LABOR STRIKE IN THE BAKU OIL FIELDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004600100008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2007
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 21, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

This material contains Information affecting the ae-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
Ing of the Espionage Taws, Title 18, U.S.C. Sees. 795
and 794, the tn.nsmWlon or revelation of which In
any manner to an unauthorized person I. prohibited
by law. 25X1
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
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On 16 July 1954, workers in the Baku oil fields staged a strike because of
dissatisfaction with their living conditions. In the ensuing police inter-
vention, approximately 20 strikers were killed and a large number arrested,
of which approximately 300 were later exiled from Baku to other areas in the
USSR. The majority of the strikers were Turks, and among those arrested were
many women and children. The women and children had not taken part in the
strike but were taken from their homes for questioning.