RUSSIA AND REICH
REPORTED NEGOTIATING
JOINT ACTION
THE MIDDLE EAST
(Rec. 9 a.m.) WASHINGTON, May 20, Diplomatic reports indicate that Russia and Germany are negotiating for joint action in the Middle East. Russian troops are undergoing spring manoeuvres in the vicinity of Tashkent.
The Ankara correspondent of the "New York Times" says shipping circles say that Germany is negotiating for the use of Russian ships in the Black Sea to carry war materials to Russian ports for transhipment to Iran.
Germany is also believed to be seeking permission to ship troops and war materials across the Black Sea and then across Caucasia to Irak.
It is also reported in Ankara that Russia has agreed to relinquish her share in the control of the Danube delta, in exchange for certain gains in the Middle East, possibly a warmwater port on the Persian Gulf.— U.P.A.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 118, 21 May 1941, Page 7
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