EVIDENCE OF TUDEH PARTY PLOT TO SEIZE POWER IN TEHRAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002400250002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 21, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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;SUBJECT Evidence of Tudeh Part-
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The attempted assassination of the Shah of Iran, which was part of a
Tudeh Party plot to seize power in Tehran, was planned as follows:
a,, The plot involved the assassination of eleven- oth:r
iLlportant Iranians (ton of theso unspecified), including.
General. 1161 w=ad Saffari.;D Chief of Polices after the murder
of the Shaho
bo The bazaar to have been looted and the Ltajlis and
various ministries were to have; been burned In the
reel. ting con--fusion.
c. Large group muetings of Tudeh Party supporters had boon
arranged by Tudoh leaders and were to have taken place in
and near Tehran at the, same timo. The largest grou-p was
to have consioted of 6,000 persons at Sigh 'Abd-aiAzln Ti
nfori ant stwtcs that a large gathering of persons, some
thou wore armed, tins assozbled at the Liosque at the arr
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d0 Tudeh motorcycle z .essengers ware waiting between Tehran
the Mosque to bring; news of the attack on the Shah
Om Cell leaders wore informed by Tudeii Party leaders at noon
of the plan for the ttiilv'e mrders and were told to move In
Tehran with men, when instructed0 The twelve appointed
assassins were accompanied by ` wo other r were to
kill any assassins that might lose their nerre0
2. The police seized a number of documents during the raid on Tudeh P
promises but no details are available.
3. There has been no evidence of Soviet complicity in this matter,
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