U.N. Seeks Assurance

Chronicle (Levin), 2 April 1946, Page 5

U.N. Seeks Assurance

: Press Assn.-

MAY DROP PERSIAN ISSUE

By Telegraph

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Received Monday 9.30 p.m. NEW YORK, April 1. The British and Ameriean delogaj tions to the Security Council are dis- : posed to drop for the time being further i consideration of the Persian dispute, | provided that the Soviet troops are actually moving out of Persia in reasonahle numhers and no unsatisfactory answers are received from Moscow and Teheran when the Council meets again on Wednesday. This is reported hy the New York i Herald-Tribune, which- adds that ■ Teheran reports thus far contain "no j specific indications of Soviet units i crossing the border into Russia, hut the j messages state that Red Army troops | continue their withdrawal from southJ ern and eastern districts of the Rus- | sian occupation zone into the northern : sector. The Security Council wants to make the negotiations t independent of completion of the withdrawal of troops. The British and Ameriean delegations 'will he willing to accept the Moscow assurances, provided it really appears from here that the Russian troops are moving out as rapidly as can he expected. Persia, however, must give the Council similar assurances. The Council thereupon couid dispose of the Persian complaint, as was done at the London meeting on January 30, when it called on Russia and Persia to attempi direct negotiations and to report the results to the Council, vwhich retained. the right to request progress iniormation. The chief of the Persian Police, General Zarabi, has been dismissed, says the London Daily Telegraph 's Teheran correspondent. The dismissal, followed by Mr. Sultaneh's decision to reform the Persian Police, has caused deep concern in political circles. Colonel Saffair, a former departmental head, is the new police chief. The appointment is heli^ved to have been made to appease the restless Tudeh leaders, v/ho are critical of Mr. Sultaneh's refusal to withdraw Persia 's case from the Security Council. AMERICAN FEARS. The Ameriean authorities in Teheran have advised the removal of Ameriean women from Tauriz, says the Teheran correspondent of The Times. The Aihericans aie undersiood to helieve that there is a possibility of serious disturbances aiter the withdrawal of the Russian troops from Tabriz. They think it is possihle that disturhances betv/een the uemocrats and repres^ncatives oi the Central Government might he sufncient — and calculated — to give the Russians reasons for return. The correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain reports thai Europeans in Tabriz have been advisea that &rrangements will h'e' made lor evacuating any who fear internal disorde_'s. Foreign officials say that so far there are no signs of Russian withdrawal from Azerbaijan. Europeans, of whom tnere are fewer than 20, have not requesced evacuation. Prince Farouz, Director of Propaganda, said: "The withdrawal is continuing according to plan," CONFIDENCE IN MR. ALA. - The Persian Prime Minister (Mr. Sultaneh) , in an interview with the Teheran correspondent of the News oi the World, declared: "Mr. Hussein Aia has my fullest confidence, otherwise he would not be our Ambassador and delegate to the United Nations. Mr. Aia i was fully informed of what occurred at my talks in Moscow, and all his state ments in New York on the subject are correct. ' ' J The Moscow newspaper Pravda stated that discussion of the Persian problem j*by the Security Councirwas superfliioits. ' The complete evacuation of the Soviet forces from Persia, which was taking place hy agreement with' the Persian Government, had thwarted those who j alleged that Russia did not intend to j collaborate with the United Nations. Moreover, Stalin's recent statement supporting the United Nations had I knocked the ground from under the ! feet of those who, on the eve of the i council meeting, made the charge that j "the Persian problem has been deliber- | ately turned into a stumbling block for | the successful functioning of the Security Council." In New York Mr. Gromyko tQld re 'porters that he had been in constant touch with Moscow regarding the situation over Persia and the Security Council, hut he did not know of any change.