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HITLER'S IN EAST

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 26, 1941.

STRATEGY NO SECRET

HITLER'S STRATEGY in the East is no

secret, involving as it does a drive through the THAILAND

Caucasus to Iran, through Afghanistan and then on to India, it is declared in London.

It is held that the Nazi preparations for

CABINET

the occupation of Iran were identical with CHANGES

those of all other countries earmarked for German "development."

"

It is known that at the Ger large numbers of German nation- ma Legation in Teheran, theals resident in that country, Iranian capital, there is installed, According to information avail- the usual corps of so-called at-able in London, the Iranian Army taches and experts, who are in, which is the personal creation of tensely busy-this time with the Shah Reza “hann industrialisation of a famous cavalry leader) amounts POINTED TWO INDEPENDENT essentially agrarian country.

Strategic Value

Teheran.

# Pahlevi (himself

DR. SONGGRAM. PRIME MINISTER OF THAILAND. WHO FORMERLY HELD THE ADDITIONAL PORTFOLIOS OF DEFENCE. FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE INTERIOR, AND WHO RECENTLY DIVESTED OF THE HIMSELF

DEFENCE MINISTRY, HAS NOW AP-

MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AF- FAIRS AND OF THE INTERIOR. Nai Direk Chaínám, formerly Deputy Minister of the Interior, receives the Cabinet post, states

on

to some 150 000 men, organised in 18 divisions raised by conscrip- Iron was also the refuge

fjon, Officers are supplied from Rechid All following thas ilt

College, fated Iraqi revolt and although the cadets of the Staff he has now left Iran. another

The equipment of some divi- Reuter's diplomatic correspondent dangerous personality, the Mufti

It will be recalled that Major of Jerusalem that ace provokersions of the army is up to modern in Bangkok.

standards. The training hours of of Palestine strife--also travelle

Kowit Aphaiwong was the troops

their Luang are long and to Teheran and still finds sube

Defence Minister efficiency is recognised in British appointed fuary there.

August 19. Reuter. military quarters.

There are 25 cavalry, about 50 1 infantry, 15 artillery, regiments, motor transport all the year round for snow blocking in Iran was selected by Hitler as

a'so sappers, signals and Gendur-except

Russian Tanks of Czechoslovak winter) lead from the merie. The country which would be of

frontier at Julfa to Teheran and in mense strategical value in pre-make, are medium and light.

consists of Artillery

Bofors from the Iraqi town of Khanikin maring an advance into the rich |

mountain guns and Skoda pieces.. to Teheran. Baku oil felds, and later his ar-

Communications in Persia ening would benefit from The

few but the main railways groundwork accomplished by

roudis lead from the northern rident Nazi Iranian representa-

frontiers western and southern ver in any drive upon India,

to the capital. This is the background on the Iran development. The fifteen million people of Iran live in *** area three times the size of

One line runs from Bandar France in a country whose ell-

Shapur (where the British land- mate is arid or semi-arid, and

ed) through Ahwaz to Teheran whose mountain ranges and de- thence the Russian frontler east

of the Caspian.

serts forms its main defence.

Oil Temptation

Iran in the past has been con- quered from the west and the

Two Lines

arc and

Secondary roads, poor in sum- mer and often

in impassable winter, lead from Northern Iraq to Soviet Armenia, from AhwaZ (near the oilfield) to Kazvin and Teheran, from Pahrevi on the. Casplan to Kazvin, from Meshed the North-East frontier to Teheran to

on

Teheran Shiraz.

and from

Rivers running into the Cap- sian from the Elaburz Mountain form military obstacles to any of the Ahother runs from the Russian | march along the shore frontier in the Caucasus to Tabriz Caspion from the north-west or after which there is a gup, then north-east, while both the Cas- plan and Persian gulf littoral from Zinjan to Teheran.

Bri- Thaving districts are unhealthy. The two main roads south and in those days the in-heavy metalled surfaces good for tish Wireless. vaders were not as desperate as are to-day Nazis for Iran's 40,000.000 barrels of oil which her wells produce annually. The de- velopment by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company of the country's oil resources has to-day made it the No. 3 oil producer of the world.

Although the Persians are doughty fighters. they have little to-day but their traditional courage with which to oppose any panzer drive.

Tiny Navy

The Iranian army is about 100,000 strong and has an air force of about 280 'planes, most- ly of antiquated design. There are at least a dozen air bases established and the country is generally suitable for the con- struction of landing-grounds.

Iran's tiny navy concentrates on carrying out patrols in the Persian Gulf.

Lying as it does between the Soviet Union and Inåla, Iran has become the centre of conjecture in which only one thing is cer- tain German determination to exploit Iran's strategical situation and great natural resources. German agents in Iran have been generously supplied with Reichsbank gold and their tasks of espionage and corruption have met with some success.

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Army Corrupted

There has been extensive Nazi infiltration and there is sound reason for assuming that their activities have met with con- siderable success among the off- cers and ranks of the Iranian Army.

This is an achievement which has gratified Hitler...

Iran, whose development in the last 20 years has been almost entirely due to British aid, as. the bulk of her revenue comes from a percentage payment of oil

production, has been given every opportunity to free horself of German intrigue, but failed to do 60. - Reuter.

Some Resistance

Some resistance has been offer- ed to the British forces landing at Bandar Shapur at the head of the Persian Gulf, according to latest information reaching Lon- don, but it is not yet known how serious will be the opposition offered to action which has been tuken not against the Iranian the Government, but against

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