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Above the forest of silvered smokestacks that mark Anglo-Iranian's huge oil refinery at Abadan soar five towering gas pipes. For years flaming pillars of gas have jetted from these pipes, casting a ruddy glow on the night sky. But last week the night sky over Abadan was black. All but a handful of the 3,500 British oilmen who had tended the fires lovingly (and profitably) since they first flamed aloft had gone home. Darkness closed in along the neat cement walks separating the rows of bungalows where they had lived. The only sounds in the deserted...
...Gulf's market has expanded, so have its hazards. Gulf's partner, Anglo-Iranian, has already lost its great Abadan refinery (see FOREIGN NEWS), and the two are boosting their Kuwait production as rapidly as possible to help meet Europe's oil deficit. Political upheavals are not the only changes. Soaring costs have made the hunt for oil enormously expensive. Recently, Swensrud launched Gulf on the biggest wildcat hunt in the U.S., exploring 800,000 acres leased from the State of Mississippi.* Gulf may well sink millions without result. But Swensrud is not perturbed. Gulf, a pioneer...
Eviction & Histrionics. The Iranian government of Premier Mohammed Mossadeq mailed businesslike notices to the 300 remaining British staff members of the oil company: "[By] Thursday, Oct. 4, 1951 . . . you are required to have left this country." Iranian tanks clanked on to Abadan island, and Iranian troops stood guard at the refinery gates, barring the Britons from entrance. Iranian spokesmen vowed they would blow up the refinery if the British made any move to send in armored forces...
Fluidity & Security. The British cruiser Mauritius lay at anchor off Abadan, but no order for action came from London. Instead, Clement Attlee called his ministers to more emergency sessions over the Iran crisis. A show of force, the Prime Minister decided, must be collective. He dispatched an urgent personal message to President Harry Truman in Washington. Its contents were not disclosed. The U.S. reply cautioned against force, urged "moderation" and "fluidity...
...British technicians packed up to leave Abadan, London sent a belated distress call to U.N. headquarters in New York. Attlee's government requested an immediate Security Council meeting to consider a British complaint against Iran for endangering international peace and security...