BLACK SEA ARENA
WORLD WATCHING
TURKISH PORT DEFENCES TO BE ORGANISED
TALKS IN PARIS
By TeJegTapb—Press, Association—Copyright) LONDON, March 31. The Commander-in-Chief of the French forces in, the Middle East, General Weygand, unexpectedly arrived in Paris and conferred with the War Cabinet, and Admiral Mouren, of the French Navy, has arrived in Istanbul to organise the defences of Turkey's ports on the Black Sea.
The^ spotlight of world diplomacy rests on the Black Sea. ;
A Bulgai-ian' deputy, M. Stainqv, told the newspaper "Sloyo" that Turkey "has, let herself be forced to yield to British, pressure to permit the passage of warships through the Straits." He added. "The war will be decided in the Black Sea. Germany cannot continue without her Black Sea -oil supply." ;'-.'.. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 77, 1 April 1940, Page 7
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124BLACK SEA ARENA Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 77, 1 April 1940, Page 7
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