Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎174r] (350/1237)

A laaies* Druiicia ox tue Cultural Society has u«an forxa«d u.der* the
iTeeidtucy of A&e. Dauvar, the wile of the Uovernor-General.
4-j. r^....uL ..a a ui ty otivitieL * It would seem that in
the peri a U-.der review moot of the energies of the Tudeh arty have
gone into celebrating ned nrsa^ Jay: there have been no political
demonatrati lie or m^ss meetinge. There has nevertaeless been a good
aeai at internal activity in tne way of reorganising rid reahuffling
innumerable coa.xitteee whicn administer the com ..lie • ted affaire
ui the - arty and tne freedom front#
x o ap ears tnat there Le a g-neral feeling among the members of the
orga^iscition that tneir pro 0 rauiuae is not sufiiciently b dd and definite;
the Deputy, risnivari, in the speech referred tx in .-^ra 44 above,
warned his near era txiat the iradei Milli Tarty nad a much bigger
pr xgraamiie ol action then their own ana that the , had setter extend
tneirt ii they did not wish to be left ben lad# The freedom xront, in
wnicn idlr ohaiibiatary is emerging as the leading light, neld a meeting
in tue offices oi the "f&riynd f newspaper on February 19 th., at which
it drew up yet another statement i policy and made a series of
regulations governing tne iuterual organisation of the movement. Tne
statement >f j ilcy contains four points: i) Defence of the political
and economic independence of Iran and uni 1inching opposition to any
attempt at u colonis6tion l, ) 2) The establishment of a truly national
government on tne basis )i the ^fundamental haw * and in acc ordance
with democratic principles; 6} Tne f>rmation of national tribunals to
try “traitors 1 *; 4) The improvement of tne general standard of living
and tne cecuriiig ol social justice. Xne moat interesting thing in the
regulations lor the internal organisation of tne movement is that the
’Central supreme Council” is to be composed chiefly of the editors of
leit-wi.H- newapa ers. under the direction of the Supreme Council
five committees are set up: a w Comnitt e of Investigation**, to vet
applications for membership; a "Committee ol urgaai^ati >a*% to super
vise the afxairs ox" the or&nchea in all parts of Iran; a "Committee of
Trap agenda “; a iiiiancial committee axid a secretarial Com ittee.
According, to the " uiarvar-i-dov'' paper of February 28th., tnese
deciSiOna nave now been put into ef.ect and all the different
committees elected.
•ii tne motion of a certain Jou&mmed Agna NaKhjivani, who is
‘'interested ixi booita and education", the fuheh art, have decided to
set up a library in Tauria;. promises of noney and bo s nave been
received from h If-a-dozen citizexxs who are all mexi of sue stance and
such as are not likely to be really in sympathy with the Tudeh iarty , s
aims, out who have no do Jit olio sen this simple way oi ouying their
pence ana security for a time.
according to a lanuowner recently arrived from ianduab, the Tudeh
xarty hove scored a victory in that region. The inhabitantt of the
villages between Shahindash and Miaaduab had long resisted Doth the
bl&nuigiMenta ana threats of the Tuden agents, but a fortnight ago the
agents made a tour accompanied oy two soviet officers, ana the presence
of tixese carried auen conviction that branches of tae arty were at
once,established in all the nitnerto reoalcitr-nt viliagea.
47. ntl-inueh cirt./ . So thing more definite about this rgahization
has yet com- to li fc nt than the rumours mentioned in the last Jiary.
Jne rumour, indeed, now gives a name to tue myaterioua military
organiser ol the forty a no claim that he is a cex tain oarhang Hashimi,
newly arrived irom ueiiran. nut there is no sigh ox him in the town.
The Tuaeh press, i- tact, denies the existence of any specifically
anti-Tudeh -arty, anu av-vra that the st ries arise from the covert
activities a branches of the Iradei milli, Vatan, Istiqlal and
maslu'utia part es uhich are trying to establish themselves in iabria
and all of wxicii rna^' se called anti-Tudeh parties in the sense that
they are parties f ruaotioji.
4^* Traue uni o n Activities . There was a meeting of the Union of
Government employees on february 27th*. thus Indicating that the
Governor-General*a prohibition u th. attendance of Government employ
es v*as, :a& suggested in the last Diary, only a pious hope. Ho report
oi the meeting has yet been received.
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