RUSSIAN THREAT
ON BORDERS OF AFGHANISTAN Reported in Italian Press ARMY OF 800,000 MEN MASSING ALLIES SAID TO BE ORGANISING EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright.’ 1 LONDON, January 1. The Rome Press declares that Russia has massed 800,000 men on the Afghan frontier. Britain and France are organising an expeditionary force of 300,000 men under General Weygand, as a precautionary measure. The Cairo correspondent of “Il Messagero” says the Russians are also concentrating in the Caucasus, and because of this Britain, France and Turkey are discussing the immediate formation of an advance force in this region. Iran has 50,000 men under arms and is hastening fortifications. The Foreign Ministers of Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan have decided on joint defensive preparations, and Iraq continues to fortify the Russian-Iraq frontier.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 January 1940, Page 6
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