Anglo-French-Soviet Pact Expected
[lndependent Cable Service.] LONDON, July 3. It is authoritatively stated in Paris that a pact with the Soviet may now be concluded in principle within 48 hours. The attitude of the Soviet is reported to be much more friendly toward Britain and France, as is indicated by the publication in full of Viscount Halifax’s warning to aggressors.
According to news agency reports from Moscow, there was a conversation at the Kremlin yesterday, which lasted two hours, between the Soviet Foreign Minister, M. Molotoff, and the British and French Ambassadors,* together with the British Foreign Office Counsellor, Mr William Strang.
The initiative in the talks, it is understood, came from the French and British side. It is anticipated that there will be a further exchange of views soon, when the Russian rejoinder will be heard. The Foreign Office has received a report from the British Ambassador, Sir William Seeds, on yesterday’s talks. It is not likely, however, that Mr Chamberlain, at question time in the House of Commons tomorrow, will have anything of importance to add to his earlier statements regarding the Moscow negotiations.
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Northern Advocate, 4 July 1939, Page 5
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