MR BEVIN DISAPPOINTED

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26040, 2 January 1946, Page 5

MR BEVIN DISAPPOINTED

(Rec. 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, Jar. 1. The Times diplomatic correspondent reveals that Mr Bevin received a bitter disappointment in his personal negotiations with Marshal Stalin over the solution of the Persian problem. Mr Bevin suggested to :Vlr Stalin tnat a commission representing Great Britain, America, and Russia should be sent to Persia to submit a scheme to the Persian Government for the establishment of a number of councils throughout Persia, including Azerbaijan, by which it was hoped that minority language and other matters would be secured. Marshal Stalin’s response was at first favourable, and the Russians even put forward amendments which were incorporated in the scheme. •; The Russians, however, at the last moment turned down the plan. The correspondent adds: “ The Russians cannot be unaware of how Mr Bevin personally feels about the refusal.”