Coll 28/115 ‘Persia. Khorramshahr – intelligence summaries.’ [‎7r] (13/52)

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Khorr«&*fcfthr on.‘n*lat« 1 Tor the r.onth of
jAMvmil imUm- j
1 # Ihere were IndleatlcMOs during the eonth that the ludeh
Party were ehcmlnt »orae sign® of recovery fro® the eurpri^e
caused by defeats which the party had suffered In Wmbir* ihe
reappearance of the ■■ ovlet-«ub»idl*ed newepapere *£afer” and
w Hahbar• , after suppress Ion by the Covernnent caused them much
Jubilation* Several ludeh leader*! including Kusaaln ^arbiyat f
Cubad-Pur and A»hoort f who had been expelled from thi* aree t
returned secretly from lehran arid went Into hiding in ab^danf
where they engaged themselve* in re-organi?inr the party an^J
pvirglm It# rank* of certain element«• iarblyat and Aeheorl
were however arrested by the military Covernor during the middle
of January* together with a number of other iUdeh agitators*
Ihe re arrest* have had the effect of driving the party further
underground! but report* on the speech#* made at secret meetings
indicated tfcst determined effort* were tftill being suide to re
organise the party and to collect subscription* in Abedan y wtiich
hae always been ene of the ohlef source* of revenue* the two
centres where Tudeh doctrine* still flourish are report'd to be
the Company 9 9 Iranian Club and the lire 1'epartment*
2* there was an interesting development on tfe* 20th Jonuary f
when about a dosen fudeh leader* issued a •manifesto 1 to their
fellow worker** announcing that they had eevered all. oeamneme
with the Tudafc Part and that they had formed o new body celled
the Oil orkens* tnlon f which was to function strictly in accor
dance with the Iranian Labour law* They said that the main
reason? for thi* step were that the ludeh wa* a pollticiti p^rty
and did not represent a genuine Trade t nion movement| and that
the party’s fund* had b*en ahbeasled by rom^ of its If^adars* Ihe
chief signatory to the •manifesto 1 was Tusuf IftInherit an empioy-
aa of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company 9 who wa* the 1water of the
1^29 itrike In - bedan and who Is reported to he>vc made a study
of Trade tulcus In Iran* Ihe workers are uapicious of thir new
Union and are not eager to associate themselva* witl* It for fear
that their mon«y may again be eabe**led or that it may merely te
a Government and/or Company device. This suspicion is partly
the result of strong Tudeh counter-propagaiKia at th»ir secret
meeting**
3* Heftrance paragraph 271 of hitiry Ho* XL of 194G* Here
was no new* during the month of the date on which the lections
to the 15th Majlis are to cor; ence. Doctor Eajeh t who arrived
here or the 25th January t ha* been energetically canvaaelmg vote*
and it Is generally expected that he will finally b* alerted a*
m*mb*r for the Ibadan-^iiorram h-hr* hategen and i endiitan area.
The ^rabs were In their usual state of uncertainty and sgaln nought
H m U. Consul 9 s advice as to wbon they should give their support*
The usual non-committal reply was given to them*
4* Reference paragraph 27& of fl&ry No. 13 of 1946* lfc*re
ha* been a further improvement in security in *ba<Uk during the
month owing to the effective measure# taken by th« local authori
ties* in co-operation with the Anglo-lranlan Oil Compamy lecurity
Department f which resulted in thfi arrest# oi a mmmber of ring
leaders* Successful remit# were also achieved in the company 9 *
* ipping are*t where a 24-hour launch patrol wa* brought into
operation
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