POLITICAL UNREST/FEAR OF SOVIET INVASION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00926A003300050005-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 15, 2004
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 18, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

CENTRAL INITEL-LIGENCE AGENCY -25
INFORMATION REPORT
GOU.NTRY Iran
SUBJECT F;ditical Unrest/FTear of Soviet Invasion
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-general turmoil is Iran. The people are ignorant of political affairs, seldom
knowing their district leadersE'names, much less their political ideas1, They
expect little and are unconcerned about how they get it0
There is no political honesty among the influential politicians, and these acts
..of Violence are ' the result of intrigue among them, It lead to. a new balance 24 of power among them but no-important changes in their relations with other
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l; The assasination of Ramnara and shooting of Zauganeh do not indicate a threat of
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It seems likely the USSR will try to openly eip1.o{t the situations It has always
been possible for 'them-to take over the country with little opposition. and regard
for their relations with the UK, and US will prevent their taking. any-decisive
action because of these 'incidents0
he native are all, convinced that invasion by USSR is..inevitm
able and.. their army ll. offer no resistance. Top army officers -iao zl.d flee and
the Iranian troops would plunder the country,, Fu7.s are being transferred to safer
countries and many business men are tai ," i.,jeavee They all consider the- police
force as being in communist hands.
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