 September
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
For the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters
Rights Division
Number / 21298
Date 4 / 11 / 1970
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Outgoing
Number 468
Date 8 - 11 - 1970
Central Bank of Iraq / Directorate of Exchange Control
Subject/ Sending an amount
Your letter number Control / 1297 / D on 24 / 10 / 1970 and the attached
Statement number (178) issued by you.
1- Please send an amount of (9/800) nine dinars and eight hundred fils deposited in the name of the deceased Jew
(G. Levy) based on the provisions of paragraph D / 4 of Article One of the Law
No. 161 of 1963.
2- Please inform us of the triple name of the Jew Ephraim Moshe mentioned in your statement above to examine our records
when providing this name added to it the grandfather's name and the surname, mentioning his address if available to you
so that we can inform you about the status of his citizenship, please.
On behalf of the Secretary General
156
A copy to:-
Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad / requesting to inform us of the names of the heirs of the deceased Jew
George Abdullah Shamtob as quickly as possible.
Secretariat of Accounts / to take the necessary action when the amount is received and register it as revenue in the name of
the Jew mentioned in paragraph (1) above and notify us and the Central
Bank of receipt, please.
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters / two copies (3 / 1), (8 / Q 7)
Rights Observer.
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The Iraqi Republic
Very Urgent
General Secretariat
For the Monitoring and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters
Rights Division
Number / 27102
Date 24 / 9 / 1970
To / -
Presidency of the Jewish Community / Baghdad
Subject / Names of two Jews
Based on the request of the Central Bank of Iraq, please inform us of any information you have regarding
(Salim and Tawfiq Salman) as to whether they are from the Jewish community, requesting your response as quickly
as possible, please.
On behalf of the Secretary General
A copy to / -
Central Bank of Iraq / Directorate of Banking Supervision / Reference to your letter numbered Supervision /
1106 / D on 8 / 9 / 970.
General Accounts Directorate / Cash / We refer you to the letter of the Central Bank of Iraq mentioned
above - for information.
Central Treasury Directorate.
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters (6 / Q 6).
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Private Number 227
Date 27 / 9 / 1970
155
Saad 9/17
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat of Rights <del>and Commercial Matters</del>
Rights Division ⟦line⟧
Number / 20702
Date 6 / 9 / 1970
⟦Coat of arms of Iraq⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Subject / Date and place of death
Please inform us of the date and place of death of the Jew Anwar Ezra Daoud
and the names of his heirs, if any. We hope to receive your reply as quickly
as possible, please. ⟦line⟧
On behalf of / The Secretary General
A copy to /-
Secretariat of Immovable Property / Title Settlement / Your marginal note dated
22 / 8 / 1970, please await the reply of
the community mentioned above.
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters (6/1 Q 6).
Rights Observer.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Special Number 825
Date 8 / 9 / 1970
154
Back / 2 / 9
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
For the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat: Rights
Section: Companies
Number: 28827
Date: 15 / 11 / 1970
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Subject / The deceased Jewess Serah Yusuf Ishaq Al-
Sha'shua
Please provide us with a copy of the legal inheritance distribution for the Jewess mentioned
above, who died on 14 / 10 / 1969 / Baghdad. Thank you.
On behalf of the Secretary General
A copy to /
Mr. Hadi Awni, Revocation Supervisor / Please visit the aforementioned
Presidency and extract the required inheritance distribution as quickly
as possible.
Secretariat of Rights / 2
Rights
Companies S/ 109 Al-Rafidain Ice Company W.L.L.
Presidency of the Mosaic Community:
Outgoing Number: 294
Date: 18 / 11 / 1970
Private Number:
Rights Supervisor
152
S/13/T1
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The Iraqi Republic
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Baghdad
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters
Rights Division
Number / 24730
Date 9/6/1970
To / Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Subject / Heirs of a Jew
⟦line⟧
The Directorate of General Nationality / IDs informed us by its letter No. 1461/11080 dated
8/16/1970 that the Jew Heskel Yaqub Heskel Eliyahu died on 2/3/1967
in Balad sub-district. Therefore, we request the names of the heirs and whether a legal distribution of estate has been issued for him, and we hope to be informed
as quickly as possible, please.
A copy of it to:-
Secretariat of Immovable Assets - Central Exploitation - following up on our letter No. 21741 dated
8/8/1970, requesting to wait for the result ⟦line⟧.
