Archibald Roosevelt son of the former US-President Theodore Roosevelt , wrote in `` The Kurdish Republic of Mahabad '' , that a main problem of the peoples Republic of Mahabad , was the kurds needed the power of the USSR . Only with the Red army they had a chance . Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt , Jr. , grandson of the former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt , wrote in `` The Kurdish Republic of Mahabad '' that a main problem of the People 's Republic of Mahabad was that the Kurds needed the assistance of the USSR ; only with the Red Army did they have a chance .