EXPECTED. EMB ADVISED AMCITS TO SAY HOME TODAY. SANJABI KHOMEJNI JOINT COMMUNIQUE REJECTS COMPROMISE, CALLS MONARCHY ILLEGAL. YESTERDAY'S DAMAGE WAS SELECTIVE AND WIDESPREAD. END SUMMARY.
1. SHARIF-EMAMI GOVT HAS RESIGNED IN WAKE OF YESTERDAY'S LARGE-SCALE RIOTING. TO BE REPLACED BY MILITARY GOVT HEADED BY GEN QOLAM REA AZHARI, CHIEF OF SUPREME COMMANDER'S STAFF, AND ASSISTED BY CHIEFS OF INDIVIDUAL SERVICES. EACH MILITARY CHIEF WILL SUPERVISE SEVERAL MINISTRIES, WITH DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS IN HANDS OF CAREER UNDERSECRETARIES. SHAH??? ADDRESSED THE NATION. LATE MORNING (SEPTEL).
2. SHAH HAS TOLD AMBASSADOR PARLIAMENT WILL PROBABLY BUT HE WAS NOT SURE (NOTE: SPEECH IN SEPTEL DOES NOT HAVE THIS). BE DISSOLVED,/AND THERE WILL BE ARRESTS OF DISSIDENTS, BUT NO NATIONAL FRONT, PAN-IRANIST (PEZESHKPOUR) OR BANI-AHMAD FOLLOWERS WILL BE ARRESTED. (COMMENT:THIS MOST POSSIBLY LEAVES SUCH PROMINENT DISSIDENTS AS MINATCHI, MOGHADAM, AND THE LIBERATION MOVEMENT OF IRAN LIABLE TO ARREST.)
3. TEHRAN MARTIAL LAW-ADMINISTRATION THIS MORNING ISSUED TOUGH NEW DIRECTIVE. REPEATING PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW CURFEW H0URS OF 9 PM TO 5 AM. MLA RESTATED ORIGINAL POLICY THAT GATHERINGS OF TWO OR MORE PEOPLE ARE PROHIBITED. MARTIAL LAW VIOLATORS WILL BE WARNED BY AN OFFICER; IF THEY DO NOT OBEY, TROOPS WILL FIRE ON THEM. ALL SCHOOLS ARE TO REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH NOV 12. NOVEMBER, 25 OF NOON
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