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Minus Times Minus Equals Plus. If ever a man had reason to be bewitched, bothered and bewildered by recent history's queer swerves, it was His Majesty Reza Shah Pahlavi. For 20 long years he had played with London, played with Moscow and never lost a trick. Actually he never played both ends against the middle, for he never needed to. During most of the 20 years, London and Moscow felt towards each other much as Georgia's Governor Eugene Talmadge feels towards Negro Ph.D.s and vice versa. But now, somehow, crazily, incredibly, these two irreconcilables stood shoulder...
This week the most belligerently neutral country of Asia was neutral no longer. For 15 years Iran's Reza Shah Pahlavi had successfully played off British, Russian and other European interests against each other, but now Britain and Russia were working together. Into Iran from Iraq in the west marched a British column. More British troops landed at Bandar Shahpur, southern terminus of the Trans-Iranian Railway. To the north Red Army troops began their long trek through the mountains into Iran from Russian Armenia. In India's northwest province of Baluchis tan other British forces stood ready...
...Hastily Reza Shah Pahlavi called up Iran's reserves, bringing the strength of his efficient little Army up to about 200,000. Vainly he attempted a last-ditch compromise, swore there were fewer than 600 Germans in Iran, indicated he might send them away little by little. But when the British moved, he counter-moved. His Premier Ali Mansur told his Parliament: "We have taken all necessary measures to face this attack...
...Reza Shah Pahlavi is Iran's equivalent of Turkey's late, great KamÂl Atatiirk. Both men were rough soldiers who rescued their countries from the rule of nincompoop despots, strove to make them great. Almost singlehanded during the past 20 years, the Shah has mastered Iran...
Before he ascended the famed Peacock Throne, the Shah's name was Reza Khan. The Pahlavi he added means "Parthian" in Persian. The phrase "a Parthian shot" refers to the classic Parthian archers' tactic of shooting arrows over their shoulders as they fled. Last week, before he started shoving out Germans, the Shah first told the Allies that to do so would violate Iranian neutrality. The British will be contented to have him continue firing over his shoulder as long as he keeps the Germans moving...