'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [‎26r] (56/748)

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divided into three main sections: (a) the southern
section, which comprised the provinces of Khuzistan, Fans
and Baluchistan and which formed the eastern coast of the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; this was put under the British influence,
(b) The northern section, which comprised the Provinces
of Khorasan and Adhrabaijan and the coast of the Caspian
sea; this was put under the Russian influence* (c) The
central section, which comprised the interior towns of
Hamadan, Ispahan, Yezd, etc; this was left for the Shah,
to be a neutral State and a boundary to prevent collision
between the two other influences.
But soon after the fall of Czarist Russia and
the rise of the Soviet Russia, matters took an entirely
different course, and this aggressive treaty became null
and void. The English consequently lost their influence
in Persia, especially when the last Shah of the Kajar
Dynasty was dethroned, and His Majesty Reza Shah took hold
of the reins of government , who by his wisdom and strong
will was able to save his country from the awful state of
anarchy and a decay, raise it up to an impregnable state
of power and dignity, utilize the aversion existing between
the English and the Bolsheviks, and drive the English out
of the southern regions of his Kingdom. Not satisfied
with all this, he is still trying to force the English to
evacuate the Gulf, as they have already evacuated its
eastern shores.
From the above we can clearly see that the idea
(of a new Gulf Kingdom) is not a novelty, it is an old
device of the English who tried to enforce it after the
Great War, but were obstructed by the revolution which
then occurred in Russia, What has now induced than to
start the idea anew, nobody knows. But the future will,
no doubt, disclose it.
Nevertheless, we are sure that the Persian
Government will be on the watch to overthrow this serious