The Archive · 1938

Not Result in Pact

London, Feb, 21

Information received from Austrian sources made it clear that no actual treaties had been drawn up as a resuit of the recent conversations between Herr Hitler Kurt von Schuschnigg. thi jan Chan-

E t Berchtesgaden, declared Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to questions in the House of Commons to-day. Con-equantly, he added, no such docu-would be published, had, however, been informed.

Sir John Simon stated, that the main points of agreement reached were that "Dr. von Schuschnigg will take far-reaching conciliatory measures with a view to furthering the internal pacification of Austria while, on the other hand, Germany will reaffirm her continuance of the Austro-

German Agreement of 1936 and will renew her assurances of non-intervention in Austrian domestic affairs.

—Reuter.

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