London, July 6.
Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretaryy, announced in the Hous of Commons to-day that the plenary meeting of the Non-Intervention Committee would be held on Friday.
To the suggestion that this delay was serious, Mr. Eden said the Government had made their position quite plain and had not only made their own proposals, but had declared their readiness to consider any others ihat were just and fair. In the circumstances he thought a little time for reflection on the serious issues involved might even prove useful Mr. Eden pointed out that the gap in the patrol] was advantageous to ihe Spanish Government and not to ihe insurgents. He saw no reason te suppose that the Portuguese frontiers would be abused,
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