The British-Iranian game of tit for tat was in full swing again. After the earnest, sober interlude of the Harriman mission, Teheran and London were once more trading threats and accusations, with each side hoping to break the other's will.
Premier Mohammed Mossadeq, his frail body supercharged with fanaticism, early last week went before the Iranian Senate and announced an ultimatum to London: he would give the British two weeks to reopen the suspended oil negotiations on Iran's old terms. Alternative: he would cancel the residence permits of 300 British technicians still hanging...
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