Victors in the fortnight-old, 80-hour Iranian War, the British and the Russians had at week's end not yet signed an armistice with Reza Shah Pahlavi, Iran's King of Kings. Mootest point in the haggle was the expulsion or surrender for internment of Iran's large German colony. It was expected that the Shah would shortly come to terms.
Meantime, within the compound of the German Legation's summer offices, eight miles outside the Iranian capital of Teheran, some 700 of the Führer's subjects were packed sardine-tight, living in tents. Hundreds more had fled to the provinces and were in hiding. It was reported...
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