"Though the negotiations which have been proceeding since May. 12 have been protracted, they have never shown any material difference in views, and they throughout have been conducted in an atmosphere of mutual trust and confidence. An agreement on the terms of the treaty was reached some three weeks ago, but the signature was postponed with the concurrence of His Majesty's Government and the French Government, as it was hoped by the Turkish Government that the visit of the Turkish Foreign Minister to Moscow might result in the conclusion between Turkey and the U.S.S.R. of a parallel treaty.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.