ESTONIA AND SECURITY
NO WISH FOR PACTS
WOULD ACCEPT AID ONLY IN EVENT OF DANGER
(Independent Cable Service.)
(Received June 3, 9 a.m.)
LONDON, June 2
M. Karl Selter, the Estonian Foreign Minister, told the "Daily Express" that Estonia did not want any Soviet guarantee. He believed that Latvia and Lithuania were also opposed to being included in a pact.
He added: "Estonia feels that she is a neutral country, and cannot sign such agreements as soon as any great Power, without any invitation from us, tries to appear in the role of protector against aggression. He would consider that Power to be acting itself as an aggressor."
He indicated that Estonia is prepared to accept help from Britain and France, but only in the event of danger.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 129, 3 June 1939, Page 9
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