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IN SPHERES OF INFLUENCE ONLY IN SPHERES OF SECURITY WHERE RUSSIA STANDS [U.P.A.-By Electric Telegraph-Copyright) Received 4th Dec., I 1.40 a.m. \ LONDON, 3rd December. Russia has refused to enter in- ! to any of the major commitments . proposed by Hitler in talks with : Molotov, says the “Herald’s” ; diplomatic correspondent. The . Soviet is not interested in any aggressive adventures in the Per--5 sian Gulf or elsewhere. She con- ’ siders the extension of her frontiers into Finland, Poland, and the incorporation of 1 the Baltic States necessary for j strategic reasons. Molotov told I Hitler that Russia was not interested in spheres of influence but was interested in spheres of sec- • urity. Most important of all Russia wished to prevent the extension of the war in the Balkans, 5 particularly Turkey. 1 Hitler is understood to have ; hinted that he would welcome the i withdrawal or lessening of Russian forces on the frontiers of Germany and German-occupied territories, , but Molotov intimated that he was 1 not prepared to discuss that, i
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 4 December 1940, Page 6
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