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MOSCOW NEGOTIATIONS QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. POSITION OF BALTIC STATES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) RUGBY. July 10. Questioned in tlie House of Commons on file Moscow negotiations. the Prime Alinistor. Air Chamberlain, said : “Britain and France have sent further joint instructions to their representatives in .Moscow, who now have had two further conversations with M. Molotov.
"Certain further suggestions have been made by the Soviet. Union, which are now under consideration, and on other points we have not yet received the Soviet's reply." Mr Chamberlain replied in the negative when it was suggested to him that he should arrange for a visit by Lord Halifax to Moscow.
In another answer relative to anxieties which have been expressed in the Press regarding the Baltic States, he said: "It is the general policy of Britain to maintain respect for the integrity of all sovereign States. In particular, Britain is aware of the desires of Finland and the Baltic States to preserve their independence and neutrality, and, as this is also the objective of Britain, the British Government will naturally take full account of these considerations in the present negotiations." MILITARY ACCORD SAID TO BE SOUGHT BY SOVIET. IN ADVANCE OF GENERAL PACT. (Received This Day, 9.40 a.m.) PARIS, July 11. It is understood that the French Ambassador to Russia, M. Naggiar, has informed the Foreign Minister, M. Bonnet, that the Soviet has asked for military accord before a general pact.
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