THE MIDDLE EAST
BRITISH TROOPS IN MESHED.
WITHDRAWAL DECIDED ON.
Press Assooiation-By Telegraph—Copyright. . DELHI, September 25. (Received Sept. 26, at 5.5 p.m.) The Britash force in Meehed (north-east of Persia.) » being withdrawn. Its role was to prevent the violation of the Persian frontier by Bolshevists, but since the fall of Krasnovodsk in February the force has been idle With the exertion of a normal consular escort all troops will be withdrawn.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18051, 27 September 1920, Page 5
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