Evening star., 1946-03-24
UNO Sees Break in Iran Crisis
As I 1eheron Premier Indicates
Settlement With Reds Is Near
Soviet Withdrawal
Would Knock Props
From u. S. Case
BY the Associoted Press

NEW 1OltN, MAI. Lo.-0Ope o.
a real break in the Iranian crisi.
ran strong among United Ma.
tions officials today. and it ap.
peared the Security Council
meeting Monday, might, pass
without injury its most danger.
Gus test to date.
UNO speculation, based on state
rhents by Premier Ahmed Qavam
es Saltanch in Teheran, is that in
the next few days the Russians may
begin to pull their troops out of
Iran and back into Russia.
Such a movement would take the
wind out of the Iranian crisis, re-
ducing it to situation the Sc
curity Council should be able to
handle with relative ease.
This speculation privately ex-
pressed by many authorities here
was checked, however, by their fear
that nothing might come of the
bright prospects raised by Premier
Qavam-prospects heightened by
Prime Minister Stalin's assurances
Yesterday Of Russian backing for
UNO.
Anglo-U. S. Case May Fall.
One new element of uncertainty
is just where the Iranian govern
ment stands at the moment in re-
lation to Russia, the United States
and Britain.
Russia is asking for a delay un-
til April 10. The United States has
come out for immediate action and
SO has Britain. However, if Iran.
as the nation in trouble, says there
is no need to hurry, or if it actually
favors delay in the interest of more
direct negotiation with Russia, the
props would be knocked from under
the United States and Britain.
At the headquarters of Ambas-
sador Ala, who has been designated
to argue Trans case, Embassy Sec
retary Gholam Abbas Aram said no
new instructions had been received
and Alas plans and views were un-
changed.
The secretary said Ambassador
Ala had acted in accordance with
his original instructions" received
March Is, asking him to present
the Iranian case to the Security
Council, and was not in conflict
with his government.
He said the original order was
for the Ambassador to press for
discussion of the case ''immedi-
tely."
Council Consideration Certain,
Both American and British off,
ials welcomed the possibility, how
yer slender, that Russian forces
hight get out of Iran without wait
ng for the Security Council to act.
The great concern of these authori-
lies to date has been that the Rus
slams might not get out even if the
Council asked them to.
Failure to act in such a case
might fatally weaken the Councils
authority, now dependent almost
entirely on moral pressure and pub
lie opinion. That is the real test
which UNO, or to put it another
way. Russia, has been building up
to in the Iranian case.
Whatever the Russians do, Off
cials said that some sort of Iranian
case would certainly come before
the Security Council. Iran has
made two charges: % That Soviet
forces are in Iran beyond the March
, treaty deadline: (2) That Soviet
agents and officials are interfering
N Trans internal affairs.
Third Aspect of Case.
Still third aspect of the case was
taken UP by Edward R. Stettinius,
jr., Amenican member of the Coun-
Gil, whS wrote Secretary Gen.
Trygve Lie that he would ask for
Russia and Iran to report on their
direct negotiations to settle their
troubles.
This is an outgrowth of the de-
bate over Iran at the London meet
ing of the Council in January and
stands separately from the new
charges about Soviet troops staying
on in the country.
Whether or not these troops have
been reinforced since March 2 is
not subject for the Security Coun-
Gil, but it became a subject of sharp
difference between Qavam and
diplomatic officials. Ga
vam told his news conference no
additional forces has come into his
country.
Washington dispatches quoted an
American official who refused toI
permit use of his name as saying
Russian troops had been coming
(See UNO, Page A-6.)
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