SOVIET PENETRATION IN PALESTINE

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• Publication Date: January 1, 1946
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36 TELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY Palestine
SUBJECT Soviet Penetration in Palestine
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ORIGIN
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DST. 23 January 1947
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The aithor of the following d ? nt entitled "Soviet Penetration in Palestine'
which was written in r,.:k..1shs is ui no .
0V1 Lam' PENETRATICK IN PALESTID4
The PCP (Palestine Communist Party) adopted a negative attitude toured
terroristic action in Palestine, starting from the principle that the
fox ~ .7- s being directed against Great Britain, is
carried out under the auspices of Zionist leaders, who combat Great
Britain with the same passion as they do Soviet Russia,,
2., The Centra. uvnenittee of the PCP decided to take advantage of the
situation existing in Palestine, in consequence of the action taken by
W~. .-..srities, in order tot
(a) Increase pro-Soviet propaganda among the Jewish population
ua - ing the "imperialistic barbarisia" of Great Britain;
(b) Said messages to all communist parties all over the world
and to the Anti Fascist Jewish Committee In Moscow, pointing
to the danger menacing the lives of the Palestianian Jews
under the British yoke and demanding the evacuation of British
troops from Palestine "in order to guarantee the peace;"
(c)
Issue leaflets planned to convince the Jews that American
imperialism goes hand in hand with English imperialism and
that no American help is to be counted upon.
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The PCP in against solution of the Palestinian problem by Great Britain
and Arica. Only the to should be called upon to inquire Into and decide th
problems Two messages to that effect were drawn up and sent by the Central
Conunittee of the PCP to the Jewish National Council and to Fiistadrat0
Both these messages were couched in very sharp tones and condemned, among
other things, "the killing of innocent people and arresting of whole masses
of people; they demanded a "thorough and unbiased inquiry into the "nirders
and devastations caused by military operations," as well as
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"compensation for losses to public and private property."
A plan for taking the party underground was set up by Sh.nud
! likunis in anticipation of reprisals on the part of the authorities.
The plan is as follows:
(a) In case of reprisals started by the authorities, PCP
members shall not go into hiding but will allow themselves
to be arrested. Thus w=ould be shown beyond doubt the
imperialistic policy, of the Labor government, which,
for no reason, liquidates the only Jewish democratic
party, which collaborates with democratic Arabic
organizations in Palestine;
(b) An underground conrii.ttee bras set up, composed of four
rieinbors unknown to the police, with tiikunis as secretary
and head. In case of the arrest of the official members,
the underground eorriittee would continue the work of the
PCP in secret. The met-,bars of the underground committee
under-went special training and were given instructions.
They are to act under assumed names, their true names
being known to ;ikunis only;
(c) The underground co..-r ':tteo is to be in contact with
the Anti Fascist Jewish Coruaittec in Moscow, which has
been informed accordingly.
5, At a meeting of the Central Committee held on 18 July 196, the above
plan was approved by all the iaeIabers present. Creation of the uniform
Jet:wish-Arabic front cont:.nued to be one of the aims of the PC?.
Propaganda on a largo scale is being carried out in order to demonstrate
'_at t ripe solatioii of thu :'a cstiii .an problem might be found by the
way of the equation of rfi hits for Jeers and. Arabs in the frame-
work of an independent state, free from British interference. Lack
of reaction on the part of the Arab.Cormiunist Party to the activities
of the t:,ufti was e cDiained as follows by r. eir lilner, a r.ieriber of
the PCP: the A.L.N.L. is obliged to reckon with the great popularity
f tie Uufti among the Arab population; the A.L.N.L. viewed the
,'ufti as an enemy of the Arab people and did not counteract his
action only for fear of being boycotted by the Arab masses.
The PCP recognized this attitude of the A.L.N.L, as right, and
decided not to attack the newspaper al-Ittihad for its article
favorable to the l4lufti.
b. As for the susponsion of the Communist newspaper, -Qal lla 'Amy
for fair weeks for publishing a cartoon showing a British tank
crushing the inhabitants of a "Kibutz," the Committee of the PCP
decided to send a protest to the Journalists Union, to the English
Communist Party, and to publish a weekly, each issue to appear under
a different name. The first number of the weekly under the name
of Qol Ham (Voice of Progress) has already appeared.
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Ii . Activities of the Arab Connunists:
1, The A.L.N.L. attitude toward the terroristic action of the.Palestinian
Jews was similar to that of the PCP. Arab communists also maintain
that the terroristic action is directed by the Zionist leaders who
are enemies of the Arabs and of Soviet Russia. True, those leaders
are now fighting\Great Britain, but they will unite with Great Britain,
if need be, in order to fight Soviet Russia.
2. The A.L.U.Le Committee defined the last British military action in
Palestine not as a desire to liquidate Zionists, but as a striving
to tie it more closely to British imperialism. For British policy
counteracts an understanding between Arab and Jewish democratic elements.
The only British aim is to create in Palestine a strong military
base against Soviet Russia without regard to the welfare and rights of the
nationalities inhabiting Palestine.
3. The initiative of uniting the whole of the Arab people was taken by the
A.L.N.L. It ryas decided to. send *nessa;;es to all Arab partiesv explaining
the present political situation in Palostine and proposing that the case
be submitted to the UN.
r'cr :Gear of reprisals, the A.TirNe ! t~@-:~.c d to a~7 t ca plan to ti3l r'
h- _;arty under. round. iimi1 Tlabiv t. vial ?-.1'~; `rg . E,f?d it-Itr the elaboration
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5. A society for the development of culture was set up at Haifa.
The society was founder on a commercial basis, and its aim is to print
and translate communist literature as yell as to organize lectures and
theatricals.
6. An association called the Union of Progressive Dwaobilized Arab Soldiers
was formed in Jn*?t?sa1e!.:> pTi.n :: i ers entered the Union, and its
,tee ciecided to enter the A.L.N.L.
III. Soviet penetration among Armenians
7. The union of Armenian communities in Palestine received a letter from
.41j . uvie-i, Legation at Damascus inforr&ig then that the legation,
as well as all the Soviet posts abroad.aware empowered to grant Soviet
citizenship to all Armenians living outside the USSR. Any Armenian
applying for oov.7-e:', citizenship is to submit a written recommendation
from an Armenian Coruxittee specially set up for that purpose in the
country of his residence. Sixty Armenian committees are in operation
all over the world, among them are branches in Rio do Janeiro, Melbourne,
Paris, etc.
2. Six hundred Orthodox Armenians have registered for return to Armenia.
As a reason for this mass registration, these Armenians give fear of the
increasing Arab-Moslem nationalism, but they do not keep secret that
they are continuously exposed to Soviet propaganda persuading them
to go back to their country and their culture.
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3. Armenian interest in returning to Armenia was increased by a
letter which the Armenian Patriarch in Jerusalem has received
from Erivan informing ht^n that the Armenian government had
appropriated 25 pillion roubles for the construction of houses
to accommodate persons returning from abroad.
Counter-aetion to Soviet penetration
1a A congress of 1 _osle:: 13rotizers -held at Jaffa decided:
(a) To create special tribunals to deal traitors
to the Arab nation;
(b) To strive to secure a total annihilation of the
A.L.N L0
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To send loc,-,d youth to the car:Yps of Moslem
Brothers (Ikhwan a1-?iuslimin) in Egypt for
military training.
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