DIFFERENCES IN MOSCOW
MILITARY MISSIONS • VERSION OF VOROSHILOV (Reed. Aug. 28, 9 a.m.) MOSCOW, Aug. 26. Marshal Voroshilov indicated that the British and French negotiations had now no further object. Members of the missions left Moscow last night. They were farewelled with studied formality, no enthusiasm being shown. Marshal Voroshilov explained that the’ talks with the British and French military missions had been broken off because of serious differences. The Soviet considered that Russia, having no common frontier with an aggressor, could aid Britain, France and Poland only if her troops were allowed to traverse Poland, since that was the only way of contacting an aggressor’s troops. Britain and France disagreed with the obvious correctness of this position, while Poland declared that she would not accept Russian military assistance, which was not needed. This made collaboration impossible.
The question of aiding Poland with raw materials and war materials was not discussed because that was a matter of commerce.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20027, 28 August 1939, Page 5
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158DIFFERENCES IN MOSCOW Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20027, 28 August 1939, Page 5
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