IRAN CAMPAIGN

Grey River Argus, 16 September 1941, Page 4

IRAN CAMPAIGN

' LONDON, Sept. 13. 1 /■: particularly welcome feature of the Iranian campaign has reen the close co-operation maintained be1 tween the British and Russian armies and the British and Russ-an political authorities. The advance on both sides was perfectly timed, and a • junction was effected with complete precision. There has been the fullest accord between British. and Russian policy, both as to the immediate measures taken and to the undertakings for the future. Enemy propagandists who professed to see in th? AngloRussian alliance a nefarious scheme for subjugating the world to the supposed Bolshevist menace, will find nothing to support them in the exemplary restrait and scrupulous regard for the interests of the Iranian people exhibited by the Soviet authorities in northern Iran. The good news that the British Commander-in-Chief in Ind.a (General Sir Archibald Wavell) has just visited the country and has been in. touch with the Soviet Army commanders on the operations in Iran and that direct and cordial relations have been established between the British and Russian forces, should serve as a. happy precedent for increased confidence and more intimate collaboration in other fields. IRAN’S CROWN JEWELS. USED AS CURRENCY BACKING. (Rec. 1.35). TEHERAN, Sept. 15. Following the distribution of pamphlets in the streets saying that the Crown jewels have been removed. from the country, the Iran Finance Minister said that they could be seen at the National Bank, where they form part of the backing for Iran’s currency. It is recalled that part of the Iran Crown jewels were shown in an exhibition of Persian art in London in 1931. They include a glebe of the world, whereon the countries are indicated by jewels. ■