DIPLOMATIC MOVES
RUSSIA MAY PLAY NEW ROLE "'PEACEFUL CONQUEST" OF NEAR EAST Diplomatic observers see a connection between the return of the ■German Ambassador to Turkey, Herr von Papen, for a talk with Hitler and a possible agreement between Moscow, Berlin and Rome on various questions appertaining to the Balkans and the Near East, particularly Turkej', says the Berne. (Switzerland) correspondent of the New York Times. The questions to be discussed will perhaps go beyond a mere division of spoils and include spheres of influence, he adds. Probably one question will be active Russian collaboration in attaining a "peaceful conquest" in the Near East by confronting any real resistance in that area with a solid military block. Turkey's firm attitude towards Bulgaria is expected, to cause the Axis Powers considerable embarrassment unless Russia is prevailed nipon to withdraw the tacit suppoi t she is . understood to have given AnkaraSuch a - withdrawal by the Soviet would leave Turkey virtually aloue in the Near East because of British engagements in Greece, and would leave the Dardanelles open to relatively easy conquest, after which it would be but a step to continue the drive towards Syria,, Iraq and the fuel supplies of that area. Italian friction-with Moscow over control of the Dardanelles is believed to have been overcome through German intervention, says the correspondent. This subject probably •was examined by the Dictators at Florence, together with problems regarding spheres of influence in Syria, Afghanistan and Palestine.
According to some observers, this would lead lo the assumption that Moscow is ready to follow the Axis policy. Some quarters assert that M. Molotoff is ready to sign on the dotted line, Ynaldng Russian adherence to the tripartite pact "against aggression" fact instead of fancy. Thus would Germany be able to show the remaining British sympathisers in the Near East the futility of resisting her "new order for Europe."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 248, 11 December 1940, Page 2
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