Being Negotiated; Talks At Geneva Successful Londoh, May 23 Britain is now negotiating with the countries concerned on the basis of a full-fledged defensive alliance, a British Government spokesman announced today.
Until the Cabinet's Foreign Affairs Committee had met last Friday afternoon, a fundamental divergence separated Britain and Russia.
The British suggestion then was that Russia should unilaterally declare her willingness to assist Poland and Russia if called on to help, and that Russia would be expected to offer aid only after Britain ana France had actually put their war machines in motion to defend Poland and Rumania, The Soviets repeatedly rejected such proposals and insisted on their own terms for a tri-Power military alliance plan.
The Cabinet's Foreign Affairs Committee then decided to meet the Soviet Union on this major point and conclude a defensive alliance, the spokesman said. The decision requires the final approval of the full Cabinet which meets tomorrow.
The Cabinet is also expected to endorse the new British note to Moscow. The note, for the first time, will accept a formal agreement in principle of the mutual aid treaty with Russia—United Press.
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