The Archive · 1939

Pope Had Assurances From Axis

London Interested in Latest Statement SPECIAL TO rub "a apa London, June 2.

The Pope's declaration today, in an address before the College of Cardinals, in which he made his first public reference to his recent peace move, has aroused much interest in diplomatic quarters in London, states Reuter's Diplomatic Correspondent, It confirms the fft, surmised but not established, that His Holiness had received reassuring promises from Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini.

Another significant fact, Reuter's Correspondent states, is that the Pope is not abandoning his efforts, for which, it is felt, he will find greater opportunity in the present lull in th international situation:—Reuter.

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