FIRST CONGRESS OF THE INTELLIGENTSIA OF THE UZBEK SSR

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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 10, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY USSR (Uzbek SSR)
PROCESSING Copy 25x~
SUBJECT First Congress of the Intelligentsia DATE DISTR. 10 April 1957
of the Uzbek SSR
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A five-page analysis of the First Congress of the Intelligentsia of the Uzbek
SSR has been placed in the CIA Library, from which copies can be ordered,' Included
are the composition and background of the group and the main points brought
out by the keynote address to the Congress, given by N.A. Mukhitdinov, First
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Uzbek SSR, These main points are
listed as (1) the far reaching and far-sighted Soviet Asian policy,(2) the
present political situation in Soviet Central Asia in general and in the Uzpek
SSR in particular, and (3) the hidden aims of the Soviet attack against the cult
of personality in non-Russian areas of the USSR. Factual material about the
Congress on which the analysis is based was taken from reports and articles in the
newspaper Kizil Uzbekista (Red Uzbekistan) of 9-14 October 1956, The
speech of Mukhitdinov was printed in full in this paper on 13 October 1956,
When detached from this cover sheet, the analysis may be considered CONFIDENTIAL,
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FBI AEC
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cob~~gEb1ri~
The Pirs'fi. Conk
Thu the," Congress of .t zbe: '#n' a ioto entsia's,equired the character of
a11an meet.,; ..
lie y eap , to the thex3~r e Z , of the?e.E3reat tussian people.
re' ar~r._of the Len tral j.G, om se a '' the Cce nnuiist Party of Uzbekistan And
yeton. hnos?-s ?pier tee followed by three days of discussions.
dual, Muheddnov's paper, + alb. ;benches stressed that the ach,eveme.
hf ofal the peoples of-.the USSR, and
'
dss la people,
tl a zbek people have ach eRved=.
with i t ; ad w doni, with its disinter-'
ah, the a people- deserve. the esteem and
pies oft our country and all democratic fDrees
"Under the 'leadership of the Communist Party, the Russian people form a
tenting power in the friendship d f the , lea of the. Soviet: 'Union, and a
ifyifg*' factor for the Feoples; under the banner of Proletarian Internationalism."
Thus, V617 can see that. decisions or the h Congress. of the CPSU concerning
e cult . of personality do not.... iqui ew tl : at othe he pony of the Russia
o or the non-Russian 'peop7 es of the tom. based his rule on the Russ s,
d, tote near co] i tt a leaders base O on the Russian nation as "well
Ov"*? speech reveals the folio: ale ants of "Soviet
olicy:
p
) aching and r_sighted Soviet Asian policy
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rgisatan, . ens , Tad~`ikia an, an, Georgia, and Armenia' and the
ate k ef, C4ta.tttre o U i ov, were present. There were also
rreigm c e gatibx~ .. a , group > i': ri~tt3 on experts hey dad by coon
K
fentfdiF( ). a tie3 it h 4ed' an Egyptian delegation of
s
iters h sd by am 8 andur, (!e a North Korean delegation
aded' bt Ija D Ik'; A ~x.,
bf !ekietans , Intelligentsia
first congrepe of the Inte13 ige# t i of 'the Uzbek SSR was cone convened from
tobeyr 1, t October l 3o l bw in ' Taahken . 9 There were, present .1200 delegates
roresentirMig scientific cultural inetitub one, and industrial and agricultural
e'r -risss of this .Republic. i.prese .of the': intellimenteia of Kazakhstan.
The pog q* bf the C, redo was restridted to one paragraph: "Historical .
oiai'o of the 11th' Lo
IF'
ass Of C F egd ;the tasks of the intelligent i ..a ,of;
o the E,p bl.ic the field of" lueetty.4 culture, culture, and on ,
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b caipe ': p ble ' to the le de p e :_ t , ,Co Mist Party, heninae
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ke-~iian, and in Uzbekistan in particular
in t -Mt cult, of personality in' non-
Inhis , spee+A Xubbdd-inor several' it-lit6i stresses' the cultural and historiMal
.
pie. The beat `bows of the TJzbe rpeopl c t tad very preoiaus riches, to
Old of` culture and science. eu 'as Bir1 A!. Abn-Ali ibn-Simla_ Khnraami
lr
1,115461t of hi ' ct lifure. Aare in Central Lisa existed ancient 'states
Th
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'cent-day pe!op ies of ,Centre]. i airi iec . e e'* tcs in ancient tia6a with Rnamoia (1)
ins, indi , :rrma; gna oar countries.. The c tore of the `greeent-day peoples
Central;, ia.t,developed in algae relationship with the aforesaid peoples.. At one
led Ceni Coemitte of then
l COW,'*
'+ Hof Uzbekistan reexamined the cases
,ow aders of rthe': ate ubrl cc. who ' ested in 193
P a 7 0d who were accused
hea ifi""thOl f eld .6f l dr'1 1 ' ` and''in the liquidation
f, ac i et 3~nimioa~ eel ' .' r an also state 't tin sole cases unjust3-
ed ~a,c LiA",;., f ea t
V. : Q` P istan took
aeb,.
1) s tiabsev, 'formeir third "s r a of 'tie `Cent lal Committee of the Communist
1 Tarty o?3G , oekistan. (Baltaoaev cgn it & ide
(2) , forbmer -pewpie's c lean of face;.
13) S8] A,eufY~
W .? ti ov; tmer rat'; aeersta . t 13eatral Committee of then. c aseol
(I~) Iara :or, former seorefiar.
Party ?: .
(~') Bo tB Y= f'or f .rst sec ie
C om uniat Party.
O The cave of-.Al nal Ikramov is
.'fir study.
esiders q a ova-maen Toned per
sor4a; .eddi.noy: anno
"iva . se+ rid-rate Party ; f. s .,..
workers accused of nationalism
ono i ng rmer]. acausej l ae qut Led cultural workers, 2~uheddinov
r,
ntionsd ,only role rehabilitated sc t, ~1ah tadrt (D julk,inba) s wee _
lhabLlitated'1 `, s''after Mubed ifimlcrs~'a spie . . '. decree of :hewSupremeb y`our'
i.nie:works have do oe.repx eciaibn.was,published in the dailies'
These ~ rehabilitations are explained by Mnheddinov with the following words !
ambitious persons, demagogues, aria unfriendly elements several times triad
e1.1gentsla. A
In conclusion, the Soviet tovexn-ent is striving by the rehabilitation of
, 1tdated persons, to regain the confidence of national intelligentsia and still
si re exploit it for ate o n ends he !far intelli entsia, most probably.
i i ~rtI e1eas indisposed tc `beli eke Tai the a ibex lining tend a ciss -of Moscow.
is easy`'ba' proi+ien by '.the sat:, t nob r ,except 1' heddinov1 toucl d the question
o the;, cult of personality and' he #i c'tims of
Stalinist terror.
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