TOP SECRET back a dangerous measure of public support. In Iraq too, Communism has proved remarkably resilient in the face of police opposition, and the Iraqi Communist Party has survived the discovery and arrest of six successive Central Committees and remains potentially dangerous. 5. Along the Mediterranean seaboard Communism thrives most in Lebanon, perhaps the intellectual centre of M.E. Communism, where it has a dominant position among the Lebanese trade unions and the government has failed to take effective measures to suppress it.