Russia’s Part in Peace Promotion; Cheering Reports
(Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 10. ■JjJ. MAISKY, RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR, CALLED AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE TO CLEAR UP MISUNDERSTANDINGS REGARDING THE ■NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND THE SOVIET, A Tass Agency message left the impression that the Soviet might, in certain circumstances, be left alone in a cpnflict following an act of aggression. It is stated in official circles in London that Britain and France had not intended to seek Russian aid unless they themselves were already engaged in such conflicts. ■v> M. Potemkin, Soviet vice-Commissar of Foreign Affairs, interviewed in Warsaw,, expressed . the liveliest satisfaction at his conversations in Ankara, Sofia, and . Bucharest,.. He was particularly pleased with his Turkish talk. “With our great friends, France and Turkey, we will be a powerful factor in the stabilisation of peace,” he remarked. ■ Colonel Beck and M. Potemkin conferred with a view to putting RussoPolish relations on a normal basis.
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Northern Advocate, 11 May 1939, Page 7
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