The Archive · 1939

Two Hour Meeting

Moscow, June 21

Soviet, French and British negotiators gathered together for two hours today and, discussed all aspects of the projected tripartite mutual aid pact. The conference began at 5 pum, ended only at 7 pin.

Present at this meeting were Foreign Commissar Viacheslav Molotoff, concurrently President of the Commissers' Council; M. Vladimir Potemkin, First Vice-Commissar for Foreign Affairs; French Ambassador Paul-Emile Naggiar, former envoy to China; Sir William, British Ambassador; and Mr. William Strang, Foreign Office head and special representative of the British Government, No information on the details of discussions was available this evening. But well-informed quarters stated that, besides the Baltic guarantees problem, difficulties centre about definition of reciprocal commitments and mutual assistance.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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