The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-05

'There have been no incidents"
 I had talked with R number of Russian officers and comTnissars over bottles of Iranian beer before I saw the general. They were re. served, and when l touched delicate questions they would refer me to Stalin's speech or Molotov's speech on such and such 6 date.
 (Joseph Stalin is premier, viaches. lav Molotov, foreign cognmisSar, Of RusSia.)
 Anxious About Turkey
 Yet 1t seemed clear to me from the repeated questions they asked me regarding Turkey, that the role ! Turkey would play in the months and possibly years to come was prominent in their thoughts.
 Russian officers did 90 SO far as to express belief that Turkey was likely to fight against any country which attacked her. They. com- mented that Russia had no intention of doing so, or of entering the coun- try unless Germany attacked her.
 Iran, Q gauntlet of steel-helneted, almost motionless. Russian guards to reach the generals headquarters room, in company with 6 member of the Russian embassy staff in Tehran..
 In illustration of the informality of the Russian army as regards the niceties of military protocol, the at- tache took a seat beside the general and kept his brown felt hat on for several minutes after our arrival.
 The attache frequently joined in the exchange.
 AS we talked, orderlies and uni formed commissarS stonped into the room at intervals without ceremony and handed the general messages
 General Sinenko appeared to be about 45 years old. His graying hair is close cropped. He wore 6 dust stainde dark gray uniform. His rank was indicated only by the four oblong red tags at each collar point and one large and two small gold chevronS on each sleeve cuff
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 RussiAn Women In Ranks
 While I waited to talk to General Sinenko, I saw several strangly built Russian women, apparently of peas- ant stock, pass down the stairs oi the hotel, used a sa headquarters.
 They wore field gray uniforms with sam Browne belts and had big revolvers strapped at their hips.
 They exchanged salutes with high Russian officer who was stand ing by. All were doctors, nurses ol typists with the army.
 On my first trip here, Russian troops were the most prominent feature. Today I found the people circulating freely in the streets Many shops had reopened.
 On the road to Kazvin passed hundreds of Iranians, some in uni form. others in civilian clothes, re- turning to their homes.
 The Russians are letting them through their lines.
 I gave a lift to a demobilizec Iranian officer from Kurdistan, IT the west.
 JaiIs Are Emptied
 A Russian engineer told me thai the Iranians had emptied their Jaiii before they fell back,
 He showed me German pistol m a neat package and said the Rus i sians had seized hundreds of them in Iranian police stations in occu- pied territory. He also showed me 2S bullets in 6 package and said three of them had had poison srneared on them.
 The engineer said that each pack age was similarly equipped and cons tained elaborate hlstructicns tor their use.
 The engineer suggested that Iie pistols and the cartridges were 70 have been distributed among fifth | columnists ct the proper time.
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