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* الرسالة الثانية حول الموضوع ذاته كانت بتاريخ 17 ايلول 1909، ملف رقم AR56_01_073 وAR56_01_074 وR56_01_075 (الخلية 33) وفيها يشكر الخوري الريحاني لقبول الدعوة.</text>
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                <text> Messrs. Eissa Eskander alMalouf, Abdullah Abi Khater, Youssef alBardaweel, and Youssef alBredie. Khouri asked Rihani to select a topic to speak about, or if not the speech could be about "future of Zahle". A note at the end says, the writer of the letter is Haleem Ibraheem Dammous.</text>
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