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...corridors of Anglo-Iranian's low, yellow brick headquarters in Khorramshahr, twelve miles from Abadan. An associate, Nassir Gholi Ardalan, hurried behind. Beaming, Daftary said: "We're moving into our new offices, upstairs." They marched into the rooms of General Manager Eric Drake, who had gone to Basra, Iraq, 40 miles away, because he feared arrest on trumped-up "sabotage" charges. In Drake's office, they confronted Assistant General Manager Alec Mason and five other top British executives. "Ah, gentlemen," said Mason, "you have come to talk with us?" "No," said Daftary, "we've just come...
That treaty insured British paramountcy in Iraq. It gave Britain: 1) the right to maintain two important bases; 2) management of the Iraqi State Railways and the oil port of Basra; 3) the monopoly of providing all foreign technical experts needed by the Iraqi Government...
...increased Tudeh representation in his Cabinet (which includes Dr. Morteza Yaz di, a wealthy Soviet sympathizer) got the posts of Commerce & Industry, Education and Health, but not the key posts of War, Foreign Affairs (Gavam) and Justice. To counter Tudeh agitation the British moved some troops up to Basra, close to the Abadan flashpoint...
...York via Newfoundland or Labrador, Greenland, Iceland to Oslo-Stocknolm-Helsinki-Leningrad-Moscow-Teheran-Basra...