PERSIA PROTESTS TO UNO

Chronicle (Levin), 21 March 1946, Page 5

PERSIA PROTESTS TO UNO

ASSI RED OF RRITISII AND U.S. SUPPORT Received Wednesday, 10.20 p.m. loNjJUN, March 19. The Persian Emhassy in Washington has handed to Mr. Trygve Lie, Secretary- General oi' the United I&itions, a T o.est about the retention of Russian troops in Persig and has asked ior it to be considered by the Security Council which begins its next session on Monday in New York. The protest was delivered late last night after ihe Persian Ambassador, Mr. Ala, had received instructions from Teheran. It is almost certain, says a Washington correr.pondent, that the Ambassador wilJ be Persia 's chief spokesman at the Security Council meeting. There is no commerit from Teheran itself about today's developrnents. The new Soviet Ambassador to Persia is eapectod in Teheran some time tcmorl'OW. President Truman said tonight that. he would not be able to attend tiie oponing meeting of the Security Council because of heavy pressure oi' work at the White House. Earlier, the President sent to Congress a report by the Secretary of State, Mr. Byrnes, on tlie activities of the United States dclegation to the recent London meetings of tlie United

Nations. In a covering Ietter, Mr. Truman said that the United States would support the fullest implementa tion of the principles of the charter, Being immediately directiy involved, tlie British and American Goyernments will certainly support the Persian case when it comes before the Security Council, says the Times' diplomatic correspondent. Technically everything j seems in order for discussion soon after j the Council meets on Marcli 25, but it ; is c inally obvious that the Persian ! Government will be under heavy Soviet pressure before then. So far Moscow is silent about the j latest moves, but the plain fact that in its determination ' ' to insure its fron- i tiers against any accidents, ' ' the Soviet ; Government has already disregarded in- j ternational treaties and protests from | its western Allies, seems to indicate the ! line it will take in New York. A hard , debate may be expected, firstly, on procedure and then on the substance. In the meantime the Soviet wireless continues its campaign against the presence of British troops in Egypt and Iraq.