PROPOSED PACT
TURKEY & THE SOVIET
SECURITY IN BLACK SEA & BALKANS.
NEGOTIATIONS OPENED
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.
LONDON. September 16.
It is officially announced, states a message from Istanbul, that the Foreign Minister has gone to Moscow to conclude a Turko-Soviet mutual assistance pact to maintain security in the Black Sea and the Balkans.
It is authoritatively stated that Turkey is not signing a pact unless she is convinced that it is compatible with the Anglo-Turkish commitments. Officially-inspired newspapers applaud the friendship between Turkey and the Soviet for the first time since the signing of the German-Soviet Pact. The newspapers declare that Turkey is more faithful to the maintenance of good relations with the Soviet than with any other country. The Istanbul correspondent of the "New York Times” says it is believed Russia has informed Turkey that Russia is just as anxious as Turkey that there should be no trouble in the Balkans or on the Black Sea. For example, if aggression -against 'Rumania occurred, Russia would oppose it. Talks between Russia and Turkey are proceeding, the aim being a nonaggression pact of sufficient scope to include the trouble regions. The pact would be important from the standpoint of mutual safety. It may safely be- assumed that Turkey will inform Britain and France of developments, thereby forming an important link betweeh the democracies and the Soviet.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 September 1939, Page 7
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