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TEHRAN, December 10--Four columns of government troops began an invasion of Azorbaijan today in what may prove to be a challenge to Russian influence, and unconfirmed reports said Mianeh, 80 miles from the Azerbaijan capital, had been captured in a swift advance...
There was some concern in government circles that Russia might give indirect aid to the Azerbaijans. For some time government sources have been reporting privately that military technicians, arms and other forms of aid were filtering across the Soviet border into Azerbaijan...
Reports received in official circles, but lacking confirmation at Military Headquarter's said the troops quickly repaired an 80-yard-long bridge blown up by the Azerbaijan militia at the River of the Golden Swimmer and entered rugged Ghaflankooh Pass, main gateway to the rebellious province on Iran's north-western frontier...
...prevented a liberal alignment with those elements who were beating the drum over Russian unilateral action in Poland, Rumania, Bulgaria, and Hungary. The knowledge that British troops were garrisoned in Greece, that American units were still stationed in Iceland, likewise silenced criticism of the presence of Russian forces in Azerbaijan. But as the Big Four powers move crab-fashion away from their peripheral problems towards the nexus of all the problems of the peace--Germany interpretation has given way to savage criticism, and attack. With the focus of attention centered on Germany, the foreign policy of the Soviet Union...
...Soviet-oriented Azerbaijan announced that it would not insist on total independence from the Iranian Government...