Jordan Casino Gate
Document 15: Letter from PM Al-Ragheb to Dahabi Re: Authorizing Casino Negotiations

Letter dated May 22, 2003, from Prime Minister Ali Abu al-Ragheb to Acting Minister of Finance Nader Dahabi.  Ragheb tells Dahabi that Dahabi has been given authority in a letter dated April 15, 2003, to negotiate with Iris on casinos; that the Council of Ministers decided on May 20, 2003, to approve issuing licenses to establish and start the hotel and Casino project; and to send all needed documents and to receive all such documents from Iris and Trillium in order to proceed with the agreement. 

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