| Show ALLIES ALLIES GATHER ON IRAN FRONT Ready to Act if Nazis azis Do Dont Don't t Quit Country WASHINGTON Aug Auff 2 23 INS INS Warning that Iran will fight to protect its its' neutrality was issued Friday by Iranian Minister Mohammed I teli teh LONDON Aug 22 MV Tho Iranian government has replied to the British note requesting that German technicians and tourists be expelled from Iran it was learned Friday night LONDON Aug 22 INS Both INS IN Both Russia and Britain have concentrated concentrated concentrated concen concen- strong forces on the borders borders bor bor- ders dora of Iran for a quick stroke against the shahs shah's kingdom if Germans allegedly potential potential poten poten- fifth columnists are poten-I poten not ejected speedily the British press reported Friday I But government informants said DO move into Iran has been yet made An official statement said flatly flatly flatly flat flat- ly There Is no truth in the re report reo re port that General Sir Archibald Wavell former British Middle Eastern commander now commander commander com corn mander in India is leading a consIderable considerable considerable con con- force into Iran from India There was no attempt to conceal conceal con con- ceal the allies allies' readiness to march into Iran from three sides if It as expected the shahs shah's government In Teheran rejects renewed An An- soviet glo-soviet demands A negative reply to the allied representations was looked for Friday The situation was summed up in headlines in the London Daily Dally Express organ of Lord Beaverbrook Beaverbrook Beaverbrook Beaver- Beaver brook British cabinet minister of supply proclaiming We are ready for action American travelers from the Middle East were quoted in the Express and other newspapers as assaying assaying assaying saying that Russia and Britain Continued on Pare Page Two 1 Column One ALLIES GATHER ON IRAN FRONTS I c Continued from Pi Pm Pace One On have concentrated large armed forces on the Caucasian Iraq and Indian frontiers of Iran Yet Yet It was stressed by bf British government officials that Foreign Secretary tary Eden wants Iran to take the the Initiative initiative and eject the Britain still Is Germans Germans for for eager to avoid any breach between the the- Persian shahs shah's government and England Russia Masses Men Ien British papers quoted American travelers as saying that Russia has transferred nearly 30 divis divisions ions m nJ from the Turkish Turkish Turk Turk- ish frontier to the near-by near IranIan IranIan IranIan Iran- Iran Ian frontier British mechanized forces force were said ald to be b taking up border positions positions above the Persian gulf and Arabian sea Turkey Eden was described as losing his patience over It Iran's n refusal to clear th tM the country of ot Germans German while actually admitting more reported re reported reported re- re ported to Include Fritz Grobba Grobb former nazi minister to Iraq and Franz von German am amp to Turkey Grobba and Von London papers saId were ere let into Iran for discussions with other German elements Nazi assertions that the battle if of southwestern Russia would end In n a fortnight with the nazi military military mili mill tary machine on Iran's borders apparently Is having a great influence in influence in in- fluence on Teheran's attitude of ot non with Britain fn i Germany too s seems ems to be ready for action A Reuters agency agency ageny agen agen- cy y dispatch from Ankara said the nazis were reported to be b mass mass- massIng Ing fa barges on the island of af Samos Sa Sa- Samos mos off the Turkish coast In the Aegean and w were re concentrating a large number of ships at Varna and nd on th the Black sea seacoast seacoast seacoast coast of Bulgaria J 3 v These factors plus troop movements movements move move- ments menta In Bulgaria were felt ac ac- to ReUters to pr presage s ge a aGerman aGerman German n d demand for p permission to send troops and goods across Turkey M |
