00:03¡Gracias!
00:30...pocupied the Shah's palaces and surrounded Parliament.
00:33And then the people themselves took a hand.
00:40300 killed and hundreds wounded is a conservative estimate.
00:43The rioters freed those taken prisoner earlier and stormed the House of Mossadegh.
00:48Foreign Minister Fatimi gets through.
00:51First reports that he was torn to pieces have not been confirmed.
00:54Meanwhile, the mob flocked the streets demanding the return of the Shah.
01:00Mossadegh and his government were swept from power in favour of General Zahidi,
01:04the man appointed by the Shah in the first place.
01:06The thoughts of Britain instinctively turned to Abaddon,
01:09that monument to British enterprise and engineering skill.
01:12Forced to abandon what we had created in the wilderness,
01:16is it too much to hope that we shall see once more the tankers of Britain at Abaddon?
01:20Maybe sanity will yet prevail and Iran and Britain go forward in harmony.
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