Paris, June 3.
The Russian reply to the Anglo-French draft for a triple alliance reached the Foreign Office this morning and M. Daladier, the Premier, and M. Georges Bonnet, Foreign Minister, immediately declared that Russia had not submitted any counter-proposals. To the contrary, the Anglo-French draft remains the basis for discussion, they said.
Russia has suggested considerable revision, chiefly dealing with the guarantees of the western borders of the Baltic states.
The Soviet Union, unconfirmed reports said, has offered to underwrite the Anglo-French guarantees to Belgium and Holland in exchange for the extension of the western Powers' guarantee to Poland to the north and agreement to guarantee the Baltic states, Russia's reply was reported to be ürmly worded and did not represent much concession from the previous Russian offers.
M. Daladier called the Council of Minister to meet on Monday at 5 pin. to study the reply and hear M. Bonnet propose possible French mediation between London and Moszow to hasten the entente decision United Press.
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