London, May 31.
The hitherto unknown facts about the British proposals for a triple military alliance involving -Britain, the Soviet Union and France were disclosed in reliable British quarters last night. The hitherto secret terms of the British proposals are:
1. That the pact shall remain effective for five years. f 2. Besides far reaching commitments to be assumed by the three nations for military resistance against aggression, the proposals provide for consultation among the signatories of the alliance in the event an attack is only threatened.
Meanwhile, Moscow was reported to have requested the British Government to modìfy and clarify two of the six articles embodied in the British draft of the alliance.
The proposed treaty text, it was understood, provides that if Britain and France are involved in a Euro-
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