The Archive · 1939

Attempt to Find Satisfactor, y Formula

London, Ji ne PHE full text of the Soviet reply to the Anglo-French prope, for a pact against a gression in Europe has been received n London, but the British Gov ment is not publishing it.

The Government is awfully studying the document, whi conforms with the points made by M. Molotov, the Soviet Premier and Foreign Commissar, in his spe in Moscow last week, The next move, Reuter under sts ig the finding of a formula to the Soviet condition that guarantees by Great Britain, France and Russia be given to the Baltic states, although the latter have made it plain that inch {they do not desire "guarantees Janyone on the ground that their safely ies in complete neutrality, lonly diticulty in the way of further parleys was the problem of guarantee to the Baltic states.

Russia wishes to include the north-em nations in her mutual aid agre ment with France and Great Britain, Whereas the two latter powers ce sider indirect engagements already Other important points [aolotov's speech do" not se present the same difficulty, of a purely defen-sve mutual assistance pact between and extent of the immediate elective assistance to be given in the event of aggression on sates. other than France, Britain and Russia will satisfactorily. settled,

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