Is Britain Ready to Meet Russia in a Three-Power Pact?
(Received 2.30 p.m.)
LONDON, June 1. ACCORDING TO THE INDEPENDENT CABLE SERVICE, THE “EVENING STANDARD’’ SAYS A THREE-POWER PACT WILL BE CONCLUDED IN A FEW DAYS.
Britain is willing to retract the League proviso if it stands in the way of the Pact.
• The London markets are weaker owing to the unfavourable reaction of the Russian Pact negotiations. Little business is passing.
Sir Eric Phipps, British Ambassador to France, and M. Bonnet, French Foreign Minister, conferred on M. Mclotoff’s reply. The French press express disappointment, ,and draws attention to the deep-seatedness of the Soviet distrust of Britain and France.
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Northern Advocate, 2 June 1939, Page 5
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