On behalf of the Secretary General
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters
Mr. Rights Observer.
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 722
Date 9/7/1970
152
Heskel Yaqub
Khalid / 8 / 22
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
For the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters
Rights Division
Number / 2440
Date 1 / 9 / 1970
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Special Number 219
Date 6 / 9 / 1970
151
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Subject / Citizenship of Jews
Please provide us with sufficient information about each of the Jews Rosa, Shalom, and Masouda
children of Haron Shamoun, and state their whereabouts. We hope for your response as quickly as possible.
On behalf of the Secretary General
Copy to -
Observation of Frozen Assets in Basra Governorate / We request an inquiry from the Jewish
Community in Basra regarding the Jews mentioned above
and please inform us.
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters
Rights Observer
Al-Alawi 29 / 8
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Republic of Iraq
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Baghdad
Liquidation Secretariat
Applications Division
Number /
Date / / 1970
To /
Frozen Assets Observation Office in Basra Governorate
Subject/ File 49/645 Basra
Reference your letter No. 4300 dated 9/28/1969. Please notify the Governorate Police Directorate to investigate
again regarding the address of the Jewish debtor whose citizenship was not revoked, named Salman Haskil Sabih, formerly a merchant, and please inform us -
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Secretary General
A copy to:-
Presidency of the Israelite Community / Requesting cooperation with the Observation Office to find the address of the mentioned Jew, please.
Liquidation Secretariat - Applications / 522, noting that the Jewish creditor is Yusuf Sion Shasha.
Applications Observer - For information, please.
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 712
Date 8 / 22 / 1970
150
Saad 8/22
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
For the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat of Immovable Property
Ownership Verification Division
Number /: ⟦2289⟧
Date: 1 / 8 / 1970
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number ⟦289⟧
Date ⟦2 / 8 / 1970⟧
To / Presidency of the Israelite Community
Subject / Sequence 88 / 137
⟦line⟧
149
Please inform us whether the presidency of your community manages the Torahs numbered above in
the Torahs neighborhood. If the answer is in the affirmative, provide us with the documents that authorize you to manage them.
Hoping for a response as quickly as possible, please.
On behalf of the Secretary General
A copy to: -
Ownership Verification Division - for follow-up
Audit Committee for Israelite Community Property - with the property file, please.
Khalid / 19 / ⟦X⟧
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
For the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Who Have Been Stripped of Iraqi Citizenship
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters
Rights Division
Number: 2266
Date: 18 / 8 / 1970
148
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Special Number 208
Date 24/8/70
To / Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Subject / Heirs of a Jew
⟦line⟧
We follow up on our letter No. 12535 dated 28 / 4 / 1970
And we request to be informed about the heirs of the deceased Jew (Ezra Rubin Ezra Horish) and we hope for your response as quickly
as possible, please.
On behalf of the Secretary General
A copy to: -
Central Bank of Iraq - Directorate of Banks / Following up on our letter No. 12535 dated
28 / 4 / 1970, requesting to wait for the community's response, please.
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters
Mr. Rights Observer
Khaled / 17 / 8
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Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 772
Date 1971/7/22
147
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The Iraqi Republic
Presidency
Supervisors of Frozen Assets
For Babylon Governorate
Number - 1928
Date - 6 / 1 / 1971 AD
To - Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Subject - Jewish Nationality
The Directorate General of Nationality / IDs / informed us in its letter No. 6961 on 16 / 5 / 671 that the Jewish woman
Flora Eliyahu Moshi Karji died in Baghdad on 17 / 2 / 658 and was retaining Iraqi nationality
until her death. Please inform us of the names of the legal heirs of the aforementioned and the identity of each of them as quickly as possible, please.
Hamid Mahmoud Al-Hassan
For the Governor of Babylon
A copy to -
The General Secretariat
Rights and Commercial Matters / Your letter 12148 on 30 / 5 / 671 for information
The General Secretariat / Exploitation
The General Secretariat / Confirmation of Ownership
Presidency of the Supervisors of Frozen Assets / For follow-up
Najah / From him
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Republic of Iraq
Frozen Assets Observation Office
In Basra Governorate
Number: 327 / T / 6470
Date: 20 / 5 / 1971
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧
Number 771
Date 12 / 7 / 1971
142
To / Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Subject / Information
We refer you to the letter of the Directorate General of Nationality - Identities
Numbered 5785 / 31 on 25 / 4 / 1971.
