Resolution of the TsK KPSS Secretariat ordering that the Committee for State Security (KGB) and the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces consider the possibility of delivering non-Soviet weapons to the People's Party of Iran (PPI).
August 30, 1979
Extract from Minutes No. 174 Para. 47gs of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, 'On a Request from the Central Committee of the People's Party of Iran'
SUBJECT TO RETURN WITHIN 3 DAYS TO THE CPSU CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Workers of the world Unite!
COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION, CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Top Secret
Special File
No. St 174/47gs
From 30.VIII.1979
Extract from Minutes No. 174 Para. 47gs of the Secretariat of the Central Committee
On a request from the Central Committee of the People's Party of Iran
RESOLVED:
To direct the USSR Committee of State Security and the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces to study the question of the possibility of providing the People's Party of Iran [Handwritten: "with various weapons of non-Soviet manufacture"] and present proposals to the CPSU Central Committee.
SECRETARY OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Distributed to: Comrades Andropov, Ustinov, and Ponomarev
Reported: see extract from Comrades Andropov and Ponomarev in the material, opr. 184-v from 10.VII.1980
Central Committee of Iran requests, and receives approval for, the USSR Committee of State Security and the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces to ‘study the question’ of potentially providing the Tudeh Party with non-Soviet weapons.
Associated Topics
Associated Places
Associated People & Organizations
Subjects Discussed
Related Documents
Document Information
Source
RGANI, f. 89, op.32, d.10, ll. 2. Contributed by Roham Alvandi and translated by Richard Iserman.
Original Archive
Rights
The History and Public Policy Program welcomes reuse of Digital Archive materials for research and educational purposes. Some documents may be subject to copyright, which is retained by the rights holders in accordance with US and international copyright laws. When possible, rights holders have been contacted for permission to reproduce their materials.
To enquire about this document's rights status or request permission for commercial use, please contact the History and Public Policy Program at HAPP@wilsoncenter.org.
Original Uploaded Date
2019-07-31
Type
Minutes of Conversation
Language
Record ID
209031
Original Classification
Top Secret