Geneva, May 22.
Difficulties impeding Anglo-Soviet negotiations were ironed out during the interviews held today by M. Georges Bonnet, French Foreign Minister, with Lord Halifax, British Foreign Secretary, and M. Ivan Maisky, Soviet Ambassador to London, informed quarters stated tonight.
Possibilities of a failure of parleys may now be entirely discarded, they said.
British circles even predicted that when it would meet on Wednesday, the British Cabinet would "be able to decide on a three-power reciprocal defence agreement between Britain, France and Russia.'
Following his Paris and Geneva parleys, Lord Halifax is now convinced of the desirability of such a tripartite accord, they said, M. Maisky informed M. Bonnet of the points which to date delayed negotiations, and at the issue of the meeting, M. Bonnet was disclosed to be very satisfied with the results attained.
During the interview with Lord Halifax, both statesmen finally agreed that differences between the Soviet and British viewpoints were "almost completely ruled out," informed politicians concluded.—Havas.
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