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- 2. Unsettl ed conditio ns widespr ead in Asia:

The period from 7 to 9 March was marked . ~,1.. , .•' .: , .~

3.3(h)(2) by a series of unsettli ng events in Asia, --~~; - ·
Iranian Premie r Razmar a was assassi nated • .li:!Ji'., ,: •

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8 March, the Syrian Cabinet on 9 March; the 1'1i ML ?l»r).

- Pakista n Govern ment announc ed on 9 March t-Jei

the discove ry and suppres sion of ·a military
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ringlea ders of a coup attempt , In addition , over the weeken d of 2=5
March, general Moslem criticis m of recent French actions in Morocc o

- was voiced all the way from Africa (particu larly Egypt) to Indones ia,

Comme nt: At present writing, various press

reports represe nt the, only source of informa tion on most of these
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through out a large part of Asia is suggest ive of more than coincidencf:i,
There is, howeve r, no evidenc e of Commu nist involve ment in the inD
cidents except in Pakista n, where one of the four persons arreste d
has been outspok enly pro-Co mmunis t, and possibl y in Thailan d, The
signific ance of the situatio n appears to rest primari ly in the almost
unparal leled opportu nity for Commu nist exploita tion of such widesp:tf:.id
simulta neous unrest. Reports from Iran indicate that such exploita tion
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