SECOND EDITION ATTACK TURKEY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 24027, 26 July 1941, Page 12

SECOND EDITION ATTACK TURKEY

HITLER'S INTENTION ROAD TO BAKU OIL BELI UK HELD IN LONDON (Ifretl. la.m.) LONDON, July The belief is strongly held in London that Hitler intends to attack Turkey as part of a scheme to seize the oilfields of Baku, and also to use the Dardanelles in order to link German operations in the Black Sea with those in the Mediterranean. Ankara at present is being subjected to an intense political blitzkrieg by the German Ambassador, von I'apen, whose military demands, accompanied by demands for economic concessions, are far beyond anything the Turks expected. In the meantime, according to the New York Times' correspondent, German agents at Teheran are attempting to foment disorders and inflame the Armenian population to sabotage anil revolt against the Government. DEFENCES OF MALAYA MEASUKES UN FORCED east indies activities (Rfi-il. a.m.) LONDON, July -5 It is authoritatively stated that eeltain defence measures in JMalaya have already been enforced, in view ot the plain threat to British territories which the Japanese action in .1 ndo-China implios. Reports from diplomatic quarters in Saigon state that Japan and ludo-t lima have concluded an agreement tor Japanese occupation of lndo-( hina bases, and the Japanese occupation is imminent. The chief of the Japanese military mission, General Raishiro Sumitra, is reported to be leaving Hanoi for Saicon to-dav. Extensive mechanised manoeuvres will be held in the Dutch bast Indies next week, synchronising with a black°ut in The exercises rover n large .-yen Bantam and Batavia districts. They are designed to give the lorces practice, under actual war conditions. ______