مجموعة ١١١/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. كرمانشاه - يوميّات سياسية." [ظ‎‎٣‎١‎٠] (٧٥١/٦٢٣)

here his 1‘araily. It is rumoured that he may be transferred to
Tehran shortly. This would be regrettable from a local point of
view as he ia doin^ *opd work ana is well liked.
7. Although the elections for the Kermanshah Municipal Council were
held in duly (July Diary* paragraph 1H) no Council has yet been
appointed. The final choice of councillors apy|*ently rests with th ^
Ministry of Interior. Municipal elections have recently been held ^
at Songhur.
POLITICAL j
8. There seems no doubt that the Vyorlcer8 , Union (Ittihadiye-
i-Xargaran va Zahmatkashan) inaugurated here in December by Dr Forutan
and local members of the Tudeh Party (December Diary* paragraph 8) is
a branch of the Tudeh labour union, the "Central United Council” of
which in Tehran have telegraphed their "hearty congratulations on the
formation of the Union of the 5th Ustan and (their) hope that under
the Union's aegis the Toilers of the west also will succeed in defend
ing their rights”. In announcing this message in the ’'Jisitun” news
paper on the 20th, Dr Forutan stated that it had been communicated to
"all branches and districts of the 5th Ustan". Nothing else has been
heard of these alleged brandhes but the local luieh Party is reported
to haVe decided at a meeting on the 11th upon opening "branches" at
Sahneh* Xangavar ana v asr-i-dhirin, in addition to one said to exist
already at Fiarsin. In essence there appears to be little difference
between the Xenhanshah Wortcers' Union and the Kermanshah T ideh Party.
They share the same premises and the same persons are members of both.
9. The article in the "Kermanshah" newspaper attacking those
responsible for the execrable theatrical shows which marked the
inauguration ox the Workers 1 Union brought a long reply to Farajullah
.Caviani* editor of the "Kermanshah", from Dr Forutan* abdsin 0 the
police, the army, the education authorities, and the rich "who ait
in warm rooms and laugh at the poor". Far from publishing Forutan's
epistle, Kaviani devoted part of each issue of his paper for three
weexs to printing a long ana gruesome account of how Porutan and
two friends of his murdered a prostitute for her Jewellery some twenty
years ago. The serial concluded with an appeal to the Central United
Council of the workers' Union to prevent such an undesirable character
as Forutan from having anything to ao with labour mattt,rs. rorutdn
retorted by means of an open letter to Kaviani, published in the
"Bisitun" paper on the 28th, with copies to the Central Council and
the Tehran newspaper "Zafar", saying; "The Tuaeh Tarty and the ♦orkei's’
Unions are not children and do not need a nurse. — The workers
have complete confidence in Dr Forutan, the Head ol our Union, ana
we know also that you are opposed to the* workers".
10. A speech made at a recent Tudeh Party meeting is said to have
included a statement that "the unity and progress of the Party in
other towns is due to the absence of foreign iniluence.lMBMBMltfBlwaHMaiK
Lack of progress in the Lest is due to British influence". Perhaps in
a bid for support in other than Russian garters, Forutan seems to
have been doffing his cap to the British in recent speeches arid,
while stressing the Tudeh Party's independence of foreign inspiration,
to have paid tribute to the services which Britain - ana nussia* -
are rendering to the cause of freedoms "Our policy has nothing to do
with either the British or the Soviet Governments. \>e are Iranians
and liberals. They are to us as wings to a bird. — Our dear
neighbours, the British and the Russians, are making sacrifices for
freedom. — V^e should pray God for the victory of the British and
the Russians and love them". These sentiments seem insincere but, as
the meetings are not held in public, they may not necessarily be so.
11. A notice published in the "Siaitun" newspaper on the 7th
announced the appointment of a new "Secretary and liaison member of
the Kdalat Party, Kermanahah", in the person of a ^eyyid Abul yaeem
Nadimi, and stated that party meetings would be held on Fridays in
various parts of the town. Mention was made in the December Diary
(paragraph 9) /