MUTUAL ASSISTANCE
DEFENCE OF BALKAN STATES generals fly to angora •MILITARY CONSULTATIONS BEGUN By Teietrraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received October 19, 11.10 p.m.) LONDON. Oct, 19 Messages reaching Paris from Angora state that Turkey has agreed to sign mutual assistance pacts with Britain and France, providing for:— (1) Automatic mutual assistance in the Eastern Mediterranean. (2) Turkiah assistance if the western Powers are compelled to execute their guarantees to Greece and Rumania. (3) Diplomatic consultations regarding Balkan questions. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says the pacts will be signed forthwith. General Maxime Weygand and General Sir Archibald Wavell, commanding respectively the French and British Middle East forces, both arrived in Angora by air last night for staff talks with the Turkish General Staff, beginning this morning. General Wavell flew from Alexandria and General Weygand from Beirut.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23482, 20 October 1939, Page 9
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