STATUS OF THE COMMUNISTS FOLLOWING THE 8 FEBRUARY COUP

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• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2019
• Case Number: F-2018-01337
• Publication Date: February 12, 1963

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INFORMATION REPORT
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STATUS OF THE COMMUN I STS FOLLOWING THE
8 FEBRUARY COUP
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Pli I. g;MMUNISTS BEING ARRESTED SINCE Tr ..: 8 FEBRUARY COUP ARE NOT
BEING AND WILL NOT BE EXECUTED WITHOUT r-AIR TRIAL. NATIONAL GUARD
ELEMENTS CONDUCTING THE ARRESTS ARE IOT ALLOWED TO INSULT. THOSE
COMMUNISTS TKYARREST, AND THOSE 1 .0 HAVE VIOLATED THIS RULE
HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO DISCIPLr tRY MEASUREU FOR EXAMPLE, ONE
NATIONAL GUARDSMAN WHO STRUCK A COMMUNIST WAS RELIEVED OF HIS
GREEN ARMBAND AND DISMISSEr :ROM DUTY. ANOTHER WHO CALLEDc,
DR. ABD�AL�JABBAR ABDULL/ , PRESIDENT OF BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY,,
A COMMUNIST WHEN DR A' 4iLLAO WA F ARRESTED, WAS SLAPPED IN THE
FACE BY ANOTHER MEMB' OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND TOLD THAT HE
"WOULD NOT BE THE ,JDGE."
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2. 'ARRESTS ARE BEING MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH LISTS PREPARED
BY THE BATHTARTY, AND WHICH CONTAIN THE NAMES OF THO,c:ACTIVE
DUR!NG THE, ERA OF COMMUNIST 'DOMINANCE IN 195 A JYSTEMATIC
SEARCH OF MADINAT AL -QAHIRA (CAIRO CITY) AND Al fHAWRA TOWNSHIP
HAS BEEN ORDERED. BOTH AREAS ARE BELIEVED TO BE HEAVILY CON-
CENTRATED WITH COMMUNISTS. AS OF 12 FEBRUARY, MOST OF THE
COMMUNISTS HAD BEEN CLEARED OUT OF KADHiMAIN, ADHAMIYAH, AND
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TRIALS F.R THOSE COMMUNISTS ARRESTED
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