Tetouan, February 20, 1938 (Dhu Al-Hijjah 19, 1356)

My dear friend and devoted patriot Said Hajji,

Respectful greetings

The Executive Committee of the Reformist Party charged me to contact you in a question of extreme importance in relation with the sacred national cause. After the reversal which has been noted in the French policy with respect to the Moroccan Nationalism as a result of the measurements of imprisonment, exile and repression of the nationalist milieus and their leadership, the Reformist Party keeps carrying the torch of the struggle for the defense of our patriotic cause, by organizing movements of strikes as well as demonstrations of protest and resistance against the French colonial policy. But, we saw that time went by, and our action did not have any impact on the course of the events. For this reason, we have considered it useful to undertake a political action in Europe, and charged a member of our party, Mr Thami Elwazzani, to go to Geneva to contact Haj Ahmed Balafrej and the Emir Chakib Arsalane, in order to establish the necessary contacts with our fellow citizens and the supporters of our cause abroad.

Mr Elwazzani made with them a detailed analysis of the current situation, and returned carrying a concrete result, namely the constitution of an office in charge of defense of the Moroccan cause in Switzerland. After a deep study of the proposal, we decided to seize you with regard to the total confidence which we have in your patriotic fervour, in order to ask you to be one of the active members of this office and to indicate to us other devoted patriots whom we can trust in this subject.

We are awaiting a positive reply to provide you with further details. We insist on the urgent character of this question, and we ask you to answer us as quickly as possible by addressing your mail in the name of Dris Al Arfaoui, Wady Ahardane, Tangier.

Cordial greetings from all of us - Glory and greatness to Morocco.

Tayeb Bennouna