"Are you ready to give the assurance that your armed forces will not attack or invade any of the following, independent nations: Finland, Es= thonia, "Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Great Britain, Eire, France, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Lieehtenstein, Luxemburg, Poland, Hungary, Rum= aula, "Yugoslavia, "Russia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Arab States, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Iran? Assurance ought accordingly to be applied not only to the present time but also to 9 future sufclently long to assure every possibility of working out by peaceful means amore permanent state of things," the momentous address read. suggest, then, that you should consider the' word' future as apply Ing to a minimum period of quan wed non-aggression for ten years least," the message went on, "or for a quarter of a century, If we courage to look as far ahead. iby your cit ime the Governments of tions 1 have just mentioned and 1 will ask them at the same time—being reasonably certain of this—that each the Nationg" mentioned above turn to give the same as-rances in order that I can transmit to you. Reciprocal assurances stich as I" have indicated—will bring the ire world an immediate reli.
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