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Herbert Hoover: “This claim grows out of the improper exercise of jurisdiction over Mr. Salem by the native courts of Egypt respecting a…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 1931
This claim grows out of the improper exercise of jurisdiction over Mr. Salem by the native courts of Egypt respecting a charge of forgery of deeds and out of the retention by the Egyptian authorities of Mr. Salem's deeds for a period of over four years.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message to the Congress About the Claim of George J. Salem Against the Government of Egypt.

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