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FRANCO-SOVIET TREATY LONDON, December 2. The Paris correspondent of The Times states that the recently-signed Franco-Soviet non-aggression treaty is regarded as wholly an experiment. It is generally conceded that French industrialists greatly influenced the making of it. Considerable criticism has arisen because there is no anti-dumping clause. Justification of the experiment depends to a degree on the Soviet’s sincerity, which may minimise the possibilities of a Soviet-German co-operation against France. The purpose of the pact from the realistic French point of view, says the Paris correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, is to keep Russia from a possible conflict between Poland and Germany, weaken the Russo-German diplomatic ties, and reduce the‘alleged cooperation between the Soviet Red Army and the German Reichswehr.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21827, 14 December 1932, Page 7
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122STRATEGIC ASPECT Otago Daily Times, Issue 21827, 14 December 1932, Page 7
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