BALKAN PACT
PROPOSED BY RUMANIA MUTUAL ACTION AGAINST AGGRESSION. REJECTION OF ITALIAN PROTEST. By Telegraph—Press .-association—Copyright. BUCHAREST. June 24. Reuter's correspondent reports that the Rumanian Foreign Minister. M Gafencu, is preparing a new Balkan defensive pact, under which Turkey. Greece. Yugoslavia and Rumania will pledge mutual assistance in the event of aggression. The significance of the move lies in Yugoslavia’s declared determination not to be drawn irrevocably into the axis. The Italian Minister called on M Gafencu and warned him against the adoption of a policy savouring of the democracies' encirclement move. M Gafencu replied very firmly that Rumania was at liberty to decide her own destiny.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 June 1939, Page 5
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107BALKAN PACT Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 June 1939, Page 5
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