Political circles here are highly satitled at "the statement made in the House of Commons Inst Tuesday by the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, who. said that' the British Government did not intend to conclude any colonial agreement whatsoever with Germany at the ex= pense of other colonial powers, Senhor Texeira de Sampaio, Score tary-General to the Foreign Ministry, called on the British legation to-day, and conveyed the thanks of the Premier, Dr. Olivera de Salazar, for the statement.
All press comments here to-day interpret the declaration as a success of Dr. de Salazar's policy.
learned that the Portu-guese Ambassedor in London, Senhor 'Armindo Monteiro, visited' Mr. Eden to-day to convey the thanks of the Portuguese Government—Havas,
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