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Chaim Weizmann DS 1950

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Chaim Weizmann DS 1950
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Document signed ''Chaim Weizmann'' as first President of Israel and ''Moshe Sharett'' as first Foreign Minister. Dated 17 May 1950 from Hakirya, document appoints Chaim Raphael as Deputy Consul of Israel in London. In part, ''His jurisdiction will include the entire United Kingdom and Northern Ireland…I hereby request King George the Sixth, and all the authorities with an interest in the matter, to recognize Mr. Chaim Raphael in his declared office, and allow him the freedom to fulfill his role in confidence, to grant him all the rights and immunities her is entitled to by his office and grant him all the assistance and protection he may need…'' Issued in Hakirya instead of Jerusalem as Israel's capital was under the siege of war during this time. A career diplomat, Chaim Raphael later served in Australia and Southeast Asia, and as Israel’s Ambassador to Congo, Madagascar and Mauritius. Official embossed 2.5'' diameter paper seal affixed near lower edge and embossed with the seal of the State of Israel at top center. With some tears and soiling in blank areas at perimeter, which framing would conceal. Single page measures 25'' x 17''.