BALKAN MOVE
MAY BE ATTEMPTED BY NAZIS
FOLLOWING ON FAILURE IN RUSSIA.
RIBBENTROP’S INTENDED TOUR.
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, December 14. The Istanbul correspondent of
the “Daily Mail” says the German Foreign Minister, Herr von Ribbentrop, will jvlsit the Balkans
shortly in an attempt to solve the problems threatening Germany’s
clans in south-east Europe.
The German High Command’s efforts to stabilise tho Russian front are plainly a prelude to the withdrawal of substantial German forces for use elsewhere. Accommodation for a force of 500,000 men is ready in Rumania and Bulgaria. Herr Hitler has failed in four efforts to penetrate Asia—through Iraq. Syria, Persia, and the Caucasus. His only untried route is through Bulgaria and Turkey, where the framework for an offensive is in form. Fully-equipped new airfields have been completed for seme months. The purpose of von Ribbentrop’s visit to the Balkans would appear to be to clear the decks for action.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 December 1941, Page 6
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