FORMATION OF A KURDISH NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

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CIA-RDP82-00457R002100650009-2
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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November 9, 2016
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December 11, 1998
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9
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Publication Date: 
December 10, 1948
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REPORT
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25X1A2g Approved For Release 1999 /08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R00210065000 AS ,Ie ICATION ~-?' ' '~? ~ (FFICIALS n- C ENTRA.L !NTEI_UGtt ?% YY REPbRT NO. 3f c ATION REPO COUNTRY Iran/Iraq/USSB SUBJECT Formation of a F'uxdish t:Tatioaa ?l.o vern ores DATE DISTR. 10 Decker . NO. OF PAGES 1 NO. OF ENCLS. 43292 (LISTED SELOW) Iraqi csff'i caal s in Mosul mvj Baghdad have r tl mm ecen y been co a of a s tgaificant increase in Co unif3t and pro-Soviet propaganda among the Kurds of Iran and Iraq. It has manifested itself in the folio gays a. Planes which were unid ti ,, en fied but believed to be based in the USSR.. dropped propaganda leaflets among the Kurds in October and early Novewber. A radio station, called "Radio Komala Democrat Kordll located in Soviet Azerbaijan at Na fichev h an, as been aro dca ti r Kurdish, Document No. NO CHA ic: in Class. o F-] D-2CDASSIF1=D Class. C=IANGED TO: TS S DDA Morro, 4 Apr 77 Auth: DDA. REG. 77/1763 Date;. 0 MAY 1978 By: 24 r!"-r?{' CLASSIFICATION -- STATE S X :21:+Y JX [NSRRB o R.ozSari, w ich is printed in Baghdad and ?s described as the o flcial organ of the Kurdish Danocratic Party, -#as been published and distributed secretly. The paptr lag as its r..niicy the f x herance of nationalistic a p:.rati.ons of the Kurds. it accuses the Iraqi Govern.. ant of inefficiency and corruption, and states t tat the British have been responsible for the Iraqi ! a*t nt1n ression of the Kurds. The paper exhorts :.J a i,urds to unite and establish an independent nation. 2:: Of ficial s of the Irani. Consulate In Iran report that important Kurdish i efu re=es from Iran, Iraq, And Turkey have formed the nucleus of a Kurdish tational f?overnnentn at Makhich!e3ven which is by the Sovleta, and has been provided by them with printing presg piesse f 3CI AtR Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R002100650009-2