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I Am Watched By The Red
Army's Eyes
At the end of the narrow back to I
was sentenced 1 defence of Britain depends; in ravine where I write rises to 25 years' penal servitude, but Iraq, whence the oil of Mogon! Mount Ararat, cone-shaped, somehow managed to escape.
"What we do get in lot of cupped with snow, looking like
agents whom of propaganda
the reproduction bulkier Japan's Fujiyama.
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This is the most critical corner of the Middle East. Here three
countries touch uneasy
to
three By G. WARD PRICE which to defend herself. She is
Turkey, and other Euania, Persia. The dove that Nosh re leased up there on Ararat was
hird of peace.
It
I have been visiting the Persian sector of this triple frontier. it formed by the River Arns, now at its lowest-but 50 vards wide and looking pretty deep.
Abroad wooden-bridge-crondes the river, but is used by no one. The grass
on Kruws high the rough truck that tends to it.
Here ilere is no steel gaię n# at Astara-only a light pule across the entrance to the bridge at the Russian cad.
Soviet authorities try to uggle inta Persia over the river. They are sent to stir up trouble antong the Kurdy and other
minorities.
Persian
And the other day we had quite an exciting taytime inci- dent," went on the frantler com mandant. "A dog from this side went down to the river to drink. When he had finished be atariod to 581th Herods who
Russian bank,“
Guards Fired.
In
Moditerranean; piped to the and in Baudi
Arabia, where American companies are develop ing new sources of oil.
Persia has everything Rempt RusKİR and little with
Britain as ns important to Turkey to the United States, and moro British help should be given in strengthening Persian military
"Here aro the warm water arg the traditional porta that Russian goal, and in the oilfields of the Middle Enat you have the the Western Achilles heel of Powers."
renoureek.
National Strength
"yekiting titted wie gave held by
most authoritive and influential men in Perals. They have been strongly urged upon me in the highest quarters, but the strengt
does not depend of A country upon war material alone.
From neither the political nor took the physical standpoint in th several shots_by their non-com- population of Persia particularly 15,000,000
163
"He had hardly crawled ashore before
of
Soviet a sund frontier guards came along at the double and opened fire on him.
and it They all missed,
The
Most of its officer with his auto- robust
to kill the poor prople are squalidly poor.
rich class consists of a few hun- a railway dred large landowners generally of the absentees and war profileers.
Notice in hereby given that
Two talwart, green-capped ຍາ Interim Dividend of 60 Soviet fruntler guards, one with cents per shure less tax hos riffe and the other with tommy- | been declared in respect of the gun, were, fenning on this barrier
December, when I came ending 31st
into sight on the ferninn sido.
At once they clapped field This dividend will be pay-gines to their eyes, and in the missioned given by Qualilled European and Chiness able on or after Tuesday, 6th high steel watch-tower 100 yards matic pistol
Re-up the river I saw two men
benkt," Instructory with Dual Drive cars. September, 1949, at the Sale.
The Russians have thorough and Individual gistered Office of the Company, with elbows akimbo as they kept
fixed binoculars
on the running along the line Shareholders are re- their where training during day or evening
of group
three Parsinn Moderate quested to apply for warrants.little
Frontier just inside their barder. puri'a convenience.
officers and myself. Except for While ฟิน watched, an old- fech Socoris certain, Apply The Olympic Driving School (organia. Notice is hereby also given these Soviet lonk-outs there was fashioned engine drawing three ect by the Olymple Motors Ltd
that the Register of Members no one to be seen on the farther oil tanks came slowly along it, but 41.51 Lockhart Road, Tet, 22639.
of the Company will be closed bank of the Aras. The Russians there was no sign of life in the Upholstery, from the 24th day of August to have deported the elvilinn popula- large station buildings.
the 6th day of September, 1949, tinn or the village lying among the trees on the slope above the both days inclusive.
river. But there are fields ut corn and coften round it, and gangs of Russing civilians are sometimes marched down to work there,
"It ma es your heart bleed to look at them, rail the Pursinn three years Beutenant who for has been in charge of this frontler pant.
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The young Shah, whose popu iarity with the mass of his mut jects in steadily growing, meeta with covert opposition in trying
equitable distri to bring about an lution of his country's wealth.
the
qurface of But beneath Here at Puldasht, as elsewhere along the boundary, which I had Persia in an abundance of one of followed closely for miles, the the most precious of all minerals Russian side of the frontier was which gives to that country better equipped than tho Peraian. an importance greater than her The Persing froutier guaris size and character would other- live in mud hute; the Ras wise confer. have modern white-walled ball- inges. The Russian watch-towers. string of oil drotchlug like a derricks along the border, are ot steel girders; the Persian look- out is kept from rather crazy- looking structures of wood.
