services. An Iranian student drew journalists' attention to the fact that one of the documents refers to phone-tapping of dissidents -operation not possible without the help of government agencies.
uncovered several weeks ago, earlier attempts to bring them into Britain mation were raised at a meeting of the NUS Executive last Sunday by IMG member Valerie Coultas. The Execuuve mccuns ceceee to Although the documents were * Send a letter to the Home Secre* All student unions in Britain will Wing. during the day. words.
Bible? No Police inaction over the case of -nere! Ahmed Gohtbi, a leading Iranian student activist whose flat was fired in 1970, takes on a new importance in the light of the following instruction from the Shah's roving emissary, Parviz Khonsari, to a former Iranian ambassador in London: It is necessary after identifying these active dissidents to search their homes according to the discretion of the Centre, for the purpose of collecting and checking necessary documents by "Bean" ment. operatives in England.
Whether or not direct collaboration between SAVAK and the British secret police can be proved will emerge as the documents are gradualNOT INVINCIBLE Fear of SAVAK among some Iranians is so great that voices are lowered when ever the regime is mentioned. This is part of the mystique of SAVAK. It is everywhere, listening, watching. That mystique in itself helps to prevent oppo sition to the dictatorship from developOppositionists will be encouraged by the amateurishness of at least some SAVAK operatives revealed in the documents. "Purifiers' have to be told not to throw lavish parties outside their means it order to avoid drawing attention to themselves. Tehran also finds it necessary to inform its agents not to use make-up for disguise, and to meet contacts at night rather than The code in which SAVAK sends its messages is also childishly simple. The students who discovered the documents in Geneva were further aided by the fact that in some cases the meaning of the code was written over code Brutal? Yes. Ruthless? Yes. Invinc