Evening star., 1945-11-26
BY JOHN NJ HIGHTOWER,
ASSOCIATED Press Stan Writer.

Iran has sent Russia two more
notes, protesting Soviet activities
in a disturbance in the northern
part of the country.
Ambassador Hussein Ala disclosed
this today as he prepared to call
at the State Department for in
formation on the contents of note
which the United States sent to
Moscow. This asked for details of
Red Army activities in Northern
Iran.
The Ambassador said his country's
notes-third and fourth official
Iranian protests in the last week
were delivered to the Russian EN-
bassy in Teheran, Trans capital.
Although stressing that he had
received no official information that
an American note was sent to Russia,
the envoy said he had expected
some result from my frequent rep
resentations to this Government
over the Northern Iran situation
last week"
Additional Complaints.
He said the two additional Iranian
notes to Russia contained these
complaints:
l. That by halting Iranian troops
dispatched to the north to quell an
uprising in Azerbaijan province
the Soviets had permitted revolu-
tionary troops of the so-called Dem
ocratic party to operate as far south
as Zundjan where unknown people"
were distributing arms and ammuni-
ton
| 2. That Russian troops had not
evacuated Teheran as pledged and
that Red Army officers and men,
wearing civilian clothes, carried out
certain activities" in. the capital.
The American Ambassador to
Moscow, w. Averell Hartman, was
reported In Iranian circles there
ito have requested an interview with
lthe ranial Ambassador. The
f1rAnian Ambassador III Moscow
talked with Soviet officials last week.
Cnicial American sources In Mos
COW declined comment on Washing
ton reports that a note had been
sent to the Kremlin.
Diplomats Take Serious View.
Allied diplomats here are taking
an increasingly serious view of the
Russia Iran situation.
Some fear it may present the
United Nations with a critical test
at the very outset of organized ef-
forts to protect the peace and se-
curity of all nations.
The United States has moved cau-
tiously into the situation by asking
Russia for information about the
activities Of its armed forces in
Azerbaijan.
Essentially the question is whether
the Red Army has prevented Iranian
troops from acting effectively against
the rebel bands and whether this in
volved violations of Trans sover-
eighty.
Molotov Pledge Reported.
A Moscow dispatch last night
quoted diplomatic quarters as say
ing, Soviet Foreign Commissar ".
M. Molitov during discussions with
Trans Ambassador, Madjid Aay, had
given assurances that Russia would
respect Iranian sovereignty.
The dispatch added that Molotov
was said to have expressed surprise
at Iranian contentious that Red
Army troops had refused free pas
sage to Iranian forces in Azerbaijan.
Reporting that stories, of Red
Army interference had been de-
scribed officially in Moscow as ex-
aggerations. the dispatch went on to
say it was understood that such
progress had been made in the Mol
otov-Ahy conversations that pro-
/ jected Iranian mission to Moscow
had been Cancelled.
Washington officials obviously
hoped these more optimistic reports
would be borne out by Moscow's
reply to the American note, and by
later Developments.
4 The fact remained. however. that
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