NOT FAR ENOUGH
SOVIET OBJECTION
THE BRITISH PLAN
MUTUAL AID WANTED
(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.)
(Received May 16, 1.45 p.m.)
LONDON, May 15
Reuters' agency learns from Russian quarters in London that the Soviet communication to Britain regards the British proposals as unsatisfactory, as they do not go far enough, not even indirectly guaranteeing Soviet territory, besides leaving a wide gap between Poland and Finland, where the border States are not covered, while no account is taken of the possibility of direct attack against Soviet territory. The Soviet presses for a pact of mutual assistance covering both direct and indirect attacks not only upon the territories of the guaranteed States but of the contracting parties.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 113, 16 May 1939, Page 10
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115NOT FAR ENOUGH Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 113, 16 May 1939, Page 10
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