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accepted as-Sayegh's demand (by forcing the three leaders to step down from their positions for 'health reasons'). However, the merger talks were spoiled as-Sayegh noticed that Baha ud-Din Nuri was conspiring with Abd as-Samad Hamid (a
Central Committee member of as-Sayegh's party) to seize control
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As-Sayegh made a public appeal to all communists to join his party. The main Iraqi
Communist Party, having been denied legal recognition, did engage in talks with as-Sayegh's party. Considering the wide differences in strength, the main Iraqi Communist Party foresaw that it would be able to seize
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Communist Party in 1958, was able to register his party with the name 'Iraqi Communist Party' on February 9, 1960 (having presented their application on January 9, 1960). Simultaneously, the main Iraqi Communist Party was denied registration.
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Communist Party. The party was condemned by the main Iraqi Communist Party and in the international communist press (such as
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Jawad Ta'mah, Abd al-Karim al-Asadi, Umar Sufi, Karim Nasif, Zuhayr at-Ta'i, Turki Abd al-Jafur, Falih Hasan, Khalil as-Salihi, Jasim Isma'il, Anwar Taha and Abd al-Jabbar Hasan
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