COMMUNIST PERSONALITIES AND ACTIVITIES IN KASHMIR

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006200570006-9
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 6, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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The principal Communists in rinagar are:*
Bedi (fuu) and his European wif. e, Frieda = 25X1 X
Ghulam flohammed 3 diq,, Kashmir Development Minister = 25X1 X
Mohammed Afzal Beg, Kashmir Revenue Minister
Muhidd in Kara (aka Karra, Kurra), a lawyer = 25X 1 X
Dhanwantri, a Conaunist terrorist.**
Dhanvantri (fnu), a terrorist who arrived in Kashmir in 1947, presumably
from the Punjab, works closely with the Bedis' and with & diq.*** They
have established a Communist bookshop in Srinagar, which publishes the
Communist-oriented vernacular newspapers Eaor, ftlift, and BE &
'T'hrough dupes and trusted agents, these leaders penetrate and attempt to
control various civic and cultural organizations, and to disrupt those which
they cannot capture. They also have a cadre of trusted students who work to
form pro-Communist groups-in various schools and colleges in Kashmir., Their
line appeals to the underprivileged Kashmiri students; and they are gaining
converts at an alarming rate. Most of the Communist student workers are
from poor families Their education is being paid for by the Commmrnists,
with allowances ranging from Re.. 100 to 200 per month.
an addition, the Communists give away thousands of rupees worth of literature
per month.**** This literature is delivered to the schools through student
contacts, and is distributed throughout Srinagar and the surrounding villages
by young boys on bicycles.
Last summer some Czech men and women from Delhi came to Kashmir. They were
in regular contact with the Cormunist Party leaders these.*****
One D. N. t,tar, a Bombay Communist, recently came to Srinagar to try to
persuade the purchaser of a new newspaper to follow the Communist line.
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7. There is at least one cache of arms in Srinagar in the home of a Commmist.
The cache consists of several hundred pistols and revolvers, plus anmaanition.******
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Coz~aant. Despite his recent pro--Communist manifestations,
:sheikh Abdullah is not believed to be a Stalirist Communist. He
probably fears that if he turns against then, S'adiq and the other
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Womnent. The source of these. funds could not be determined.
Various Communist leaders from Kashmir visit New Delhi occasionally
and they may obtain funds from the Soviet Embassy.
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