1 Soviet troops were much desksed-even
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"A couple of months ago one our patrols picked up two men who had Awum the river at night, supporting themselves on big clay wine-jars. They said they were brothurs.
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to under-nours in these desolat wastes their men ment. Must of them are women,appened a well turned out as if and I have seon the Russian they had been stationed in some
large mounted. Aluse guards, who are
vity. Along
this exposed front of the women with the whips they
Persian Govern Azerbaijan the always carry,"
blur that does toment keep up a
The Premier replied that he credit to their national pride, but
until does not deceive even themselves. could not accept
Russia were Catholic-Liberal Coalition Gov- Parlia- They know that I to attack here the whole provincerament had received would be overrun in a couple of mentary vole of confidence.
The new Cabinet, formed after days
n34-day political crisis follow- are three main passes through the mountains that leing the resignation of M. Paul along the Northern frontier of Henri-Spaak's two-year-old So- Azerbaijan. One is at Astara, on clalist-Catholic, Coalition, met for the Caspian, where i was weently the first time today. another leads through Pullisht, where I am between there is n at Jalfa,
there which is important, becauso
then be day. Parliament will the broad-gauge Russian railway, confidence. during the war of 1914-18, was After hearing the declaration prolonged as far us Tabriz, the the Senate will debate a provincial capital of Azerbaijan." providing for a referendum as P though.
the Julfa-Tabriz now
of informing Parliament sector is used only for local of public opinion so far as milltary traffic, and no trains over Royal question is concerned. cross the frontier.
The Bill was
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in
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The third Kussian purposa vuld be a strategle "one," "in- ving the invasion of Iraq as well as Persia, and thus leading to the encirclement of Turkey.
"De you suppose," said one of of the the highest commanders Persian Army, "that, If Bussta abo over makes war on Turkey, will send her troops to be mown down in front of the prepared Turkish positions on the moun- Lainous Caucasian frontiòr of that country?
Vulnerable Line
"We have a much longer and more vulnerable border-ling with Ruskin than has Turkey..and it would be much easier for the Soviet forces to sweep into Persia, awing right-handed into Iraq, and then attack Turkey from the South, taking her between two
Ares.
"Where is the big booty of a Middle-Eart campaign? In Perela, whole oilfields tho naval
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CARNIVAL
By Dick TurnAMP
6-4
"DOPR. 1948 BY MEA KIRVER, ING. T. M. HES, U. B. PATË
"Why, I wouldn't think of kissing a total stranger! Have'
you got any identification?"
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
**The Authority on Authorities"
After Mr. Schenken, following A QUESTION OF ETHICS THERE is definitely n question the spade response, forced with 10 La preference of ethics or, rather, a series of 2-No Trumps
with the showing his second red sult, Mr. questions-connected matter of claiming or conceding Hazen decided to bid the dia- Cover monds, in
which he had only the remaining tricks. Whenever
cards including double the declarer, or n defender, can three
be certain that the remaining tops, a perfectly safe call because raised he could show got tricks are his or are sure to be taken by the other side, he should his heart preference. The point unhesitatingly make his claim or of that bid was to see if concession and thus save the Schenken had the
He
Mr.
unbid clubs is in safe condition, a question' he time of all concerned. only wasting their unrecoverable answered with the 4-No Trumps moments if he instead continues to play on unnecessarily.
SA 4 HD 5
CK 984
3 2
natural alam Invitation bid, a since they did not Blackwood.
After West led the diamond 9, the declarer saw twelve tricks were certain if he gave up ong to the spade A and Impossible Consequently unless he did so. S 0 6 5 3
SJ 10 @ 7 HQ J 7 4 DAK 4 CJ 1
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he spread his hand, saved overy" body's time and allowed all con- comed to have more minutes the next deal, available for which might be. more involved. table appre- Everybody at the elated his act, as something each of the others would have done
(Dealer: East. North-South himself. vulnerable), East
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Two of the world's top-rank-
ing players did that bidding on this deal of the world's cham- pionship masters pairs-Howard Schenken in the South and Lee Hazen in the North. The play was at match points, which ex-
en bid
as be plains why Mr. Hazen did instead of in
way which would land the side in hearts.
where there was slightly greater safety with the 4-4 trump suit.
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The No Trump contract, it made, vulnerable).
would deliver a few more points How should South, play for. 6- and therefore a better match-Spades afler West leads the dia- point rank.
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