HUSSEIN SADDAM: (1937-2006) President of Iraq 1979-2003. A.L.S., in Arabic, one page, 8vo, n.p. (Republican Palace, Baghdad?), 10^th June 1984, to Tariq Aziz, on printed stationery featuring the coat of arms of Iraq, in Arabic. Hussein sends a memorandum to his Foreign Minister with the command that they inform the US State Department that the Libyan regime is providing Iran with missiles and Russian-made naval mines, as well as providing Iran with money through international and regional banks. Two file holes to the right edge, and a small staple hole to the upper edge, VG

Tariq Aziz (1936-2015) Iraqi politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq 1979-2003 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs 1983-91 and was a close adviser to Saddam Hussein.