SOVIET ALLEGATION DENIED BY SWEDEN
(Received September 2.0, 9.5 p.m ) STOCKHOLM, September 20. The Prime Minister of Sweden, M. Erlander, said that- the Moscow radio, had reported that Sweden had concluded a secret treaty with the United States to become operative m the event of wor, or of a threat of war. He said this was completely untrue. The Moscow radio, quoting the Tass (Soviet) News Agency, report from Helsinki, claimed that Sweden, under an alleged treaty, undertook to export a number of commodities to’countries which the United States would nominate.
Swedish Denial Confirmed by U.S.A.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. The U.S. State Department has flatly denied the Moscow report that the United States and Sweden have signed a secret treaty providing for mutual military aid. “There is absolutely not one word of truth in it, said an official.
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Grey River Argus, 21 September 1948, Page 5
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