Requesting you and the aforementioned department to provide us with the information available to you
Regarding the Jew (Albert Khan), hoping for a prompt response.
Saadoun al-Janabi
Frozen Assets Observer
A copy to:
Head of the Jewish Community in Basra - for the same purpose above, please
M / 11
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
Secretariat of <del>Rights and Commercial Matters</del>
Rights
Rights Division
Number / 11209
Date / 20 / 5 / 1971
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 770
Date 1971/7/12
145
To: - Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Legal Inheritance Distributions
Due to the existence of a specific statutory distribution for the heirs of Ezra Menachem Saleh Daniel, number
955/33 Sharia 955/6/6 issued by the Personal Status Court in Baghdad, and due to our
urgent need for the legal inheritance distributions for the heirs of each of: -
1- Khatoun Robin Abdullah Battat.
2- Munshi = = =
3- Nour Moshi Yamin Qahtan.
Therefore, please provide us with the names of the heirs of each of the deceased mentioned above and the shares
of each heir among them, please.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of / The Secretary General
for Frozen Assets
The Secretary General
A copy of it to / -
Secretariat of Immovable Assets - Title Settlement - your margin on 13 / 5 / 971, requesting
to wait for the reply of the aforementioned Presidency, and we return to you herewith
the property file, District (11) A, Plot (12) Muhannawiyah
Al-Hilla
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters (6/1 Q 9)
Mr. Hadi Awni Jawad - for follow-up
Al-Bayati 18 / 5 / 1971
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
For Frozen Assets
Republic of Iraq
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters
Rights Division
Number / 12666
Date 5 / 6 / 1971
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number ⟦702⟧
Date 6 / 6 / 1971
144
Urgent
To :-
Directorate of General Nationality - Identities
Subject / Nationality of Jews
Please inform us whether the Jews whose names are listed below still retain
Iraqi nationality at the present time or not, and provide us with the rest of the names of the heirs of the deceased Jew
(Yousef Moshi Dangour), hoping for your response as quickly as possible, please.
Names
1- Marcelle Eliyahu Saleh
2- Yvonne Yousef Moshi Dangour
3- Odile Yousef Moshi Dangour
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On behalf of the Secretary General
For Frozen Assets
A copy of it to :-
Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad - We confirm our letter No. 25811 on 15 / 9 / 1970
And we request to be informed of the names of the heirs of the deceased mentioned above and the number and date of the distribution
of the estate regarding the heirs and the authority that issued it in case it was issued, hoping for the arrival of
your response as quickly as possible.
Central Bank of Iraq - Directorate of General Bank Supervision - Following up on our letter referred to
above, requesting to wait for the answers of the competent authorities on the subject
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters - (7 / 1 Q 3)
Khalid / 31 / 5
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Republic of Iraq
District Administration of Al-Shamiya
Finance
Number: 2586
Date: 15 / 5 / 971
To / Al-Qadisiyah Governorate - Properties
Subject / Correction of the category of plot 10, district 24, Al-Salahiya
Reference to your letter No. 8890 dated 1 / 2 / 971, referring to the Ministry of Finance - Properties letter
No. 2849 dated 1 / 2 / 971
We submit to you herewith the original petition of Mr. Muhib Habib Al-Hussein dated 12 / 2 / 971, one of the partners
in the plot under discussion and the applicant for the correction of the aforementioned plot, requesting you to kindly review
what is stated therein and instruct us as to whether there is scope regarding his request and what measures you will take
against his Jewish partners whose names are listed in the attached registration copy, given their unknown residence,
requesting a response as quickly as possible so that we can, after providing the necessary guarantees, fulfill our letter by arranging
the Treasury's share of the compensation in light of what was stated in your above-mentioned letter according to the procedures,
and repeating by informing us, please.
Attachments:
1- Petition
1- Registration copy
1- Map
A copy to /
Presidency of the Mosaic Community 142
Special Number 769
Date: 24 / 7 / 1971
Ihsan Muhammad Raouf
District Governor of Al-Shamiya
Al-Shamiya Land Registry Office - with reference to the above communication for review and to provide us with two copies of
the daily certification regarding how the plot described
above and mentioned in your letter No. 274 dated 2 / 2 / 971 is being managed.
