AXIS FUGITIVES
INTERCEPTED BY RUSSIANS IN IRAN ATTEMPTED FLIGHT TO TURKEY. POSSESSIONS OF LATE SHAH FOR NATION. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This - Day, 1 p.m.) TEHERAN, September 18. The Russians intercepted a convoy of cars en route to Turkey, carrying 600 people, mostly Germans, but also including Italians, Bulgarians and Hungarians, chiefly women, and children, on a road near the city. Thirty Iranian army lorries carried their luggage and five lorries carried food supplied by a Government catering organisation. The Russians also detained a Rumanian convoy on September 16. It is officially announced that the new Shah will cede most of his father’s possessions to the nation.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 September 1941, Page 6
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108AXIS FUGITIVES Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 September 1941, Page 6
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