COUP D'ETAT ATTEMPTED IN PERSIA

Chronicle (Levin), 9 April 1946, Page 5

COUP D'ETAT ATTEMPTED IN PERSIA

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T ^ " = ARMED FORCES ORDERED TO THESCENR Right Wiag Qnarters Resent Oil Agreement

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Received Tuesday, 10.5 a,m. LONDON, April 8. The Persian Prime Minister, M. Sultaneh, has ordered the Persian armed forces to proceed immediately to Mazanderan Province following reports of an aitempted coup d'etat, says Reuter's Teheran correspondent. Searches for arms are to be made throughout the province. M. Sultaneh told correspondents; "The forces have been told to proceed immediately to all towns evacuated by the Russians in Mazanderan, Kazvin and Resht. There is no cause for disquiet and the situation will be under control when the troops arrive." The correspondent says that an abortive coup was apparently directed against M. Sultaneh, who has aroused considerable resentment in Right-Wing quarters because of his oil agreement with Russia. The coup was probably planned in Teheran. It is learned that the gendarmerie attacked rebel headquarters in the Mazanderan town of Shahi, on the key railway from Teheran to Bandarshar, and arrested four men, reported to be guards, who were asleep at their posts. The men were brought to Teheran under armed escort. Russia is making new efforts to|for his "valuable collaboration ip remove the Persian cass from j the negotiations which ended so United Nations' agenda, according successfully in Teheran last week.". to a So.viet spokesman, who saidi M. Sultaneh told Persian Pressthat M. Gromyko had sent a letterjmen — foreign correspondents were to the United Nations' secretariat, I excluded from the _ conference— declaring that the issue had been 1 that the Persian elections would be settled by the Russians' promise toi held a month after the Russians withdraw their troops and the new j had completed their evacuation. oil agreement, and asking that it be ! The Central Government has struck off the agenda. jinvited the Democrat Government The letter declared that there had ! Azerbaij" an to send. a mission to never been any threat to world j Teheran to disc.uss ' the future of peace in the Russian-Persian dis- ! erbaijan. _ T^edelegates wou d pute. The Security Council there- j m^geD^fy fore, had 110 reason for further dis-l ti Daiiy Maii s ieneran corres c-iission on the question. iSosfd to aboUsh the Azerbaijan "The decision to discuss the case | cabinet and replace it with a proagain 011 May 6 is illegal," the : vincial Council, nominally responletter added. £:The Russian Gov- sibie to Teheran, but actually indeernment insists that the Persian I pendent. question be dropped from the Coun- j m. Sultaneh said that he had sent cil's agenda." ia message to Mr. Stalin expressing The Moscow radio broadcast a confidence in more friendly relaletter that M. Sultaneh wrcte to tions between Russia and Persia in Generalissimo Stalin thanking him the future.