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...stupid ambassador?" Replied Molotov: "Lavrentiev may be stupid, but he is a 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...
...nation's industry turning again. The new grant actually brought the total of impending U.S. aid to some $98 million. In addition to the $45 million, Zahedi's government will get $23.4 million in Point Four aid (including $10 million cut for "economy reasons" before Mossadegh fell and now restored) plus some $30 million in U.S. military assistance...
...Hangover. But how much time is there? From Teheran. TIME Correspondent James Bell reported: "There is increasing pro-Mossadegh talk now that the shock of the coup has abated. No one I've talked with outside the Cabinet and court had a bad word to say about the old man. He still enjoys enormous personal popularity as one of the country's most honest, sincere and courageous patriots. One western-minded Iranian, critical of Mossadegh in the past, now says: 'There were some very bad men leading Mossadegh astray. But compare them to some of the people...
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...