Havas is in a position to confirm, however, that extension of the pa to the Far East is not and never was raised in the course of the tripartite parleys.
Much commented on here as an inditation of Soviet views on the conversations was the reprint of a German newspaper article by the "Pravda," official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.
The article was drawn from the "Neues Worwaerts," which is published in Paris.
Iteemphasized that the problem of drafting the various clauses of the treaty were only secondary. The essential thing, it proclaimed, "is to sign a pact embodying common determination to resist aggression, under the best conditions of mutual confidehce."—Havas.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.