DISCUSSIONS WITH SOVIET FAILED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 246, 18 October 1939, Page 8

DISCUSSIONS WITH SOVIET FAILED.

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Demands Contravened Turkish Security. ENVOY IS RETURNING. Incited Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 2 p.m.) LONDON, October 17. Rpfik Say da 111, the Premier of Turkey, announced at Istanbul that the negotiations with the Soviet had tailed because the Soviet demands contravened Turkish security. In a communique the Premier said the So\iet-Turkish talks failed because the (Soviet raised proposals different] from those previously agreed upon, including proposals incompatible with Turkey's commitments to Britain, and, therefore, contrary tc the interests of Turkish security.

Renter's .Ankara correspondent says the German Ambassador, Herr von Papen, left for Berlin, astonishing wellinformed circles by the unexpectedness of his departure.

M. Saracoglu, Turkish Foreign Minister, is going to Turkey from Moscow to-night, although negotiations with the Soviet are not yet concluded, said an earlier message. It is reliably stated that he is taking fresh Soviet proposals, which will not preclude continuation of the talks.

Difficulty is being experienced in the completion of the Russo-Turkish negotiations, causing reports of a last-minute hitch, said the Moscow correspondent of the "New York Times," Mr. G. E. R. Gedye.

Diplomatic circles believe that reports from Istanbul of a breakdown in the negotiations and the concentration of Soviet troops on the Turkish frontier are exaggerated. The authorities regard the reports so seriously that they have complained to correspondents of British newspapers. "The publication of the reports has constituted a grave political matter," it is stated.

Correspondents have established that they were not responsible for suggesting the rumotir. They coiitend that it was deliberately spread by persons anxious to upset negotiations.

France and Britain continue to be satisfied and confident that the Turks are protecting the interests of Britain and France.

The Turkish Ca.binet met at Angora yesterday and examined the report of the Foreign Minister, M. Saracoglu, on the talks at the Kremlin. Cabinet will forward fresh instructions.

Another report said the Turkish Foreign Minister was to leave Moscow without signing a pact. He saw M. Molotoff yesterday afternoon, and it was thought that he worild be remaining in Moscow for another three or four days.

Russia has assured M. Saracoglu that she -had no aggressive intentions in Rumania, says the Rome radio.

Nevertheless, Rumanian troops have withdrawn from the Hungarian frontier and are moving toward the Russia)! border.

Decrees have been issued in Rumania prohibiting people visiting or passing through military or frontier zones, from which the inhabitants have been removed, states "The Times" correspondent in Bucharest.