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anfl to hpve ^gain«t 8 T? 2 f coT’ipro^ine ¥^iat c oevcr. -dirijra,
indeed* is ssid to havo dra^n his revolver and declared he vould
-hoot himselT rather than give In. Pish vari told him not to be
a fool, while the f>nvoy from Tehran* i?sth oli Inekchian told h in
to ohead - it you Id make no difference* Ilham i afcd Biriya
»re th- two members of the Cabinet i-ost likely to oppose cot.promisei
the former b-cause he ic a rascal who foresees the aDpt'oach ot the
time !hen he ^ill have to take hi^hend# out of th^ till* snd the
latter because he is arcbltieus for power which he can only obtain
on the smell local stage* and also, perfc-ps, because he ban
something of the romantic revolutionary In his character.
51 . .^i^tipriB \ ith Tehran. ihe official com concerning
thf- 'onvc T ' ^tions b tween ’avaF' and the heads of the !>©viet Govemv
ent and the ^viet chador In Tehran wee published without
comment in the /*>scrbsi^en nevnpoper on Arril 7th. J ovnin t a letter
to the Soviet spader r^rrrdl7.g the Oil Ccncecaion rr. nu-liftied
a day or eo later. Rrcrouro at once begen to circulate that
ne so tint tone were ready in progress between the n*erb. 1,1 n
Katie ml Govemaent and Tehran on the basis of paragraph 3 of th^
/»greement. Th^ National Oovem* nt at first pr lichod a denial
that anv ne pot lotions v^€ '■* e ir hand yet eoTit^rplatsdi but, to ^-a rdf
the end of ther^nth It w©^ hnov/n thr.t diocusriona ware -Vin/r rlnce
■^nd a delegation hni^g to go to Tehrm •
J'aafar pishavari is believed to h ve sent a telegram of
ccngrat :lsticrs to aver as Ssltaneh on the si~nirg of the ^erreement
and to have received a b v lef eckno^ledgevient adlr^^ned to ,r kr.
Fishavari. E^-Bditor of the Newspaper ‘ i r* H .
Irtno lately after the broadcast : ng of ’;avaEi , s neven points
as a basis for a settlement, the Tudah i)epvty> >>th ^li Xpckchian,
himself a native of Tebriz, arrived here and had a meeting with rr
Cabinet* He 5.^ unde -rtood to hove told piahaverl that the seven
points had been agreed between <iavam and the Soviet ^mtoar 'ador and
that the National Government b-ci better make up its iind to accept
them at once* speculation about Fiehavari 1 a attitude is Vain, since
te will, of course, do as be is told by the huseiene, but
conversations with some fairly promine t Democrats r-veal that on
the .hole the only points to bicb they object re that Tehran,
not the local ‘^ove nment Boc^y (Anjuman Xyalati) should issue
instructions to officials and that Tehran should an olnt tho
commanders of gendarr erie and troops. Ih^ Prtoersts are convinced
thet by these means th** T^irrn Oovemaent could not] i^ r any
libernl concession they i$Jit appear to rake and undo all that
the party has done in the las- five months. As regards the
ar-ointment of civil official*, it is, of course, just as likely
thnt the IUssians willdnsist on the an-ointment of eithe- their
own creatures or subservient non^entitles, like Arhdi Or ^var, the
l^st Gove mo 7 *** Gen *'* ^1, and so leave V* i ''roe to go v s'n the
p-Y> ince themselves through the Par y, but the Question of th
/-irmy may n -ovo s .~nag, cince it is unlikely that the "fish v 111
• prso to ^enounce his right to Cf r isr^ion vhat o f leer'' he pleases
or mov 1 hi^ troops freely in any part th? kingdom, while,
judging b v ■o r *e <:: ent enpoaranees, the point to hlch the Oemocr ts
t ttach most iTBoortjjnce is their risiit to tc/sintain their o n 'sard
foree s. _
It Is believed that up to Ap^il r 7th. Janfar Mahavari himself
had not intended to take part in the delegatio 1 • He is said to hav<
been advised that ni'dit by the maeian Consul-General to go, and
accordingly he left by air on jipril Btr ., sccorp&nieu ty nis
Deputy j o^ ,, • Johan shah lu and five other delegatcts, including oeif
ul Gazi, a Ku^d, acting on behalf of CPsi .%hansd, the heado-f
the roirdish Republic. The departure v/as made an occasion for
dp onntrati >n and speech-raaking. rishavari was presented with a
gold medal by the President of the National Assembly, and Gazi
i^ohamed adcir ssed hi'i on the se odx*ouie, declaring that whe founds
were solidly behindh im.