BRITISH MISSION TO PERSIA

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26491, 4 August 1951, Page 7

BRITISH MISSION TO PERSIA

Oil Talks Likely To Begin To-day (N.Z. Preu Association-Copyright) (Rec 10 p m.) LONDON, August 3. o^s tße‘d iS iST “ d ' he ->> WfrA thataZS “ ys Teheran, the Peraian authorities u ah,as? k ’™> w "• reception in his honour, should he enter the country at*Abadan. hM chafed’ WiS t i« 7 . ^ S iS. n n" ,lUde Prime Minister (Dr. Mussadia) had J- 10U Persian My memb ’ r tt “^VZ?n?". k n

rrsZhc Teheran correspondent of “The SSK Says that the Persian Government has accepted Britain’s suggestions on a basis for continuing the oil negoblhn Il afte? h t 1 h S e means , * at can a Jt er the completion of various declarations and formalities * n ?® ss ®8 e from Mr Avereli Harriresent^tkfo deH t Tr P m ? n ’ s special representative. who is in Teheran was Catalt d and a mee ] ‘ in « °f ‘he British Harriman d reply was sent to Mr , Deputy-Prime Minister F ®temi) said in Teheran “¥ D th e.last barriers to new Britisn and Persian oil talks had been cleared away. tl £ ar }i. er ? V a ® reported in London that the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company had provisionally booked 10 air passages for the British mission to fly to Teheran to-day. , The mission will include legal advisers, experts from the Foreign Office and representatives of the Ministry of Fuel and Power and of the AngloIranian Oil Company. , Persian Minister Resigns. The “Daily Telegraph” reports that Mr Hussein Makki. a member of the Persian Oil Commission, and formerly Dr. Mussadiq’s deputy, will leave Abadan for Teheran next Tuesday. It has been officially announced in Teheran that the Minister of the In? terior (General Zahidi) has resigned. He has been replaced by Mr Amir Alai, who has been Military Governor of the southern oil province of Khuzistan. Political sources say General Zahidi’s resignation resulted from criticism of . the conduct of the police during the rioting on July 15. when 20 persons were killed. The Military Governor of Abadan to-dav accused an unnamed official of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company of faking burglaries to discredit the Persian military security forces and the police. EGYPTIAN PRESS LEGISLATION WITHDRAWAL AFTER PROTESTS (Rec. 8.30 pm.) CAIRO, Aug 2. The Legislative Committee of the Egyptian Chamber of Deputies to-day withdrew a draft bill empowering the Government to ban, confiscate, or warn any newspaper conducting a campaign “aimed at undermining the constitutional regime in Egypt.” A press syndicate conference, comprising the editors of newspapers and magazines of all shades of opinion, yesterday threatened to call a strike on Sunday to protest against the bill. The Egyptian Bar Association and other professional organisations planned to join in the strike. MR ATTLEE ON HOLIDAY (Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, August 2. The Prime Minister (Mr Attlee) and Mrs Attlee sailed in the frigate Widemouth Bay from the Firth of Forth to-day for a holiday trip to Norway, where they are to spend the next 10 days. • In the absence of Mr Attlee and the Foreign Secretary (Mr Herbert Morrison) the role of Prime Minister will be filled by-the Home Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons (Mr Chuter Ede). Mr Morrison is at Strasbourg for the meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.