DEPARTURE OF TUDEH PARTY DELEGATION FOR BUCHAREST FESTIVAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002000520006-6
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2002
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 3, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains Information affectiai the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
Ing of Title 18, Sections 783 and 794, of the U.S Clods, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
SUBJECT
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Iran/Rumania/USSR
Departure of Tudeh Party Delegation for
Bucharest Festival
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
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1. On 24 July 1953, at 0930 hours, three buses left the Mihantour Passenger
Transportation Companyl Garage in Tehran, Iran,. with Festival Delegates.2
2. The departing group, which numbered approximately 909 included the group of 4+0
persons who obtained passports with Government permission, as well as others
who obtained their passports by other means. Engineer Hasan Nazari, the Tudeh
official secretly in charge of the Festival Preparations Committee, told Source
that the Tudeh Party expected to have a total delegation in Bucharest of
about 150 persons.3
Nazari was in charge of the group until it reached the Russian border.
The d.eiegate,"_1eft 'ulfl~ at about 103.0 hours on 26 July:195:3,, vlth, Puria (fii )5
in charge. Each delegate took with him approximately 28 dollars and an
unspecified amount in rubles.
On 25 July, the Festival Preparations Committee authorized its Passport Division
"contact men" to pay "any price" to obtain more passports. Howeyer, these
efforts were apparently fruitless, since on "Friday or Saturday" the
Government changed about 14 of the key personnel in the Passport Division, thus
upsetting the Tudeh channels for bribery,
On 27 July, the Festival Preparations Committee instructed its "contact men"
to cease their efforts, as the "Job was finished."
25X1 A 1. Comment. The Mihantour Company, according to a report from a
25X1 date of information 28 May 1951, provides
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paxt or the funds use by he Tudeh Party for propaganda purposes, maintains
contact with the Party's provincial branches, and gives general operational
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assistance to the Party. See
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2. Comment. This refers to the Fourth World Youth Festival scheduled
for Bucharest, Rumania, between 2 and 16 August 1953.
I !Comments
Iranian delegates from Europe should enable the Tudeh Party to reach this goal.
4. Nazari failed at the last minute to get a passport.
Comments
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5. Possibly identical with Arsalan Purya who according to a report from a Tudeh
Party member 25X1 A
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6. It is not clear whether 17-18 July or 24-25 July 1953 is meant.
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