Herbert Hoover actually said...

These actions caused him to lose opportunity for the advantageous sales of his land and entailed the expenses necessary in defending himself in the native courts of Egypt and also in the mixed tribunals of Egypt.

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

01/25/1931

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