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English: A photo of Leon Sultan, secretary general of the Communist Party of Morocco, published with his obituary in Le Petit Marocain June 24, 1945.
العربية: صورة لليون سلطان، أمين عام للجزب الشيوعي المغربي، نشرت في جريدة المغربي الصغير بعد وفاته
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