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...very good Bolshevik.") When Lavrentiev came to Iran as ambassador only five weeks ago, the Communists were riding high, and Moscow seemed on the way to gobbling up a fresh satellite. But then came the anti-Mossadegh uprising. The Communist Tudeh was put to flight, and the returning Shah had not even deigned to say a word to the Soviet ambassador at the airport...
...Handout. Where would the money come from? The commonsense answer: from the sale of its oil. But this involves a matter that no Iranian politician dared talk about yet, an agreement with Britain. Iran had ousted Mossadegh, but not outgrown him. Even the mild-mannered Shah last week said: "Let there be no mistake. There has been no change in the national movement...
General Zahedi still has things under control: Mossadegh's chief lieutenants have fled to the hills, and the underground Tudeh Communists to their holes. But, though he has ended chaos, Zahedi must now restore stability. One who talked fairly confidently of the future was the young Shah, back on his throne. He told a group of Mullahs: "While returning from Rome in my plane, I had a feeling that I was a completely new man in every respect...
ANGLO-Iranian Oil Co., kicked out of Iran by Mossadegh (TIME, Oct. 8, 1951), now hopes to get back its stake there from the Shah, but is hedging the bet. A director, John Mellor Pattinson, has spent three weeks sniffing for new opportunities in oil-rich Alberta, has worked up plans for Anglo-Iranian's first venture in Canada. The company will also start drilling in Sicily shortly...
Dessert. When the Shah's twin sister Princess Ashraf flew in from Cannes, Ehrman was the only reporter to recognize her in the lobby, bolted over to introduce himself. By then he had been photographed so often with the Shah that the Princess said: "Oh, I recognize you from your pictures." Ehrman got her into a corner for another exclusive chat. Later, when the Shah decided to take 20 newsmen back to Teheran with him, he pointed to Ehrman saying: "The news of the new developments was brought to me by a newspaperman, and from then on, my hours...