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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1951.

NEW MURDER PLOT IN IRAN Arrested Fanatics Accused Of Planning To Kill Premier

Britain Sending Another Cruiser To Persian Gulf

Teheran, Mar. 28.

Eight members of the fanatical “Crusaders of Islam” organisation were arrested here today for plotting to kill the new Persian Prime Minis ter, Hussain Ala Nhàn.

It is only 14 days since Hussain Ala succeeded the assassinated General Ali Razmara, who was killed in a Teheran mosque on March 7 by a member of the "Crusaders of Islam" organisation.

Members of this organisation have also been accused of plotting an unsuccessful attempt on the life of General Abdul Hejazi, military governor of Teheran, on March 24. Nine members of the organisation have been arrested on this charge.

The assassination of General martial law and establish Razmara tcuched off a series of whether the strike was Com- events in Persia which cul-munist-inspired. minated in the Shah proclaim- The strike is illegal under ing martial law in the coun- Persian law because the workers try's oil areas.

failed to make use of the The day after the assassina- official arbitration machinery. tion the Oil Commission of the and did not approach the Re- Persian Parliament voted un-conciliation Committee.---Reu- animously for nationalisation of ter.

the country's British-run oil * STRIKES ENDED? industry. A week later Parlia-

Teheran, Mar. 28.

ment unanimously confirmed A Government official said the decision,

today that the strikes which Earlier, Parliament had forced swept the Iranian oil fields have the withdrawal of an agree-ended. ment made with the Iranian Oil Company by the Press. Razmara Government on the ANOTHER CRUISER ground that it did not sufficient- ly secure Persian rights.

Anglo- He gave no details. United

A police source disclosed to- day that the plot to kill the new Premier was foiled when Hussain Zulfaghari, one of the members of the Fadayian Islam organisation picked to kill the Premier at his. Teheran office, became frightened.

BEING SENT

London, Mar. 28. It was reported reliably from Malta tonight that a second British cruiser, HMS Euryalus, would leave here. early next month to join the cruiser HMS Gambia at the Persian Gulf port of Abadan, where she was ordered on Wednesday to assist He led the police to the gun-in the protection of British men's hide-out in the Teheran nationals and property.-United

Press.

suburbs.

The eight arrested were re- ported to include Havvab Safavi, who has been called the band's chief killer. But there was no official confirmation of this.

PREMIER'S DENIAL Premier Hussain Ala told Reuter today that reports cir- culating abroad that the Bri- tish Ambassador, Sir Francis Shepherd, had discussed with him the protection of British personnel in Abadan and the oilfields were utterly false.

The British Ambassador add- ed his denial, saying that the report was invented from the first word to. the last.

Three thousand workers of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company at Abadan had been on strike since Saturday,

in

of plots

NO INTERFERENCE

Tel-Aviv, Mar. 28.

The Assistant Secretary of State, George McGhee, declared here. today that the United States did not intend to inter- fere in Iran although, he said, that country was threatened with chaos.

Mr McGhee, who has been touring the Middle East, told a news conference at the Ameri- can Embassy; "we do not do the anything to interfere with internal affairs of any country." He apparently had in mind the series of outbreaks of violence and political unrest in Middle Eastern countries in recent weeks.

DE

LATTRE

MISSION A

SUCCESS

Saigon, Mar. 28. General de Lattre de Tassigny, commander of the French troops, in Indo-China, said today that his flying trip to France to obtain reinforcements had been a "success.

On his return here after spending two weeks in France talking to Government officials, the. French commander told newspapermen at the airport that his mission was successful and he found the French Gov- ernment determined to defend Irido-China's independence,

General de Tassigny said France supported world opinion that the Associated States of frontier of the free world." Indo-China would "defend the

General de Tassigny will leave Saigon on Wednesday afternoon for Hanoi, where he

over the will take

general command of the French forces facing the massing rebel armies. ---United Press,

VIETMINH ATTACK

Saigon, Mar. 28, The Vietminh insurgents renewed for the third consecu-- tive day their attacks on out- posts and village defence units along the northern periphery of the Delta, a French Army com- munique said toɖay),

French artillery hit back and repulsed them everywhere, the said. Aircraft communique bombed and strafed Vietnänh cantonments near Sontay, about 25 miles northwest of Hanoi,

said

The communique. also

that French Union forces killed

-30 Vietminh and took 42′ pri- Mr McGhee was gratified to

soners ' in local operations in find the "philosophy of neutral-South and Central Vietnam and ism" decreasing in the. Middle

the neighbouring Associated Wild rumours in Teheran of East, and added that the nations

State of Cambodia-Reuter, the looting of British bungalows of that troubled, area now re- to cognised aggression when they Abadan and assassinate high company off- see lt. cials were contradicted by re- liable messages from the strike area. These messages said that there were no demonstrations and that the situation was com pletely calm.

He said: "They also rightly evaluate the growing moral and military strength of the West."

Mr McGhee said he had talked

Hospital Fire

Tokyo, Ma

A fire destroyed a hospital to the Government heads of building of the Medical Depart- The Persian military autho- Israel. He added: "I have no ment of Kyushu University to- rities denied reports that troops business to negotiate in Israel. 1 day. "were being moved towards the am able to report a lessening of

All 53 patients of the build- since my oilfields. They said that onlyArab-Israeli tension

evacuated safely to one police general had gone to last visit to the Middle East in ing were

11949. Abadan. His task was to sur-

injured. Reuter.

I am confident of the other buildings. No one was the application of strict future."United Press.

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SPRING IN THE AIR-Ballet dancer Roberto La Terza does a barefooted high leap for the benefit of watching tourists in Brolio, Italy, in a terpsichorean welcome to Spring. The acrobatic dancer is obviously in high spirits as winter takes its departure.

Plight of Palestine. Arabs Improves

New York, Mar. 28.

A United Nations medical supervisor reported today that health, sanitation and housing condi- tions among Palestine Arab refugees have im- proved considerably in 1951.

Dr Jerome Peterson, chief] Describing medical work in medical officer in refuge the camps, Dr Peterson said when typhus camps, who is acting under one case of epidemic

was discovered in Betulavit- arrangement between the World Health Organisation and the age in West Jord all re- were U.N. Relief

and mabitants Work Agency for fugees

the same day an Palestine Refugees in the Near + deleus

-mère discovered. East, said in his retrát there

arked downward number of dis.

·ˇtrend eases.

in the

A survey

showed that at present there is not a single case of cholera, smallpox and louse-born typhus in camps in East Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Jordan and Gaza.

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The health of children has in West Jordan by improved the preparation of special diets and issuance of cod-liver oil. It said a campaign was carried: out with inoculations against diphtheria and whooping cough.

It said more than 500 workers are employed by the medical services in the camps.-United Press,

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