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SECRET THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT Circulated for the consideration of the Chiefs of Staff J.I.C. (53)22 COPY NO. 123 23rd February, 1953 CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE JOINT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE EFFECTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNIST REGIME IN PERSIA Report by the Joint Intelligence Committee When the Chiefs of Staff consideredø our report+ on the effects and consequences of the establishment of a communist regime in Persia, they invited the British Defence Co-ordination Committee (Middle East) to comment on it.