Washington, May 8.
Official dispatches reaching the Department of State since yesterday indicated some increase in the tension in the Netherlands, as a result of fears of invasion by Germany, stated Mr. Cordell. Hull, United States Secretary of State, during the course of a press conference.
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M. Ivan Maisky, the Soviet Ambassador to London, called on Lord Halifax, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, yesterday afternoon.
Reuter's Diplomatic Correspondent learns that the conversations dealt with the question of the resumption of Anglo-Soviet trade. It is understood that Lord Halifax made certain observations on the last Soviet com-ud requested further in-various matters of detail.
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