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    "ocrText": "SECRET\nb. Assyrians.\nSome 20,000 to 30,000 Assyrians (Nestorian Christians) live in the region just\nwest of Urmia. This minority proved receptive to activity of the Tudeh Party among\nits members, and individuals also took part in the DPA movement. (OSS A-57974, 2\nJune '45, and OSS A-55537, 19 Apr. '45.)\nDuring the disorders in the Assyrian villages near Rizaiyeh and Shahpur in\nreprisal for Assyrian sympathy with the DPA after the fall of the Azerbaijan regime (13\nDecember 1946), Soviet consular officials were active in gathering evidence of outrages\nagainst the Assyrians. Statements were signed by people who had been robbed or\nattacked; devastated villages, looted houses, and the bodies of murdered Assyrians were\nphotographed; and testimony was taken from witnesses (Tabriz 23 June '47; 14 August\n'47; 29 September '47).\n9. THE QAJARS.\nInfluential members of the Qajar family have strongly supported Soviet policies\nand are in close contact with Soviet officials. Recent reports suggest that the USSR\nmay be lending encouragement to the dynastic and political aspirations of the\nQajars in order to promote regional movements or to undermine the authority of the\npresent anti-Soviet regime.\nThe Qajar dynasty ruled Iran from the end of the eighteenth century until Riza\nShah ascended the throne in 1925. At this time the constitution was amended to bar\nmembers of the Qajar family from the royal succession.\nWhen Iran adopted the Western practice of family names, branches of the Qajar\nline assumed a number of different family names; hence, their names do not always\nidentify them as Qajars.\nActive Qajar leaders of the Tudeh Party include Abbas Iskandari and Iraj Iskan-\ndari. Abu Nasr Azod is an intellectual leader of the Tudeh Party who shuns publicity.\nMuzaffar Firuz was originally high in the councils of the so-called anti-Soviet party of\nSayyid Zia ad-din Tabatabai, but deserted this party and came out with pro-Soviet\nviews. In 1946 and 1947, as a close associate of Prime Minister Qavam, he held several\nofficial posts including that of Iranian Ambassador to Moscow and was vocal in support\nof Soviet policy toward Iran. He recently went to Europe, where he may be plotting\nfor the restoration of the Qajar dynasty. Muhammad Vali Mirza Farman-Farmayan\nwas deputy in the XIVth Parliament and in 1946 was appointed a provincial governor.\nHe holds strong pro-Soviet views. Qajars within the Iranian Army who have given\nstrong support to pro-Soviet policy include General Muhammad Husain Firuz and\nGeneral Amanullah Mirza Jahanbani.\n10. INTELLIGENTSIA AND STUDENTS.\nSoviet contacts with these elements are largely through cultural organizations.\nHowever, the general attitude of the two groups inclines to be pro-Soviet even without\nspecial encouragement, motivated in part by the belief that the US and UK lean toward\npreservation of the status quo in Iran.\nII-11\nSECRET"
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