PERSIAN ATTITUDE TO OIL PACT
“Ready To Reject Soviet Proposal” STATEMENT BY OFFICIAL IN TEHERAN (N.Z. Press Association —Copyright) (Rec. 12.45 a.m.) TEHERAN, Sept. 29. The Persian Government was ready to reject the Russian oil proposals and place complete faith in the guarantees of the Teheran Conference Agreement, the Atlantic Charter, and the United Nations, said the Director of Propaganda (Mr Ibrahim Noori), in a broadcast. Mr Noori, who is regarded as the Prime Minister’s spokesman, denied that he was speaking for Ghavam Sultaneh. “Persia is faced with panic and fear for two reasons,” he added. “First, Persia does not wish to cause the smallest offence to America because we owe the guarantee of our independence to President Roosevelt and the Americans. Persians never forget favours. “Second, now that Persia knows the world situation very clearly, it is very difficult for us to co-operate with a very powerful nation.”
The Associated Press says that listeners accepted the reference to a very powerful nation to mean the Soviet Union.
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Press, Volume LXXXIIi, Issue 25302, 30 September 1947, Page 7
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