M. D. Bagirov, 'Concerning the Participation of Party, Soviet, Cultural, Military, and Other Workers of the Azerbaijan SSR in Organizing and Supporting the National Liberation Movement in Iran[ian] Azerbaijan'

Concerning the participation of Party, Soviet, cultural, military, and other workers of the Azerbaijan SSR in organizing and supporting the national liberation movement in Iran[ian] Azerbaijan

In connection with putting into effect measures to prepare and organize the democratic movement in Iran[ian] Azerbaijan and northern Kurdistan, beginning in 1941 more than 1,400 Party, Soviet, cultural, military, and other workers of the republic were sent to Iranian Azerbaijan and northern Kurdistan. Of these, at the present time 700 continue to work in Iranian Azerbaijan and other provinces of northern Iran.

The workers send by us continue to do much work to train, organize, and support the democratic movement.

As a result of the organizational and mass political work that has been done among the population of Iranian Azerbaijan and in other provinces of northern Iran, the workers who were sent have managed to set the national democratic movement on the correct path [and] have directly participated in the organization of partisan detachments and combat operations against reactionary elements.

[We] would consider necessary to take note of the 500 best Party, Soviet, cultural, transport, and military workers with government awards.

Secretary of the CC of the CP(b)

of Azerbaijan M. D. Bagirov

[day of month left blank in quotes] February 1946