Show I Province May Return To fran Report Says By JOSEPH C. C GOODWIN GOOD TEHRAN TEHRA April 25 UP The W-The The radio at Tabriz capital of the self self- styled Az Azerbaijan autonomous government said Thursday an Azerbaijan commission headed by Russian-born Russian was wasen wasen wasen en route to Tehran to confer with the central government on the proposed return of the province to Iranian rule is vice president of the Azerbaijan parliament and chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of the central committee of ot the democratic party which staged the coup which led to the autonomous regime The radio said the three-man three commission was invited to Tehran by F F. chian Premier Ahmed special envoy to Tabriz A foreign observer who asked that his name not be used because of danger to his own safety brought from irom Azerbaijan a detailed detailed detailed de de- de- de tailed story of Russian activity in Azerbaijan in recent weeks The observer who said he witnessed witnessed witnessed wit wit- the troop movements himself himself himself him him- self said more than Russian tanks moved into Azerbaijan from irom Russia between March 3 one 3 one day after Russia was pledged to evacuate evacuate evacuate evac evac- Iran under the Russian Brit Iranian ish-IranIan treaty of ot 1942 1912 and March larch 30 The trains of Russian tanks began bean began be be- gan an to arrive nightly at Tabriz soon oon after the date scheduled for evacuation and continued until the theay day ay after Andrei Gromyko walked out ut of at the United Nations security council meeting in New York the observer said mid The observer said he was warned by jy the Russian commandant to leave cave the town of forthe for forthe the he sake of my health after he hemd had md watched the arrival there last week of tanks weapon carriers artillery and soviet and Azerbaijan troops Confirming reports of a few tew weeks v ago of Russian troop movements movements movements move move- ments the observer said tanks supported by mechanized units artillery ar- ar illery tillery and infantry fanned out from Tom Tabriz in three directions toward oward Kurdistan and Iraq Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- key tey and east toward Only 43 13 tanks he said have re returned returned re- re turned to Tabriz from in n the Kurdistan direction and U up Wednesday to none of these had been seen crossing back bacI Into Rus Rug sia He described north nort of and 50 miles south sout of Tabriz as an armed camp A near-by near mountain valley reached only by a mud road he said was wu lined ined with tanks trucks and guns The observer reported that Premier Premier Premier Pre Pre- mier of Azerbaijan meets dally daily with Gen the Russian consul In Tabriz and said the tho 10 Azerbaijan army of about 2500 25 00 men is 13 under soviet direction and nd supervision He expressed the view that the would fa favor VOl the return of ot Azerbaijan to the Iranian central government saying ying they intend to o use the province as aa a lever to control all aU Persia conferred last week with Ghazi Mohammed Kurdish Kurdish- leader eader the observer said |