The Archive · 1939

Parleys in Paris

Paris, Apr. 26. Details of the mode of Soviet assistance to be given Poland and Rumania if they are attacked, will be discussed here by M. Gregor Gafencu, Rumanian Foreign Minister, who arrived here today from' London.

Present at the station to meet him were the Foreign Minister, M. Georges Bonnet; the Rumanian Ambassador, M. George Tatarescu, and the staff of the Rumanian Embassy, and M. Bofidar Pourich, Yugoslav Minister.

M. Gafencu will depart on Saturday for Rome, Belgrade and Bucharest During his brief stay here, he will inform the French Government of the tenor of conversations in Warsaw, Berlin, Brussels and London.

Informed quarters understand that, contrary to earlier reports, Yugoslavia'S eventual adherence to the Anti-Comintern Pact and her withdrawal from the League had not been discussed at Venice when Italo-Yugoslav parleys were held.

Dealing with Rumanian-Polish relations, M. Gafencu is expected to confirm despatches reporting an agreement extending the existing defensive alliance to operation in the event of aggression against either from any quarter, and not only Soviet Russia. Havas.

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