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    "ocrText": "SECRET\nIn the summer of 1947 Tudeh Party members and sympathizers were reported to be\nemployed in a number of key stations throughout the railway system, notably at Ahwaz,\nQazvin, and Arak (CIG SO 7854, 2 July '47).\n7. TRIBAL ELEMENTS.\nAs early as 1927 the Soviet Government proposed to make an \"independent repub-\nlic\" for the few Kurdish tribal elements within the USSR, but later on this plan was\ndropped in favor of activity among all the Kurds (G. Agabakov, The Russian Secret\nTerror, 1931, p. 101).\nOne purpose of such activity is clearly stated in a USSR handbook.\n\"\nthe\nKurdish part of the population can represent, with clever political preparation, a factor\nwhich would contribute to the sucesses of the Red Army.\nAn extremely dis-\nagreeable political situation can develop for the enemy in Iranian Azerbaijan and\nKurdistan, since the inhabitants of these provinces are not only under class oppression,\nbut are also suffering from ruthless national oppression. Consideration of the national\nmovement and unfolding of a corresponding political propaganda would contribute to\nthe success of the USSR\" (Survey of Iran. High Command of the Armed Forces\n(USSR), Office of Foreign Countries Defense; Foreign Countries in General, 1941, p. 57).\nAlthough the tribes as a whole maintain a strong anti-Soviet attitude, certain\nelements among the Kurds have proved receptive to Soviet manipulation, have accepted\nguidance and support from Soviet representatives, and have aided in implementing\nSoviet policy.\na. Remnants of the \"Kurdish Republic.\"\nNo current information is available concerning the activities of former leaders\nof the so-called \"Kurdish Republic,\" who escaped execution at the hands of the Iranian\nGovernment and fled from Iranian territory, or of those who remained in Iran.\nSoviet support and direction of this short-lived regime is amply documented\n(A. Roosevelt, Jr., \"The Kurdish Republic of Mahabad,\" Middle East Journal, I, 3 (1947),\npp. 247-269; ORE No. 19, Developments in the Azerbaijan Situation, 4 June '47; Docu-\nments submitted to the Security Council at its third meeting, 28 January '46 by the\ndelegate of Iran; SSU A-61562, 22 Sept. '45; and SSU A-67635, 6 May '46). After its\ndissolution in December 1946, some of its leaders asserted their allegiance to the\nIranian Government. However, the Iranian Government's execution of certain leaders\nwho had figured prominently in the regime SO embittered others that they fled to the\nUSSR and Iraq or remained in contact with Soviet representatives in Iran. These ele-\nments can be expected to provide active support to Soviet operations in the future.\nb. The Barzani Kurds.\nA group of the (Iraqi) Barzani Kurds, which, together with members of the\nDPA, numbers 6,000 to 8,000 men,* is now assembled in the USSR across the border from\nAzerbaijan. These Barzanis, a restless, aggressive element of the Kurds, entered north-\nwestern Iran under pressure from the armed forces of Iraq. Reaching the area south-\n* This figure is provided by the Iranian Chief of Staff.\nSECRET\nII-8"
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