NAZI SEIZURES
NOT RECOGNISED BY U.S.A. OCCUPATION OF MEMEL. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. WASHINGTON, March 24. The Under-Secretary of State, Mr Sumner Welles, intimated today that the United States would not recognise the legality of the absorption of Memel, though the acquisition falls in a somewhat different category- to the German absorption of Czechoslovakia. Nevertheless the seizure of Memel by a threat of force makes the step illegal. CZECH TREATY. PROCLAMATION OF SUSPENSION. WASHINGTON. March 24. President Roosevelt today proclaimed tire suspension of the reciprocal trade agreement with Czechoslovakia, beginning on April 22. The ' treaty could be restored by another proclamation. Officials emphasised that today’s action again stressed the United States's viewpoint that the German occupation of Czechoslovakia was only de facto and temporary.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 March 1939, Page 7
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123NAZI SEIZURES Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 March 1939, Page 7
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