Paris, Oct, 19.
LMINATING several months of negotiations, the tripartite pact between France, Great Brit and Turkey, will be signed late today in Ankara, 'A joint Anglo-Turkish statement was issued on May 12 this year and provided for uch a pact between the two countries concerned, while a similar joint statement was issued of June 23 by the French and Turkish Governments, These state~ ments were considered as the first step towards the conclusion of tripartite agreements which would reveal the community of views of the: three countries on the maintenance of common security through reciprocal guarantees ai nd_ commitments.
The negotiations reached a satisfactory conclusion three weeks ago but it-was thought advisable to postpone the final signature for it was expected that a parallel agreement would be reached be~ tween Turkey and Soviet Russia along lines fully compatible with the stand of Britain, France, and Turkey, and within the frame~ work of existing Turkish commitments to other countries, These hopes were shattered two days ago when further Russian demands made it necessary for Foreign Minister Sukru Sarajoglu of Turkey to break up the Soviet-Turkish negotiations and return to Ankara, 'The signature of the tripartite treaty tonight, it is felt here, will most. opportunely reassert the' com= munity of the ideals and interests of the three countries in Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean—Havas.
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