General Secretariat for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Nationality - for information
that the plot described above, with an area of 11.500 dunams, the shares of
the Jews, namely Eliyahu and Nassim, sons of Kab Ezra, are (24) shares each,
and (8) shares each for Rosa daughter of Moshe, and Daoud and Maurice,
sons of Menashi, out of a total of (144) shares. We request that the necessary measures be taken
by you to pay the equivalent compensation for the Treasury's share, given the approval of the Ministry of
Finance to correct the category from Miri granted by Lazma to
pure ownership (Milk Sirf), as per our letter No. 2849 dated 1 / 2 / 971, and inform us,
please.
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad - for information and to provide us with all those concerned with the plot
described above among the Jews who have not been deprived of Iraqi nationality,
to visit the district finance office to pay the equivalent compensation due from them
for the mentioned plot regarding the Treasury's share, given their unknown addresses and the approval of
the Ministry of Finance for the correction based on what is mentioned above, and to provide us with what confirms
the notification with the impossibility and validity of that according to the procedures, please.
District Finance Directorate - for verification
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General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat of Rights <del>and Commercial Matters</del>
Rights Division
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Republic of Iraq
Number / 12125
Date / 20 / 5 / 1971
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Number 699
Date 1 / 6 / 1971
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Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Subject / Legal Inheritance Distribution
We reiterate our letter No. 9997 dated 9 / 5 / 1971
And we request a prompt response to the inquiries contained therein, please.
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On behalf of the Secretary General
Copy to -
Babylon Governorate / Frozen Assets: Your letter 1700 on 18 / 5 / 971. Please
act in accordance with our letter 9033 on 29 / 4 / 971 and provide us
with information in light of the steps mentioned therein, please.
Immovable Property / Following up on our letter No. 9997 on 9 / 5 / 1971. Please wait.
Secretariat of Rights 3 / (Q 1)
Al-Alawi 26 / 5
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters
Rights Division
Number / 12115
Date 20 / 5 / 197
141
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Outgoing Number 698
Date 1 / 6 / 1971
To - Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Subject / Statement of the names of heirs
Please provide us with the names of the heirs of the deceased Mosaic woman (Haila Salman Saleh Yusuf)
and their current citizenship status, noting that the aforementioned was a resident of the Al-Kazzara neighborhood in
Basra Governorate. Hoping for your response as quickly as possible.
On behalf of / The Secretary General
for Frozen Assets
A copy of it to /-
Basra Governorate - Frozen Assets Observation / Your letter numbered 1112 / M /
6024 on 19 / 5 / 1971 to await the response of the community
above regarding the subject and whether they have any additional
information, please.
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters (3/1 Q 1).
Khalaf 26 / 5 / 1971
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Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 83531 President
No. T /: 412 / 71
Date: 24 / 6 / 1971
Subject /:
129
The Honorable Secretary of Frozen Assets
After greetings:
Reference to your letter No. 14146 dated 21 / 6 / 1971
There is no one among the members of our community named Jamil Toni Yohanna.
Please accept our highest respect
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Acting Head of the Community
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Mr. Secretary General for Frozen Assets, Respected
Frozen Movable Assets
To
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 14146 and dated 2/21/71
There is no one among the ⟦sons⟧ of our community ⟦named⟧ Jamil Shawkat Yohanna
This
Head of the Community
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Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Number ⟦line⟧
Date / / 19
Fund Sheet
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
Payment Voucher
I received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad
The amount written above, being ⟦line⟧
In cash ⟦line⟧
Check No. ⟦line⟧ on Bank ⟦line⟧
For ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
Recipient
⟦illegible⟧
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Republic of Iraq
Number / 4241
Date 21 / 1 / 1971
4241
1971
21 / 1
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Private Number 731
Date 22 / 1 / 1971
121 -
General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
Secretariat of Immovable Assets
Ownership Verification Department
To /: Presidency of the Jewish Community
Subject /: ,
Please inform us whether Jamil Tawfiq Yohanna is of the Jewish or Christian religion. Your response
as soon as possible.
On behalf of the Secretary General
for Frozen Assets
⟦signature⟧
A copy to :-
Ownership Verification Department - with attachments for follow-up file 1659
Ownership Verification Observer - for follow-up please.
Khalid / 1 / 17
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