INVASION PLANS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21009, 4 February 1943, Page 3

INVASION PLANS

ALLIED AGGREEMENT BALKAN -AREA LIKELY U.S. PRESS CONJECTURE (11.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, Feb. 3. The New York Times interprets the report by President Roosevelt to his press conference on the Casablanca meeting as a broad inplication that. England and America have reached an agreement on the invasion of the European continent this year. The paper adds: “The time and place of the invasion have already been selected. Mr. Churchill's visit to Turkey indicates that the Balkan area has been selected for the British and American invasion of Europe. Mr. Churchill may have been seeking Turkish permission for unhampered transit, through the Dardanelles. This belief is strengthened by the prompt fashion in which the British Ambassador communicated the results of conversalions between Mr. Churchill and General Inonu to M. Stalin. The Istanbul newspaper Yenisabah declared that the Turks are verypleased with the result of the Adana talks. The Allies promised more armaments for Turkey but was clearly stated that this is to fortify Turkey’s security. The fact that M. Stalin’ was kept informed of Mr. Churchill’s proposals shows that the Russians have reaffirmed their good intentions and that the Axis bogey of Russian designs are unfounded. The Paris radio reported that the German Ambassador, Herr von Papen has been recalled to Berlin to report on the latest talks with M. Sarajoglu. the Turkish Prime Minister.