HUSSEIN SADDAM: (1937-2006) President of Iraq 1979-2003. A.L.S., in Arabic, one page, 8vo, n.p. (Republican Palace, Baghdad?), 2nd March 1986, to the Chief of Staff, on printed stationery featuring the coat of arms of Iraq, in Arabic. Hussein issues a directive, in full, 'Comrade Tariq Hamad Al-Abdullah, upon his delegation to East Germany, is asked not to address Iraq's debts to Germany, unless they are addressed by the Germans. At that time, we will ask them for our outstanding debts, and a representative of the Central Bank will be sent with him. I am waiting for a detailed report after the visit'. Two file holes to the right edge and some light staining and a minor area of paper loss at the head of the page, about VG Tariq Hamad Al-Abdullah (1940-1986) Iraqi military officer and politician who served as Secretary General of the Revolutionary Command Council, Acting Head of the Office of the Presidency of the Republic and as Minister of Light Industries from 1982-86.