CONSPIRACY IN PERSIA

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27442, 31 August 1954, Page 11

CONSPIRACY IN PERSIA

250 Police And Army Officers Arrested TEHERAN, August 29. •tifadier-General Teymour BakhW, Military Governor of Teheran, JJI today that the Army had seized y, questioning a number of police officers suspected of illegal ic 2® Q *- _ Mrlier today the Beirut radio rethat General Arami, chief of £■***» Intelligence, had confirmed persons had been arrested in £*■l to smash a conspiracy against which included Communist -General Bakhtiar today suspended “* Teheran morning newspaper “Farfor printing an allegation that, y 1 1" ye arrest of an espionage group y?pted from the Army, police and circles, the authorities had y™«d a ring working for the out■*ed Tudeh (Communist) Party. G«»Eral Bakhtiar’s statement,, which *as broadcast, said: “Public opinion “Mnud not get confused by newspaper *®Ports of arrests of a number of offinumber of police and Army Speer® suspected by the' authorities of r*** 3l actions, has been arrested and for an investigation, which *tin going on. The results will be ■jounced later. ’ -The newspaper report today said that arrested worked on behalf of * “foreign Power” and the Tudeh rarty. that a truck-load of docuseized by the authorities during **foats. showed that Tudeh activxextended down to Teheran prison ■Beiala Merinos Cheaper At Sydney Wool Sale

*je. 1230 am.) SYDNEY. Aug. 30. Jtennos were 7J to 10 per cent lower, ywed with the doling levels in ***• when the Svdney wool rales ?* II M today. Better styled wools rjyea the greatest decline. Crossyr* and comebacks remained firm, change favouring sellers. selection comprised good to wools. Competition was 2J*Wread, chiefly from the Continent Britain, with good support from jyn Of 17,244 bales offered, 13.840 **re sold. .Top price for Merino was lOSjd for JS* <*/70’s. Crossbred prices were Z", for good to average 58’s, 89<d for god average 60/84’s, and 72id for good **«*ge 56’s.