MOSCOW IMPASSE
TURKISH REFUSAL 9Y SOVIET PARTITION RED ARMY _ f^Y EMENTS (Reed. Oct. 17, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 16. The Istanbul correspondent of the Associated Press Of e: ‘Grfekt; 1 Britain, says that a deadlock is • reported in the Russian-Turkisb negotiations owing to the refusal by the Turkish Foreign (Minister; Saracoglu Bey, of the Russian 'demands for recognition of the partition'Of Poland and the fbrmation of the neutral Balkan bloc under Russia and German sponsorship arid the partition of Rumania between Russia and Bulgaria. Saracoglu Bey insisted on Turkish neutrality if England' and France had to fight Russia. He declared that Turkey would'join the' Allies if ‘ltaly ■went to war in support of Germany. He added that Turkey could mobilise 2,000,000 men. • ' The concentrations of Red Army troops in the Caucasus, which Russia denies, would not only threaten Turkey, but the Iraq oilfields, one of Britain’s main sources of supply. Turkey is preparing anti-aircraft exercises in the Dardanelles at Canak Kala. Rumanian troops have withdrawn from the Hungarian frontier and are moving towards the Russian border. Four spies were sentenced to five years imprisonment near Ismir for seeking details of the Dardanelles’ defences.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20071, 18 October 1939, Page 7
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