Settlement of the air pact question might involve a military pact later on, he added. Solution of the economic problem would aim to increase Franco-German trade, which to the present time has been hindered by import quotas, Main obstacles impeding progress towards such an agreement, M. Sauerwein continued, were the Ttalian attitude today and existing Franco-Soviet. relations.
Dealing with the Italian attitude, he pointed out that the Reich's Press has to date refrained from supporting Rome's new "claims" upon Tunisia and Corsica. Authoritative German quarters have even voiced dissatisfaction with these "claims.
Dealing with Soviet Russia, he wrote, "There will be no difficulty in proving that we are not entering a coalition against Russia when we aim appeasement with Germany."
Meanwhile, the Berlin correspondent of the "Paris Soir" reported that he also understood that the Franco-German Declaration being signed today "might be supplemented and enlarged."
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