NAZIS ANXIOUS FOR QUIET
DESIRE FOR TALKS IN BALKANS PRESSURE APPLIED ON ITALIANS ANTI-GREECE CAMPAIGN RESTRAINED (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received August 21, 8.15 p.m.) LONDON, August 21. The Belgrade correspondent of The Daily Mail says that Germany is reported to have ordered Hungary to go on with the Turnu-Severin talks at all costs. The Germans, it is believed, are so anxious to maintain quiet in the Balkans that they have influenced the Italians to confine their anti-Greece campaign to the newspapers and the I radio. i Three factors which are stated to be i influencing Berlin are:— | (1) The failure of the air offensive ■ against Britain. (2) The late Balkan harvest. (3) Axis suspicion of Russia regarding the future of Balkan spheres of interest.
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Southland Times, Issue 24211, 22 August 1940, Page 8
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